Midwest Rivers’ Falling Water Levels Raise Shipping Concerns
Water levels on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling for a second straight year, raising the prospect of shipping problems along the all-important U.S. freight routes.
July 14, 2023Mississippi River Drought Closes Portion of Waterway Again
Drought has again closed a portion of the Mississippi River — and this time shrunk a part of the major U.S. waterway in Memphis, Tenn., to its lowest level ever.
October 18, 2022Drought Worsens Across Midwest as Mississippi River Dwindles
A drought is spreading across the Midwest, drying up the Mississippi River and its tributaries that serve as a critical freight artery for the country.
October 13, 2022Mississippi Barge Backup Stalls Millions of Tons of Cargo
Prolonged drought is jeopardizing waterborne trade along the Mississippi River, a basin that produces 92% of the nation’s agricultural exports.
October 7, 2022Dwindling Mississippi River Grounds Barges, Threatens Shipments
A logjam of more than 100 ships, tugboats and their convoys of barges in the shrinking Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer, metals and petroleum to a halt.
October 6, 2022Barge Owners Cite Concerns of Drought on Mississippi River Traffic
Mississippi River barge operators said the worst drought in 80 years may put at risk the emergency dredging and rock removal aimed at keeping the nation’s busiest waterway open at least through this month, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.
January 8, 2013Mississippi River Navigable Through End of January, Army Corps Says
The Mississippi River, facing reduced levels due to drought, will be safe for barge traffic through the end of January as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removes submerged rocks, Bloomberg reported Monday.
January 7, 2013White House Eases Trucking Regulations To Help Farmers, Ranchers Survive Drought
With much of the United States still suffering “with the impacts of one of the worst droughts in decades,” the White House announced last week an easing of trucking regulations in an effort to aid farmers and livestock ranchers.
August 13, 2012Ag Haulers Prepare for Pain as Drought Plagues Nation
The severe drought that has devastated farmers and cattlemen from Montana to Texas and from Kentucky to Colorado is now set to hit trucking companies that haul grain and soybeans, industry officials said.
July 30, 2012Indiana Truckers Deliver Hay to Parched Texas
Truckers from Indiana brought seven truckloads of hay to Texas last week in an effort to help the state’s agriculture industry through one of the worst droughts in its history.
October 17, 2011