Steve Golding, chairman and CEO of Golding Barge Line, a transporter of liquid commodities with roots dating back to 1960, is someone who has always been mindful of tradition. That… Read More
Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Engineer District has announced the Corps of Engineers’ Mat Sinking Unit wrapped up its 2020 revetment season March 4. The historic unit returned to Vicksburg, Miss., March 6… Read More
In the winter of 2019, when Nichols Boat Company launched the mv. Patsy J into Lake Ferguson—an oxbow of the Lower Mississippi River at Greenville, Miss.—there was a pronounced splash;… Read More
The revenues of Mississippi River towns and cities, many dependent on tourism or seasonal events, have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic and its resurgence in recent weeks. Read More
The Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers is receiving its first female commander: Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland, who was promoted to the post from her current position… Read More
Across the maritime industry, every company, agency, port or terminal has been impacted by efforts to “flatten the curve” of infections of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its marine accident brief February 27 detailing its investigation into a February 27, 2019, allision involving the mv. Chad Pregracke, part of Marquette… Read More
Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply Inc. (EMIS) and Magnolia Marine Transport (MMT), sister companies in the Ergon Inc. family, honored both the past and the future in a November 21… Read More
Tucked away just north of where the Yazoo River meets the Mississippi River, at the southernmost point of the fertile Mississippi Delta, lies the Port of Vicksburg, a well-developed industrial… Read More
When Pittsburgh Engineer District Civil Engineer Brian Lucarelli visited the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Vicksburg campus in spring of 2018, his goals were to observe… Read More
