Want more efficient way of moving cargo? Think waterways.
An article published in the online version of "Roll Call," a Washington Capitol Hill news outlet since 1955, calls for more investment in the nation's waterways as a method to improve efficiency in the US [...]
ASCE: US Infrastructure near Flunking
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers publishes a report assessing the quality of the nation's infrastructure, i.e., roads, bridges, rail, ports and waterways, air, and other basic foundations of our society. The [...]
Register for 2017 CARIA Annual Meeting
Plans are in place for the 2017 annual meeting of the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association on Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery. The schedule of events will follow the [...]
“The wind is at our backs,” says US House T&I Committee Chair
Does the President's mention of infrastructure in his inaugural address mean there's hope for waterway projects in Alabama? Well, so far there's no direct indication, but there is eternal hope as the US House of [...]
ACF Water Battle in Court – – in Maine
The "Water Wars" between the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia have been ongoing three decades without resolution. The dispute is over how much water each state is entitled to in both the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) [...]
USDOT Awards Grants for Five COB Projects
From Workboat magazine: Creative Commons photo by Bjoertvedt The US Department of Transportation has announced that it has awarded $4.85 million in grants to six Marine Highway projects along the waterways of 17 states and [...]
Drought Persists across Southeast
Outlook for any relief from drought conditions is dim across much of the Southeast over the next few weeks. According to the National Weather Center's Climate Prediction Center , exceptional drought conditions, the most severe on [...]
Mobile District puts “EB Wallace” up for sale.
Mobile District of the US Army Corps of Engineers has put its retired survey vessel, "EB Wallace," up for sale. To view and/or place a bid for the EB Wallace, please go Then click on [...]
Drought Lingers
Drought conditions in the Southeast continue, especially for northern Georgia, northern Alabama, southeastern Tennessee, and the western parts of South and North Carolina. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service sees drought conditions [...]
Not enough containers to fill ocean shipping capacity
"Too many ships and not enough demand" captured the point of an article on AL.com this week. Referring to the bankruptcy filing earlier this month by the Hanjin Shipping Co., one of the world's largest shipping companies, [...]