For the first time in history, the controlling depth for the first 125 river miles of the Mississippi River Ship Channel has been set at 50 feet. The milestone comes… Read More
Lower Mississippi River
At this writing, we are still waiting for the Corps of Engineers’ work plan to see how the Corps will divide up and invest the infrastructure money allocated to the… Read More
Work repairing a stone dike at Victoria Bend on the Lower Mississippi River could cause major delays in transiting the area. The work at Mile 595.5 on the left descending… Read More
While most of the problems resulting from Hurricane Ida’s impacts in the Lower Mississippi region have either been overcome or are being addressed, this year’s soybean and corn harvests are… Read More
The double whammy of Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas have slowed or halted grain exports from ports in Texas and Louisiana for the past two weeks. In its grain barge… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard declared the Lower Mississippi River open September 3 after clearing several downed power lines and surveying the channel. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Coast… Read More
Hurricane Ida made a pair of landfalls at Grand Isle and Port Fourchon in southeast Louisiana August 29 near midday as a strong Category 4 storm. Ida came ashore with… Read More
Chem Carriers, a Sunshine, La.-based operator of towboats, tank barges and a fleet at Mile 207 on the Lower Mississippi River, christened a pair of towing vessels June 23 in… Read More
Shortly after 3 a.m. July 12, the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Jalma Topic lost control as it was northbound on the Lower Mississippi River just below Algiers Point. The ship careened… Read More
After 79 days, water levels along the Lower Mississippi River have dropped below 11 feet at the Carrollton Gage, prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to suspend current flood-fight operations. Read More
