On October 21, employees of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSDC) went on strike, shutting down Canadian portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a binational waterway connecting the Great… Read More
News
Recent inland waterways industry news, covering the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and more. Articles on economic, environmental and logistic advantages of barge shipping, plus other stories pertaining to locks and dams and other waterway infrastructure.
SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced October 24 that it has signed an agreement to sell Inland River Transport Holdings LLC (SCF Marine) to Ingram Barge Company. The deal involves only SCF’s… Read More
The small city of Wabasha, Minn., held a public meeting October 19 to invite public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a planned barge terminal it wants to… Read More
With little to no remaining upriver storage, it will take rain, and plenty of it, for the river to rise, but long-range forecasts offer hope. Randy Chamness, co-chairman of the… Read More
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
With its permit from the Corps of Engineers for its barge dock on the Ohio River in hand, Nucor Steel West Virginia conducted a groundbreaking ceremony October 20 for its… Read More
On July 17, Russia repudiated its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement between the United Nations, Turkey, and Ukraine that allowed grain exports from Ukraine through the… Read More
Amogy Inc., a pioneer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions, recently announced its expansion to Houston, with renovation underway on a 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within its four acres of leased… Read More
Entact LLC, a Dallas-based provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services, announced September 18 that it has acquired White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. Based in Norton Shores, Mich., White… Read More
Vanderbilt University’s Climate Change Initiative is working with the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition and others to study how to make barge transportation even more environmentally friendly. In a presentation titled… Read More
