While threatening assets in southern Louisiana, Hurricane Francine could provide a brief respite for low-water conditions on the Lower Mississippi River. The Memphis Engineer District held a news conference September… Read More
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The first session of the recently concluded Inland Marine Expo detailed and celebrated the close collaboration between private barge operators, the Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard in applying lessons… Read More
This year’s Inland Marine Expo (IMX), set for May 29–31 in Nashville, Tenn., will tackle a wide range of topics during its education lineup. The opening session, set… Read More
After a winter with much less precipitation and lower snowpack than usual, the St. Paul Engineer District reports that the Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs are “at or below summer operating… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division announced in an online post February 5 that low-water conditions along the Mississippi River basin are officially over. Low water conditions began in… Read More
Brian Ragsdale, master of the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, has been presented with the 2023 Chief of Engineers Operations and Maintenance Castle Award for his work during a persistent… Read More
Recent abundant rainfall has led to deepened drafts and expanded tow widths. Now the system just needs more rain to keep them. Randy Chamness, co-chairman of the Lower Mississippi River… Read More
A little rain falling at the right time and in the right place helped to slow a predicted sharp decline on the Upper Mississippi, but it wasn’t able to stop… Read More
The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels and… Read More
With the seasonal decrease in flows from the Missouri River, industry attention concerning low-water conditions is turning to the St. Louis, Mo., to Cairo, Ill., reach of the Upper Mississippi. Read More
