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Kaskaskia River

Corps Innovation Extended Open Days For Kaskaskia Lock

Corps Innovation Extended Open Days For Kaskaskia Lock

August 30, 2019

While the record flooding in 2019 disrupted barge traffic throughout the inland waterways in the Midwest this spring and summer, some out-of-the-box thinking from the Corps of Engineers helped… Read More

Barbour JB Shipyard Completes Mv. Karl E. Johnson The Karl E. Johnson is similar to last year’s Kaskaskia Warrior, except that it has Z-drives. (Photo courtesy of Barbour JB Shipyard)

Barbour JB Shipyard Completes Mv. Karl E. Johnson

July 26, 2019

Trapped on the Kaskaskia River as this is written, waiting for the high water on the Mississippi River to recede, is a new towboat built by Barbour JB Shipyard… Read More

Upper Miss Open, Arkansas Closure Remains

June 28, 2019

Now that floodwaters are finally receding (if fitfully in some places, due to still greater than normal amounts of rainfall), rivers are dealing with massive amounts of silting that,… Read More

Traffic Slowly Resumes As River Stages Begin To Drop

June 21, 2019

As water levels drop, Upper Mississippi River locks are slowly reopening. By June 20, all locks in the Rock Island Engineer District were opened, according to a district spokesman,… Read More

Barbour JB Completing Mv. Kaskaskia Warrior

March 20, 2019

Completed earlier this year and awaiting its final touch up, the mv. Kaskaskia Warrior is the second towboat to come out of the recently-founded Barbour JB Shipyard, which is… Read More

Containers Are Key To Agreement Between Plaquemines And St. Louis

April 2, 2018

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed March 27 between four ports in St. Louis, Mo., and the Port of Plaquemines, La., is laying the groundwork for a collaboration focused on… Read More

Southern Illinois Transfer: In It For The Long Haul

February 5, 2018

While working as a lawyer in the Gateway City’s grain industry, Kurt Johnson gained an appreciation for the industries that keep cargo on the move and commodity companies in… Read More

Kaskaskia Port District Is Surging Ahead Kaskaskia dock

Kaskaskia Port District Is Surging Ahead

February 5, 2018

Loading a barge at Kaskaskia Regional Port District’s No. 2 Dock in Baldwin, Ill. (Photo courtesy of Kaskaskia Regional Port District) Over the past two decades, the Kaskaskia… Read More

Kaskaskia River Is A Growing Part Of Greater St. Louis Port Region

October 16, 2017

A recent Corps of Engineers report comparing inland ports listed the St. Louis greater regional port district over a 70-mile radius as third in the country. If the Kaskaskia… Read More

St. Louis-Area Riverports Help Earn Title Of  ‘America’s Agriculture Coast’

October 16, 2017

A stretch of the Mississippi River in and near St. Louis, Mo., has become America’s center of gravity for grain-handling for transit and export. It is so dense… Read More

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