The lowest water levels in the Mississippi River in a decade, caused by a severe Midwest drought, have closed the vital channel to barge traffic at a crucial time of the year for the transport of ...

Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin. Some Mississippi River communities ...

The Mississippi River has claimed countless lives over the years, and it kills indiscriminately, and many of its victims are ...

Low water levels on the Mississippi River continue to be a concern for barge traffic that hauls grain from Iowa and other states off to export. Iowa DOT spokesman Stuart Anderson says the lower ...

University applied economics professor Jerry Fruin, who researches bulk commodity transportation, says the Mississippi River needs improvement when it comes to locks and dams to deal with the ...

Mississippi River floodwaters have stopped all barge traffic from Lock and Dam 17 north, according to a report from the United State Department of Agriculture. In the weekly Grain Transportation ...

"The Minnesota [River] really started dropping in June. But just a week ago, we did get an email about that bottlenecking [on the Mississippi ... Minn., barge traffic dropped off in September ...

By Jacey Fortin Low water levels in the Mississippi River have snarled barge traffic along one of the nation’s busiest waterways this week and have threatened the drinking water supply in ...

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Two stretches of the southern Mississippi ... to vessel traffic at the two locations since at least last week after several barges and boats struck the river bottom in the ...