PTL Marine’s Memphis location has been doing business nonstop – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – for a half century. In noting the 50-year milestone during a… Read More
Memphis
With no significant rain on the horizon anywhere in the Mississippi River drainage basin, the low-water situation continues to be bleak. The Mississippi River gauge at Memphis hit -10.79 feet,… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission will hold four public meetings August 22–26 as part of its annual low-water inspection trip. During the meetings, commission members will meet with local partners, stakeholders… Read More
With the contract awarded for a new drydock and one of its existing drydocks recently refurbished, the Ensley Engineer Yard expects to improve efficiency in its maintenance and repair of… Read More
An analysis of the fracture on three sides of a box beam holding up the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., has determined the crack likely… Read More
The Hernando de Soto Bridge at Memphis, Tenn., partially reopened to vehicle traffic August 2. Eastbound traffic is to resume across the bridge on Interstate 40 with all lanes open… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) has announced the schedule for its annual low-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River. Four public meetings will be held aboard the mv. Mississippi in select towns… Read More
The fractured Memphis, Tenn., bridge carrying Interstate 40 over the Mississippi River could be repaired without placing equipment in the river, avoiding possible river closures, transportation officials believe. Coast Guard… Read More
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has fired a bridge inspector whom the agency said did not report a steel beam’s crack that worsened, leading to the Mississippi River closing… Read More
The Coast Guard has reopened the Lower Mississippi River in the vicinity of the fractured Hernando de Soto Bridge in Memphis, Tenn., allowing a queue of vessels and barges to move beneath the bridge. As of… Read More
