Cargill announces Seascale Energy

Cargill to build new soybean facility near Carruthersville

In good news for farmers and the inland waterways industry, agribusiness giant Cargill has unveiled plans to build a new soybean processing facility located in Pemiscot County, Mo. near Hayti and Caruthersville.

Jon Best of iO Currents

Rose Point partnership with ioCurrents promises to deliver fuel savings

U.S. inland waterways operators will soon be better able to optimize their fuel consumption using technology based on AI and machine learning. Redmond, Wash., based Rose Point Navigation Systems, a leading provider

Phoenix Lighting has added to its inland marine distributor network

Phoenix Lighting strengthens maritime distribution for inland waterways

Milwaukee, Wis., based Phoenix Lighting says that, in response to increasing demand for its marine rated LED lighting products, it has made a series of additions to its U.S. distribution network. The

Lock and Dam 4

Corps seeks comments on plan to protect Lock and Dam 4 from barge impacts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has released a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed end cell project at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wis., and

lock and dam that will close temporarily

Lindy C. Boggs Lock and Dam closures scheduled

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District says it will temporarily close Lindy C. Boggs Lock and Dam (L&D) to navigation on the Red River during two separate periods. It

e1 methanol to hydrogen generator in towbiat

Methanol-to-hydrogen generator gains Lloyd’s Register AIP

The technology that’s key to the the Hydrogen One towboat project has received Approval in Principle from classification society Lloyd’s Register. That technology — e1 Marine’s methanol to hydrogen generator — allows

Truckable tug on truck

EBDG partners with Silverback Marine on truckable tug project

Seattle headquartered Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has partnered with Tacoma, Wash., based aluminum workboat builder Silverback Marine to design a compact yet powerful tugboat that can be transported by truck over

J.F. Brennan CEO

J.F. Brennan acquires Harbor Offshore

La Crosse, Wis., based specialty construction firm J.F. Brennan Company reports that it has acquired California-based Harbor Offshore, Inc (HOI). HOI specializes in commercial diving, marine construction, maritime security barriers, and submarine

Cybersecurity threats

Op-Ed: IRPT takes its own pulse on cybersecurity

by James A. Kearns, Jones Walker LLP For cyber bad actors, especially those for whom ransomware is just another business model, no target is too small. This flies in the face of

pipe bomb suspect

Jury convicts defendant in towboat pipe bomb case

Nathaniel Blayn Becker, the Marietta, Ohio, man arrested on October 28 last year after suspected destructive devices were found on several towboats, has been convicted on all four counts in a federal

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