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Renewed High Water Brings New Closures, Risks Screen shot of KFOR-TV video of barges hitting Webbers Falls Dam on May 23.

Renewed High Water Brings New Closures, Risks

May 24, 2019

Two storm fronts moved across the Midwest over a three-day period, dumping more rain on waterlogged soils and already-flooded rivers. The second front, moving through on May 23 and 24,… Read More

AIS Development Team ‘Ramping It Up’ Virtual ATON transmitted at Lock and Dam 52 to indicate the passage around the locks during high water; as seen on the Corps’ LOMA display.

Virtual ATON transmitted at Lock and Dam 52 to indicate the passage around the locks during high water; as seen on the Corps’ LOMA display.

AIS Development Team ‘Ramping It Up’

May 20, 2019

Brian Tetreault, a navigation systems specialist at the Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss., has been working on developing new capabilities for AIS (automatic identification system)… Read More

Flooding: Where We Are, Where We’ve Been And Where We Need To Go

May 20, 2019

By Tom Waters The flood of 2019 has wreaked havoc in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. From Omaha to Kansas City, more than 100 breaches in levees allowed the Missouri… Read More

Industry People On The Move

May 20, 2019

Chris Eberlein has been named Gulf operations manager for Parker Towing. He will be based in Parker’s Mobile, Ala., office. His responsibilities include dispatching, staffing and reporting for all Parker… Read More

Ingram’s Frank Johnson To Receive IMX Achievement Award

May 17, 2019

At this year’s Inland Marine Expo (IMX), Frank Johnson will be the recipient of the annual IMX Achievement Award. Johnson is assistant vice president of vessel operations for Ingram Barge… Read More

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

May 9, 2019

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 the length… Read More

UMR Locks Close Again With New Crest The pilothouse of the mv. Legacy was heavily damaged when the towboat struck the Eads Bridge in St. Louis May 2.

UMR Locks Close Again With New Crest

May 2, 2019

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 snowmelt… Read More

First Tow Of 2019 Reaches Port Of St. Paul The mv. Aaron F. Barrett transits Upper Mississippi River Lock 2 April 24 to reach the Port of St. Paul. (Photo by Patrick Loch, St. Paul Engineer District)

The mv. Aaron F. Barrett transits Upper Mississippi River Lock 2 April 24 to reach the Port of St. Paul. (Photo by Patrick Loch, St. Paul Engineer District)

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Renewed High Water Brings New Closures, Risks

AIS Development Team ‘Ramping It Up’

Flooding: Where We Are, Where We’ve Been And Where We Need To Go

Industry People On The Move

Ingram’s Frank Johnson To Receive IMX Achievement Award

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

UMR Locks Close Again With New Crest

First Tow Of 2019 Reaches Port Of St. Paul

UMR Lock Closures Extended

New Snowmelt Heading Down Mississippi