Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across… Read More
Author: David Murray
Moxie Media Inc. is a seasoned veteran when it comes to e-learning and online instruction for employees in many industrial fields. In recent years, though, it has focused… Read More
The big news at Southeast Missouri Port (Semo Port), located on the Mississippi River near Scott City, Mo., is the $19.8 million Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD)… Read More
In a typical high-water season, river traffic would be picking up on the Upper Mississippi River as high water recedes. But nothing has been typical about this season, as… Read More
Infrastructure improvements being made at the St. Louis region’s public ports—which, collectively, cemented its place as the most efficient port system, according to Corps of Engineers figures—complement the $440… Read More
Historic levels of high water and flooding, and the resulting silt, have closed or restricted commercial traffic on large parts of the nation’s river systems. Along the Gulf of… Read More
Top photo: Attorney John Karpousis gestures as he makes a point. (Photo by David Murray) The 37th annual seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (GNOBFA) was held… Read More
Instead of celebrating its 60th anniversary with a public ceremony, America’s Central Port—located in Granite City, Ill., just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo.—celebrated with a brand-new… Read More
Record floodwaters are receding on the Tennessee-Tombigbee system, but they have left behind record amounts of silt that have forced some shippers to resort to trucks instead of barges. Read More
Even as some locks on the Upper Mississippi River are tentatively scheduled to reopen in early April, fresh snowmelt and high water may extend their closures further. The… Read More
