Author: David Murray

While most of the problems resulting from Hurricane Ida’s impacts in the Lower Mississippi region have either been overcome or are being addressed, this year’s soybean and corn harvests are… Read More

The failure of a bridge crew to realize that their vessel was dragging its anchor led to a collision on the Lower Mississippi River that caused $16.9 million in damage. … Read More

Capt. Bradley Clare assumed command of the National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., July 1, relieving Capt. Kirsten R. Martin, at a time when the NMC had been dealing with… Read More

The double whammy of Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas have slowed or halted grain exports from ports in Texas and Louisiana for the past two weeks.  In its grain barge… Read More

At its height, Hurricane Ida was the strongest hurricane to hit the Gulf region since the 1850s. When it made landfall at Port Fourchon as a Category 4 storm, its… Read More

A Mississippi River historian has been drawing attention in the Twin Cities region to a buried concrete cutoff wall, 140 years old, that has been protecting St. Anthony Falls. The… Read More

A group of Amish tourists waiting for the St. Louis Arch Museum to open looked on as 70 team members from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi, local police… Read More

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced July 23 that he has secured $1.5 million in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies subcommittee bill for deepening the Port… Read More