H.R. 7575, the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA), was reported out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today, drawing approval from both the American Waterways Operators (AWO) and the
Last week, Inland River Ports and Terminals (IRPT) gave hundreds of South Louisiana high schoolers the opportunity to learn more about the importance of waterborne transportation and the diversity of career opportunities
The St. Louis Regional Freightway calls a 300-acre port district zoned property along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, Mo., a unique and unprecedented opportunity for intermodal port development, citing the location’s more than 2
By Michael Complita, PE, Principal in Charge, Elliott Bay Design Group It is well studied that pound for pound and passenger for passenger, moving goods and people by water has always been
Last month, The Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) appointed Jen Armstrong as director, government relations, joining Dustin Davidson in this role. Marine Log sat down with Armstrong to discuss her new role at
By Tracy Zea, WCI President and CEO Anyone who’s shopped for groceries, dined at restaurants, paid rent or pretty much purchased anything these past months knows we are facing economic challenges unprecedented
Against the backdrop of a former Massachusetts coal-fired power plant that is to host a cable manufacturing facility to support offshore wind, President Biden today announced a number of executive actions on
The Buffalo Engineer District is making more than $16 million in upgrades to the breakwaters that protect critical infrastructure in Cleveland Harbor. As part of multiple projects, repairs and extensions are being
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has written the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging that it prioritize funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the
The just-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal includes $17 billion for improvements at U.S. coastal ports, inland ports and waterways, and land ports of entry along the border. Saying that “President Biden is not
