Heavy snow melt forced the closure of several locks on the upper Mississippi River...but high water levels and flooding are starting to ease which is allowing locks to reopen and barge traffic to ...

South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited. “As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges ...

Due to areas, primary along the Ohio River, the level of the Mississippi has slowed so ... Drought Hit New Mexico According ...

The bridge was shut down to all traffic to allow ... a dam downstream. A barge struck the Fort Madison Bridge in Iowa on Thursday and later sank in the Mississippi River. The incident occurred ...

A spokeswoman declined to comment. Mississippi River barge traffic begins to slow this time of year, once the bulk of the Midwest harvest is finished, but traffic continues to move, so opening the ...

As has happened with the mighty Paraná River in the heartland ... now has come the turn of the Mississippi with insufficient draft for the vessels and barges involved in transporting US grains.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is doing some important maintenance at Lock and Dam 7 outside of La Crescent in ...

For up to nine months each year, he travels through Mississippi River waterways by barge with his 13-person ... Parts of the river are high-traffic areas, while others are incredibly susceptible ...