A heavy construction equipment sales and rental company located in the south Chicago area, 5R Enterprises LLC of Morris, Ill., serving Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana, has secured exclusive… Read More
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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.
As part of its ongoing work to inspect and repair severallocks on the Upper Mississippi River, the St. Paul Engineer District dewatered Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, Minn., on… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Houston, Texas, reported a net loss of $4.4 million, or $0.13 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2023. Excluding non-recurring items, the company said it had… Read More
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) announced its latest class of the American Waterways HERO Award recipients during the organization’s winter safety meeting, held in New Orleans February 21–23. The event… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is issuing a “call to action” to its members to send in detailed accounts of how dredging contributes to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals… Read More
On February 16, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Army for Civil Works posted a notice in the Federal Register regarding a comment period for a proposed rule… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has added three virtual meetings to the list of public scoping meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study. The meetings began last week and… Read More
The weather, and its effect on river conditions, was front and center as members of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) gathered in New Orleans February 22–23 for the 2024 combined… Read More
In the latest episode of what is shaping up as a major showdown between state and federal regulators, the U.S. Coast Guard has notified the state of California that it… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District has announced the official closure of the Ohio River Locks and Dam 53 project. “Locks and Dams 52 and 53 were the last remaining structures from… Read More