The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St Paul District, is conducting dredging operations at their Above Brownsville Placement site, also known as “Crater Island,” within Pool Eight of the Mississippi River, near Brownsville, Minnesota. The contractor, Legacy Corporation from East Moline,...
The Port of New Orleans got a boost from the Louisiana State Legislature, which committed $230.5 million to the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) and other infrastructure projects.
The $1.8 billion LIT aims to position New Orleans as one of the top international container gateways in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said.
“The legislature’s backing of infrastructure funding to support the LIT builds upon commitments of more than $1.1 billion from the federal government and private sector,”...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-new-orleans-snags-230m-for-infrastructure-projects
The US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) St Paul District has awarded a US$31.7 million contract to LS Marine of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, to conduct mechanical dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the Mississippi River. This work will facilitate long-term channel...
Shipping along the Mississippi River could prove to be a massive headache in 2024, per a recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
An unusually warm and dry winter — which allowed the Upper Mississippi River shipping season to begin earlier than usual this year — might herald drought conditions in key areas of the Mississippi River Basin over the coming months.
“Of growing concern will be the potentially low flows on the Mississippi River this summer into fall due to...
By Will Wade (Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is at risk of bottlenecks for a third straight year as warm, dry spring weather and low winter snowpack limit the amount of water feeding…
https://gcaptain.com/drought-threatens-to-snarl-mississippi-river-traffic-for-a-third-year/
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The Port of New Orleans has been awarded a $73.77 million federal grant to advance the first...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-new-orleans-nets-73m-federal-grant-for-container-terminal
(Bloomberg) — American wheat shipments dropped to the lowest ever, hampered by a shrinking Mississippi River and competition from ample global grain supplies. Drought has dried up the Mississippi, where…
https://gcaptain.com/wheat-exports-plunge-mississippi-river-drought/
Although water levels on the Mississippi are showing no signs of an upturn, barge pricing stabilized in the past week and restrictions at one of the largest barge shipping companies have not gotten any tighter.
The weekly Grain Transportation Report published late last week by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed barge rates slipping slightly to 549 from 556. The rates are quoted as a percentage of a base rate set to the year 2000, which represents 100.
However, even though 549 is less...
As low water level conditions on the Mississippi River persist, the USACE has started barging fresh river water to Plaquemines Parish, La., water treatment facilities. This water can be mixed with water at the intake to dilute salinity content to levels safe for water treatment.
The intrusion of salt water into the river is a naturally occurring phenomenon because the bottom of the riverbed between Natchez, Miss., and the Gulf of Mexico is below sea level. Denser salt water moves upriver along...
(Bloomberg) — The drought that has led to low levels along the Mississippi River is now threatening the quality of drinking water. The river’s water levels have fallen to a point…
https://gcaptain.com/usace-begins-barging-freshwater-as-mississippi-river-water-plants-turn-salty/