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 ...

Every business student learns in one of his first classes that shipping by water is the cheapest but also the slowest way to move goods. Only those who go on to become freight managers discover that ...

ADM St. Louis will soon complete a project doubling the capacity of its rail and barge systems. This is biggest investment ADM regional manager Travis Sayers has seen ADM make in St. Louis. Announced ...

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 ...

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crew has completed work on damage to the gates at 100-year-old Wilson Dam in the Shoals that ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District says it will grant a request from Philip Metals that asks to modify its existing barge terminal permit. Philip Metals had previously operated in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The brisk flow of oil barges shipping crude oil down the Mississippi has slowed to a trickle this summer, curbed by the vanishing gap in prices between inland and coastal prices.

A tug with a barge makes its way last Monday through a channel on the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities. This year’s drought has caused low water levels on the river, which means barges can’t ...