The announcement that the state of Illinois is releasing $40 million to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a new riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers,… Read More
Mississippi River
The Corps of Engineers said on July 24 it has found a home for dredged material from Pool 5 of the Mississippi River that could last it from 80 to… Read More
Cruise and tour operator Viking announced July 2 that new 2023 sailings of its Mississippi River cruises are now on sale. The company’s first custom vessel, Viking Mississippi, will debut… Read More
In a year that has been packed with unwelcome news, it’s worth taking a moment to pause and remember what was happening a year ago. By May of last year,… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone”—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District announced April 2 plans to begin opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway as soon as the following day. New Orleans District Commander Col. Stephen Murphy recommended… Read More
Even as COVID-19 has sidelined all of the company’s cruise and exploration ships around the world, Viking Cruises still has an eye toward the future. On March 30, Viking announced… Read More
A breakaway of about 40 barges in the St. Louis region on February 12 closed the river as it took most of a day to round up, but resulted in… Read More
On December 9, the Memphis Engineer District’s dredge Hurley returned to its home port at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis Harbor. The Hurley dredged more than 12.5 million cubic… Read More
A new study based on almost 20 years of fish-sampling data gathered by the Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi River says that the spread of Asian carp has resulted… Read More
