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, [...]
Crowded waterways pose safety risks
Alabama has a wealth of waterways on which both commercial and recreational vessels are free to operate. The September 13 edition of Workboat magazine features an article by columnist Captain Alan Bernstein about water safety when those mariners [...]
The Alabama Sturgeon – does it still exist?
The University of West Florida has posted a YouTube video claiming to have found DNA from the Alabama sturgeon in the waters of the Alabama River. Using a technique called E-DNA, a team of biologists and [...]
A New Way to Collect Fuel Tax?
(An aerial photograph of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) sector gate and barge gate opening at the IHNC Surge Barrier. The GIWW is among the waterways on which vessel operators are required to pay fuel [...]
PACE Blog: Brexit presents economic opportunity for U.S. wood energy exports
Alabama's forestry industry is a major economic asset for the state and fast coming to the forefront is the export of wood energy products, such as wood pellets, which are derived from low-grade wood fiber [...]
Port of Greater Baton Rouge Using Containers on Barge
Containers on Barge (COB) has been long touted as one of the ways movement of goods on our inland waterways can be made efficient, safely, and environmentally friendly. Read this article from the Inland Rives [...]
Waterways have excess capacity to move cargo
A July 23 article from the The Vicksburg Post describes how the the nation is not using the capacity available on our inland waterways to move freight, and, as a result we are not seizing an opportunity to reduce the ever-increasing congestion [...]