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On September 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Department of the Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works R.D. James announced that the two agencies were repealing a… Read More

Washington, D.C. – Members of the waterways industry welcomed a funding boost proposed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a major spending bill unanimously approved by the Senate… Read More

Marquis Energy, one of the world’s largest dry mill ethanol producers, christened a new towboat recently. The company held the ceremony August 16 at its marine facility in Hennepin, Ill.,… Read More

NGL Marine, a segment of NGL Energy Partners LLC, Houston, Texas, has accepted delivery of a new towboat from Westport Orange Shipyard in Orange, Texas. It was christened the mv. Read More

Mayors who are part of the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI), along with representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Maritime Administration… Read More

Inland Marine Service (IMS) has entered into a new vessel management agreement with Tennessee Valley Towing (TVT), a Paducah, Ky.-based subsidiary of James Transportation, as announced September 19 by Dave… Read More

Built in 1887 for a contract cost of $5,800, the packet Matt F. Allen was a product of the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind. Constructed on a wooden hull measuring… Read More

For 123 days this year, the Mississippi River’s flood waters roared through the Bonnet Carré Spillway, located in Norco, La., close to 30 miles upriver from New Orleans. At its… Read More

Now in its third year, the Maritime Throwdown (MTD), an industrial maritime line-handling and line-throwing skills competition, has unveiled a massive new traveling trophy, which will reside with the winner’s… Read More