People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. The ...

The US Coast Guard is working to determine exactly what led to an oil tanker and a tug boat crashing on the Mississippi River. "The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that resulted in a barge ...

Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC, a container feeder barge operator, announced the arrival of its newest container super-barge, Columbia Boston, into service this month. The 912-TEU barge is sister to ...

Low water conditions have led to several barges running aground along a key stretch of the lower Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard told Reuters. The Coast Guard said in an email it has received ...

Low water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers could affect ferrous scrap and finished steel flows in the Midwest and South. Several steel mills in the South and Midwest receive recycled steel ...

Environmental groups Scenic Hudson and Riverkeeper joined lawmakers in pushing for a ban on new anchorages to dock barges ...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — The U.S. Coast Guard says two people were rescued after a construction barge overturned and capsized in the waters of Lake Erie near Rocky River Park on Tuesday. Military officials ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Smoke engulfed a barge on the Mobile River late Wednesday morning catching the attention of several bystanders. “We sent somebody to the top of the Cochrane-Africatown bridge ...

When businesses used small and medium-sized rivers, transportation costs did not exceed 15-20% of the raw material's total price ARKHANGELSK, June 9. /TASS/. Experts of the Northern Arctic Federal ...

ALTON, Ill. (KTVI) – Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. Emergency responders from Missouri and Illinois converged late ...