mississippi river

A collision between the Panamanian-flagged M/V ISLA DE BIOKO and the U.S.-flagged towing vessel GINNY STONE occurred Sunday night near New Orleans, resulting

(Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is suffering from low waters for the third straight autumn, a crucial time of year when American farmers rely on the

by John Konrad (gCaptain) There is perhaps no single geographic feature that has done more for the American economy than the Mississippi River. Unlike any

Wendover Production’s latest video, “How Inland Waterways Work,” the spotlight is on the often-overlooked yet vital network of U.S. inland

By Brian K. Sullivan and Tarso Veloso Sep 7, 2024 (Bloomberg) —Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday that the capsizing of a dredging vessel on the Mississippi River last year was due to the

An accident involving a towing vessel striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge on the Mississippi River last year has been attributed to the complacency of a

By Will Wade (Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is at risk of bottlenecks for a third straight year as warm, dry spring weather and low winter

(Bloomberg) — American wheat shipments dropped to the lowest ever, hampered by a shrinking Mississippi River and competition from ample global grain

(Bloomberg) — The drought that has led to low levels along the Mississippi River is now threatening the quality of drinking water. The river’s water

CHICAGO, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A key stretch of the lower Mississippi River dropped this week to within inches of its lowest-ever level and is

Approximately 3,400 gallons of oil was spilled into the Lower Mississippi River from a Kirby Inland Marine barge near Natchez, Mississippi, on Saturday. Coast

A dredging vessel capsized Monday on the Lower Mississippi River, spilling oil but thankfully the two people on board at the time are safe. The U.S. Coast

By Kim Chipman (Bloomberg) –“Serious concerns” over critically low water levels in the Mississippi River system led port authorities to limit vessel

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday

By Kim Chipman, Dominic Carey and Elizabeth Elkin (Bloomberg) — American farmers are facing yet another supply-chain headache just as harvest season

The Big River just got a whole lot bigger. Well, technically deeper. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has marked the completion of the first two phases

NOAA–Today, NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a discharge of oil from a tanker ship Friday on the Lower Mississippi River near Kenner, La.  Coast Guard

(Bloomberg) — War in Ukraine and drought in Brazil have global crop importers turning to the U.S., and the pivot means costs to ship grains and soybeans