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Mississippi River crisis disrupted freight markets in 1976

Every week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

This article comes from the June 1976 issue of American Shipper and recounts a massive backlog in the Mississippi River at the time and its aftermath. 

Mississippi River gets new attention after 8-day crisis at locks and dam 26

A massive eight-day backup of barge traffic at Locks and Dam 26, during which...

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Combustible materials near hot work led to fire on New Orleans passenger vessel, NTSB probe reveals

Combustible materials left unprotected near hot work led to a fire on a passenger vessel in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 3, 2022, the National Transportation Safety Boa ..

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Passenger Vessel News Roundup | December 14 – Electric catamaran ferries for Belgium and Singapore plus US cruise vessels

A Flemish operator welcomes a new ferry to its inland transport fleet as a Finnish yard launches a new large cruise ship for Caribbean sailings. A series of fully-electri ..

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Louisiana to build new container terminal on Lower Mississippi River

A public-private partnership between the state of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), New Jersey-based Ports America, and Swiss shipping company MSC will buil ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/louisiana-to-build-new-container-terminal-on-lower-mississippi-river/

Rare Ice-Age Lion Fossil Found In Mississippi River

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Fossil hunters’ interest in recently exposed sandbars along the drought-stricken Mississippi River resulted in two extraordinary discoveries of a rare ice period species.

On October 26, Wiley Prewitt was exploring a recently exposed area when he discovered a very huge tooth sticking out of the sand. The inhabitant of Oxford, Mississippi, would soon discover that it was a fossilised jawbone from a large American lion, a species that has been extinct for...

https://mfame.guru/rare-ice-age-lion-fossil-found-in-mississippi-river/

Water rising on Mississippi, barges moving more freely south of Memphis

Shipping conditions on the lower Mississippi River are starting to return to normal as rain has picked up and water levels have improved.

Measured at the key point of Memphis, Tennessee, water levels have made a dramatic improvement in just the past few days after several weeks of more gradual increases.

The National Weather Service on Tuesday listed the depth at 0.47 feet above the zero stage, which does not mean there is no water in the river. Rather, it means there is a measurement starting...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/water-rising-on-mississippi-barges-moving-more-freely-south-of-memphis

VESSEL REVIEW | Tobin – Mississippi River survey boat for US Army Corps of Engineers

Alabama-based Silver Ships recently handed over a new aluminium-hulled hydrographic survey vessel to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The 49-foot (14.9-metre) Tobi ..

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Genset failure, loss of steering led to grounding of towing vessel on Mississippi River, NTSB report finds

An electrical generator set failure and subsequent loss of steering led to the grounding of a towing vessel near Greenville, Mississippi late last year, the National Tran ..

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Export grain shippers mull options amid limited barge, rail capacity

Grain shippers have been scrambling to consider all their export options in the wake of low water levels on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. 

“Because of the low water conditions on the river, which is a major conduit for soybean and grain exports, there are a lot of farmers and a lot of agricultural shippers who are asking themselves, ‘What is my plan B? What is my plan C?’” Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, told FreightWaves. “And that answer is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/export-grain-shippers-mull-options-amid-limited-barge-rail-capacity

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