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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)

First Tow Of 2019 Reaches Port Of St. Paul

April 24, 2019

The mv. Aaron F. Barrett, pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul, Minn., was locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, today (April 24) around 7 a.m. The… Read More

UMR Lock Closures Extended

April 19, 2019

The Upper Mississippi River remains closed to traffic above St. Louis, with the reopening dates of several locks pushed further back due to continued high water and more expected rainfall. Read More

New Snowmelt Heading Down Mississippi

March 29, 2019

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 Upper Mississippi… Read More

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Will Add To High Water

March 18, 2019

An already-soaked middle and southern U.S. will soon be getting another surge of water from snowmelt from the “bomb cyclone” that pummeled part of the Upper Plains with “historic” levels… Read More

The J.A. Woodson Caption for photo: The J.A. Woodson with an excursion on the White River in the 1880s. (Keith Norrington collection)

The J.A. Woodson

February 15, 2019

Named for the mayor of Little Rock, Ark., the J.A. Woodson was built at Louisville, Ky., in 1881. According to the U.S. List of Merchant Vessels, the boat was constructed… Read More

Ferry Named For Man Who Was Also Namesake For Two Presidents The steam ferry George Herbert Walker operated on the Lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and Anchorage, La.

The steam ferry George Herbert Walker operated on the Lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and Anchorage, La.

Ferry Named For Man Who Was Also Namesake For Two Presidents

February 15, 2019

There have been steamboats and towboats named for presidents of the United States. Toward the end of the steam and paddlewheel era, there was a Mississippi River train ferry named,… Read More

States, Corps Sign Flood, Navigation Pact

November 30, 2018

The Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA)—a five-state interstate organization representing the joint interests of the governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin—announced November 27 that it is partnering… Read More

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