Hornblower Group’s American Queen Steamboat Company reports that its flagship sternwheeler American Queen today welcomed its first revenue guests in 18 months, becoming the line’s fourth vessel to return to service. The
The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned a new station in St. Louis, on Mile 176 of the Upper Mississippi River. Presiding over the August 3 commissioning ceremony was Capt. Richard Scott, Sector
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) discharged 300 steel coils on June 10, 2021, to barges at the Coastal Cargo breakbulk and heavy-lift terminal at its Louisiana Ave. Complex. The steel
The St. Louis region’s claim to be the most efficient inland port in the United States has been strengthened with the recent addition of a new Mississippi River grain handling terminal in
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released a new report—The Economic Importance of the U.S. Private Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry—that measures the economic importance of the shipbuilding and repairing
An 88-year-old Corps of Engineers dustpan dredge, the Jadwin, departed from the Vicksburg, Miss., Harbor, May 3, for its annual season of dredging along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The Jadwin
The Coast Guard today lifted a waterway restriction that had been in place from Mile 736 to Mile 737 on the Mississippi River, in the vicinity of the I-40 bridge in Memphis,
La Crosse, Wis., headquartered marine construction firm J.F. Brennan Company has recently established a permanent presence in the Mid-South Region. The company’s new Mid-South location is in Paducah, Ky., and will provide
Construction of a new inland port at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in Cairo, Ill., has taken another step forward. The Alexander-Cairo Port District has completed a project labor
Port NOLA Sees Downtime Improvements While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has shuttered cruising operations around the world, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Market Manager Jessica Ragusa says that