Mayors of Mississippi River cities are warning that China’s tariffs on U.S. farm products, especially soybeans, made in response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on a range of Chinese products,… Read More
Iowa
The Rock Island District’s two new hydrographic survey boats are at work on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. They were commissioned at District headquarters the week of June 4. Dubbed… Read More
The Corps of Engineers will maintain higher-than-average releases from Gavins Point Dam into the Missouri River over the next few months, the Corps’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division said… Read More
The Corps of Engineers Missouri River Basin Water Management Division announced May 22 it has increased releases from Fort Peck and Garrison dams due to high inflows from rapidly melting… Read More
Eymard Marine Construction & Repair, Harvey, La., has delivered the mv. American Pride to American River Transportation Company, St. Louis, Mo. The new boat is the ninth in a series… Read More
The Corps of Engineers Missouri River Basin Water Management Division said it will maintain higher-than-average releases from all projects on the system over the next several months. “Due to higher-than-average… Read More
Scientists were worried in 2013 when they found what seemed to be Asian carp eggs and late-stage embryos in the Upper Mississippi River near Lynxville, Wis.—250 miles north of the… Read More
Winegard Marine announced May 1 that it has introduced an affordable, easy-to-use and professional grade marine antenna it calls “ideal for use aboard workboats, towboats and coastal commercial fishing vessels.”… Read More
A tow of hopper barges loaded with corn and soybeans broke apart and bumped up against Lock and Dam 11 in Dubuque, Iowa, temporarily shutting the lock but causing no… Read More
Capt. Bill Beacom was inducted into the River Rat Hall of Fame in August 2007, but at age 77, he is not slowing down. The veteran captain, waterways industry expert… Read More
