This year's first towboat was the "Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl." The St. Paul arrival in the third week of March is the ...

Barge traffic is moving again on the Upper Mississippi River. Patrick Moes with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced today, March 20, that the first tow of the 2025 navigation season ...

TTB 2025 promises to provide attendees with the latest insights on improving efficiency, productivity, and sustainability in ...

A viral video captured by New Orleans native Earl Weber shows a dramatic close call as a towboat desperately pushes 24 barges out of harm's way on the Mississippi River near Woldenberg Park on ...

In the early hours of September 22, 1993, the Amtrak Sunset Limited derailed after a six-barge tow struck and damaged a railroad bridge at Big Bayou Canot, Alabama. In the aftermath of the tragedy ...

Tow-In Pipeline Installation While jumpers are ... as well as control the curvature of the installation. Some pipelay barges have adjustable stingers, which can be shortened or lengthened ...

of soybeans, for example). A 15-barge tow can easily accommodate 750,000 bushels of soybeans. Each reduced foot of water depth will result in 150 to 200 fewer short tons (5,000 to 6,700 fewer ...

A U.S. Department of Defense ban this week on non-essential travel and a freeze on government credit cards is causing already critical backups of barges used by Decatur industries to get worse, ...