Port Manchac could serve as a low-cost facility for unloading crude oil from trains and transferring it to barges headed for area refineries, a study shows. Patrick Dufresne, executive director/CEO of ...

Drought on the lower Mississippi River has pushed barge rates up 31% and slashed southbound shipments 79%, threatening U.S.

From NPR News, this ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. You don't have to live on the Mississippi River to feel the impact of this week's record flooding. As flood waters continue to roll south ...

Ingram Marine Group, the largest barge operator on the inland waterways, announced plans to invest $50 million in upgrading its barge-loading and grain-handling facilities in the St. Louis area. The ...

In an effort to ease highway congestion and reduce air pollution, Louisiana port officials have turned to a shuttle service that sends empty cargo containers to Baton Rouge, where they are loaded with ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Construction equipment fell off the deck of one of two the barges being moored in the Potomac River after the vessels broke free due to heavy rains and high water Sunday, ...

BLENCOE, Iowa — Barges carrying fertilizers head up, and grains head down that stretch of the upper Missouri River after the Port of Blencoe opened last June. Western Iowa farmers now have access to a ...