The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced October 6 that it has awarded nearly $39 million in grants to 12 marine highway projects across the nation under the America’s… Read More
Virginia
The failure of a weld ultimately led to a barge breaking loose from its mooring and heavily damaging a pier in November of last year, the National Transportation Safety Board… Read More
Catching up on a backlog of dredging takes time, but the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) says progress is being made. In 2016, the backlog for dredging along the waterway… Read More
Regarded as one of the most beautiful steamboats afloat, the Virginia made big news 109 years ago when it wandered out of the flooding Ohio River on the night of… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study investigating coastal storm risk management problems and solutions in Norfolk, Virginia, has been recommended for congressional authorization by Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite,… Read More
Plimsoll Marine, which operates 19 towboats that offer fleeting and shifting services for Cooper Consolidated between Baton Rouge, La., and Head of Passes on the Lower Mississippi River, recently took… Read More
Members of the Liebherr family, executive management and Newport News, Va., city officials gathered July 20 for a groundbreaking ceremony on site in Copeland Industrial Park to celebrate the construction… Read More
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Copeland Industrial Park in Newport News to celebrate the construction of the new Liebherr USA, Co. headquarters. The $45 million expansion project will include… Read More
The keynote address at the WEDA’s Dredging Summit and Expo ‘18 will be presented by John Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. The summit will be… Read More
Liebherr International AG has announced a $45 million expansion at its facility in Newport News, Virginia. The expansion will include three new buildings on 28 acres, adjacent to the current… Read More
