JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi River bridge where a shipping barge accident took place Sunday is difficult to navigate because it’s near a bend in the river at Vicksburg, bridge superintendent ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The shipping navigation season has started a bit earlier than normal as the first tow boat and barges traveled north on the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

ST. PAUL -- The shipping navigation season has started a bit earlier than normal as the first tow boat and barges traveled north on the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the MV ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 25. The M/V ...

LOUISIANA, Mo. -- A railroad bridge is undamaged and Mississippi River traffic is moving again at Louisiana after barges broke free from their tow and became stuck under the bridge. Fifteen barges ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River is shut down to water traffic about 45 miles northwest of St. Louis, while emergency repairs are made to a river lock. By Monday, as many as 195 barges ...

Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25. Because the upper river freezes each year, barge traffic always halts until ...

The Mississippi River is low enough again to slow barge traffic between the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers for the third year in a row, though the situation may not be as bad as last year. "The ...

(Reuters) - Two separate barge accidents halted navigation on the flood-swollen Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers on Friday, severing the flow of grain from the upper Midwest to export terminals along ...

DES MOINES, Iowa— A bridge over the flood-swollen Mississippi River remained closed Tuesday afternoon after three runaway barges slammed into the span, cutting off traffic between Dubuque and East ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at ...