Barge shipping

The U.S. Senate passed the first legislation authorizing infrastructure upgrades on the nation’s waterways since 2007, including improvements to locks and…

A major river commerce group endorsed a plan Tuesday to increase container-on-barge traffic on the Mississippi River. The Inland Rivers, Ports and…

After flooding this spring, a dry summer has slowly dropped water levels on the Mississippi River.The River gauge in St. Louis was close to zero on Sunday…

Updated at 3:34 p.m. on MondayA barge broke loose and struck the I-370 rail bridge near St. Charles on Saturday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard is…

Members of the barge shipping industry are on Capitol Hill today, asking Congress to raise the taxes they pay for fuel. Shippers support a plan that would…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 14, 2013 - WASHINGTON – With federal funds shrinking but river commerce rising, Illinois…

What a difference just a few weeks makes. Earlier this year shippers feared that the worst drought in decades would slam the brakes on the billion dollar…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 27, 2013 - The devastating effects of the U.S. drought on the inland waterways navigation system…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2013 - Many articles have discussed the current drought and its devastating effects on the…

It seems like we’re constantly hearing about how the worst drought in decades is threatening barge shipping on the Mississippi River. One day we’re facing…