Each February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers starts sending crews out onto the frozen Mississippi River at Lake Pepin to ...

When the Mississippi River runs close to flood stage as it has the last few springs, he averages close to three “assists” per day. An assist is what you call it when the captain of a tow boat pushing ...

In February 1951, a sudden drop in the icy Mississippi River left several barges stranded at Marquette Cement plant docks. The river fell 5 feet overnight as ice blockages cleared, causing significant ...

Surging water from the Mississippi River led to a 2023 barge strike on a gate at Algiers Lock in New Orleans, according to a ...

Bisso Towboat Co., Inc. christened the Allison S. at the Delta Queen Steamboat Terminal on the Mississippi River. Allison S. is a 3,600 bhp class twin-screw tugboat. The vessel is 105 feet (32 m ...

Surging water from the Mississippi River led to a 2023 barge strike on a gate at Algiers Lock in New Orleans, the National ...

According to Pro Farmer, a lack of rain has led to reduced barge draft and tow sizes along the Mississippi river system, causing delays and groundings near Hickman, Ky., according to USDA’s ...

As has happened with the mighty Paraná River in the heartland ... now has come the turn of the Mississippi with insufficient draft for the vessels and barges involved in transporting US grains.

“Mississippi steamboating,” Mark Twain ... often leave within a couple of hours. The 17,000 barges and 4,100 towboats that ply the inland waterways are less gaudy and singular but more ...

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers ... major barrier that prevents tows from pushing barges further upriver each season.

The first glance of our Mississippi riverboat ... barges pushed by strangely-named tow boats, semi-tropical vegetation, and small communities along the river banks. When we reached Baton Rouge ...