USACE Memphis District bank grading work continues

Memphis Engineer District Commander Col. Zachary Miller recently visited Island 68, a project site in Arkansas, where he met with the district’s Bank Grading Unit and reviewed progress made at the site

NTSB reports on American Mariner strike on AOTON

NTSB reports on costly contact between tow and moored barges

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident involving, among other things, a Kirby Inland Marine towboat captain with a high level of marijuana metabolites in his urine,

USACE St. Paul District to close 4 locks and dams

USACE Vicksburg District opens gates of Steele Bayou Control Structure

The gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure, located approximately ten miles north of Vicksburg, Miss., were opened by the Vicksburg Engineer District on June 13. They had been been closed since

Zen-Noh Grain to acquire 35 Mississippi River grain elevators

Covington, La., headquartered Zen-Noh Grain Corporation (ZGC), a subsidiary of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations of Japan (Zen-Noh), has reached an agreement to acquire 35 operating U.S. grain origination elevators

American Queen in new Mississippi River water quality monitoring project

A data-gathering nutrient sensor attached to the American Queen steamboat will, for the first time, allow scientists and cities to better understand the water quality along the entire length of the Mississippi

Gulf of Mexico’s “Dead Zone” grows

AUGUST 3, 2017—The Gulf of Mexico’s “Dead Zone” is growing and it’s the largest it has ever been—relatively the size of New Jersey—according to a team of scientists. The current Gulf of

USCG updates on Western Rivers situation

JANUARY 4, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard this morning issued an update on the river closures, restrictions and advisories put in place in response to floods in the Midwest. The following

Low water levels threaten Mississippi commerce

DECEMBER 27, 2012—Low water levels on the Mississippi River caused by a drought in the U.S. Midwest could force waterway commerce to a halt and have a major impact on the U.S.