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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — High river levels caused six barges to break loose, one barge to sink, and halted river traffic near New Orleans Sunday night, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. There were no reported ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that caused a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday (April 27) night. The ...

Big River Steel in Osceola plans to increase its capacity for moving material on the Mississippi River, according to a project application submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Memphis ...

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 ...

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 ...