The Mississippi River will get a new island near Cottage Grove in a plan to straighten out a crooked barge channel… By Bob Shaw (twincities) Source: twincities, December 5, 2011;
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River was at a standstill for a second day Friday in both directions near St. Louis as crews scrambled to… (washingtonpost) Source: washingtonpost, November 21, 2011;
Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the removal of approximately 1000 tons of structural scrap steel from a sunken hopper barge and subsequent salvage of the barge which had been obstructing a loading dock on the Mississippi River​ near LaPlace, LA. Immediately upon being notified by the dock’s owner that Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) had been [...]
Authorities in Grant County investigating the September 17 sinking of a dredging barge on Moses Lake have ruled out any accidental cause … By Rob Kauder (moseslakegrantcounty) Source: moseslakegrantcounty, September 29, 2011;
The dredging barge “Shorty C” sank around 4 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Loxahatchee River off Pennock Point in Jupiter. (tcpalm) Source: tcpalm, September 26, 2011
The first of five hopper barges, developed by Seattle-based Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc…. (marinelink) Source: marinelink, September 19, 2011
Coochiemudlo Island resident Joseph Dillon is sick of being left high and dry at Victoria Point waiting for the tide to turn so the barge ca… BY JUDITH KERR (baysidebulletin) Source: baysidebulletin, May 16, 2011;
The Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) will forge a partnership with world-class marine contractor Van Oord in establishing… (mb) Source: mb, March 25, 2011
In Nanjing, China, Wagenborg Barge 8 was launched on March 13th. This barge, equipped with a pump-system, has a loading capacity of 13.000 ton and she measures 100 x 33 x 7,60 metre. Wagenborg Barge 8, the fourth barge Veka Shipyards B.V., Werkendam has delivered to Wagenborg Sleepdienst, will be put into service end [...]
Wielding underwater vacuums and tractor-trailer-sized filters, environmental cleanup crews Wednesday plied the Pine Street Barge Canal in… By Joel Banner Baird (burlingtonfreepress) Source: burlingtonfreepress, September 24, 2010;
