River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. The ...
Low water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers could affect ferrous scrap and finished steel flows in the Midwest and South. Several steel mills in the South and Midwest receive recycled steel ...
NEW ROADS, La. (WAFB) - A federal investigation has concluded that a barge sank and caused a tow to break apart on the Lower Mississippi River near New Roads after it went down by the bow for reasons ...
Big River Steel in Osceola plans to increase its capacity for moving material on the Mississippi River, according to a project application submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Memphis ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that caused a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday (April 27) night. The ...
Boats docked at the Riverside Park Marina south of downtown Memphis were cut off from the Mississippi River in November 2022. (Photo by Patrick Lantrip, Daily Memphian, courtesy of Investigate Midwest ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Smoke engulfed a barge on the Mobile River late Wednesday morning catching the attention of several bystanders. “We sent somebody to the top of the Cochrane-Africatown bridge ...
A barge carrying about 3,600 tons of grain took on water over the weekend just south of Kalama in the Columbia River. (Photo contributed by Claralee Brannan) A barge carrying about 3,600 tons of grain ...