Ingram towboat marks unofficial start to 2025 navigation season
The St. Paul Engineer District announced March 20 that the first tow of the 2025 navigation season arrived in St. Paul, Minn. The M/V Neil N. Diehl, an Ingram Barge towboat, locked
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Corps seeks comments on Lock and Dam 7 mooring cell facilities
The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking comments on the draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or SEA, for the Lock and Dam 7 mooring cell facilities project in Dresbach, Minn. The purpose of
St. Paul District awards $32M for dredging Mississippi River
The St. Paul Engineer District has awarded a $31.7 million contract to LS Marine Inc., of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., to conduct mechanical dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the
Minneapolis locks opening April 21 for navigation season
Due to the arrival of spring, the St. Paul Engineer District is opening Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1, both in Minneapolis, Minn., to commercial and
M/V Joseph Patrick Eckstein kicks off 2024 navigation season
The St. Paul Engineer District locked the M/V Joseph Patrick Eckstein, operated by Marquette Transportation, with 12 barges through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minn., March 17, en route to St.
St. Paul District reopens locks and dams after winter maintenance
The St. Paul Engineer District will reopen several locks and dams this month that were closed for winter maintenance. Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., which was dewatered for inspection and
Upper Mississippi River navigation season closes for the year
The M/V Thomas Erickson, operated by Marquette Transportation, was the last tow of the 2023 navigation season to depart Lock and Dam 10 near Guttenberg, Iowa, on December 3 with 15 barges,
St. Paul Engineer district to close four locks and dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is closing four of its locks and dams in early December for maintenance. The closures will officially end the 2023 navigation season on
River water level to be lowered for Lock and Dam 1 repairs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, plan to slightly lower the Mississippi River between Lower St. Anthony Falls and Lock and Dam
Additional locks and dams on Mississippi River closed due to high water
Due to high water, the St. Paul Engineer District closed several Mississippi River locks and dams to all commercial and recreational traffic this past weekend and anticipates more closures in the coming