Coastal & Inland Waterways

A barge carrying junked household appliances and scrap metal burned on May 23, 2022, about nine miles from Port Mahon, Del. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control photo.

Firefighters, Coast Guard extinguish intense barge fire in Delaware Bay

Kirk Moore

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Biden in 2021, will provide $17 billion for ports and waterways infrastructure. Doug Stewart photo

Industry members should show solid support for the inland waterways, speakers say

Ken Hocke

Limited icebreaking measures and war in Ukraine helped keep U.S. Great Lakes shipments down. Chamber of Marine Commerce photo

U.S. Great Lakes shipping reports mixed results

WorkBoat Staff

Planned upgrades to the Soo Locks System. Corps of Engineers image

Soo Locks connect Lake Superior to the other Great Lakes

Dale K. DuPont

There were 680 grain barges unloaded in the New Orleans region, 7% fewer than last week. USDA photo

Weekly barge grain movements up 18% from a year ago

WorkBoat Staff

WorkBoat file photo

Towing — Part I

Joel Milton

Kirby’s businesses continued to gain momentum with improved market conditions and increased demand, delivering sequential and year-on-year revenue and earnings growth. David Krapf photo

Recovery of inland barge market has been better than anticipated, Kirby says

Pamela Glass

The Don Raul, a 74-foot, 2,800 hp tug built by Great Lakes Shipyard in 2008, at work on the water. The Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $8.4 million contract to Cleveland-based Great Lakes Towing on April 20 for lease of the tugboat to serve as part of its repair fleet on the Great Lakes. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Towing)

Corps signs five-year lease for Great Lakes tug

WorkBoat Staff

05.14.14_badger — The SS Badger. Lake Michgan Car Ferry

Marad announces new marine highway route, two new marine highway designations

WorkBoat Staff

The Ingram Barge towboat Charlie C pushes a tow on the Atchfalaya River in Louisiana. Top left, Jennifer Carpenter, president, and CEO of the American Waterways Operators. WorkBoat and AWO photos

Q&A with Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators

Pamela Glass

Maritime Partners rendering

Maritime Partners named Marine Money's 2021 'Preferred Equity Deal of the Year'

WorkBoat Staff

Weeks of dredging around the Ever Forward prepared for a third successful refloating attempt April 17. Tim Pruss/ MyDrone.Pro photo.

Freed from the bay bottom, Ever Forward finally refloated

Kirk Moore

A pilot project is testing the feasibility of moving UPS trailers by barge across New York Harbor between Red Hook and Bayonne. UPS photo.

UPS tests short-sea shipping across New York Harbor

Kirk Moore