Despite many operational challenges, the barge industry maintained a busy year with “robust” agricultural cargo movements in 2025, according to a review by the Department of Agriculture&rs ...
April 19 (Reuters) - Barge shipping was halted on Friday on parts of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers as flooding forced the closure of several locks until at least the middle of next week, the U.S ...
WASHINGTON -- Midwest lawmakers convinced the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday to reject an effort to slow the planned $3.4 billion expansion of seven aging locks and dams on the upper ...
Ariel view of Melvin Price Locks and Dam from the Missouri side. The parking area that will be closed for construction staging can be seen on the right side of the photo. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
Debate continues on whether expanding the upper Mississippi and Illinois River lock and dam systems is needed to aid shippers or is an expensive boondoggle that will harm the environment. Arguments ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of debate, the Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a massive waterway navigation bill that would double the size of locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois ...
A bipartisan group of Iowa and Illinois lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding included in the recently passed federal infrastructure bill to finally rebuild ...