In December 2022, The Waterways Journal covered The Water Institute’s crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) and modeling efforts under its SmartPort project—an effort to provide both near real-time and forecast channel conditions. Read More
Lower Mississippi River
The second panel at the recently concluded River and Marine Industry Seminar, hosted by the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, featured a wide-ranging discussion on technologies affecting the inland… Read More
For Austin Golding, president and CEO of Vicksburg, Miss.-based Golding Barge Line (GBL), the October 28 christening of the mv. Whit Golding was a special moment, not just in the… Read More
Rain in the forecast from Hurricane Helene will offer a temporary respite, but the river industry expects “a long October” as low water conditions persist on the Lower Mississippi River. Read More
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
When it comes to transport, U.S. ag exporters are getting squeezed from all directions this harvest season. In the United States, the International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to shut down… Read More
An estimated 12,000 people participated in the first Fête-Dieu du Mississippi, a two-day blessing of the Lower Mississippi River fleet held between Baton Rouge, La., and New Orleans August 14… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released details of its investigation into the September 12, 2023, allision between the mv. John 3:16 and an industrial cargo pier on the… Read More
A team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has reported that between 2021 and 2023 breeding surveys recorded 160,970 cumulative detections of 74 species of birds… Read More
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen to a stage not seen since the end of May 2022: 11 feet. And while that’s well below… Read More
