More: Here's how the locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist This season, it was Lock and Dam 2's turn, which has guided an average of 6 million ... on a barge and sunk ...

As of May 9, the river at Winona, Minnesota was at 12.6 ... barge transportation, that’s beneficial.” He says as a result, The Army Corps of Engineers has announced the locks on the Upper ...

In another sign of winter, the last Mississippi River barge departed St. Paul ... the M.V. Ashley Danielson and its barge tow headed south from Lock and Dam 2 near Hastings at 11:48 a.m. Sunday ...

More:A barge, a bulkhead and $3.3 million: How the Mississippi River's locks and dams stay in ship shape This year, the shipping season began on March 17, when the motor vessel Joseph Patrick ...

But that’s how long some barge workers wait to get through the locks and dams on the Mississippi River. University applied economics professor Jerry Fruin, who researches bulk commodity transportation ...

saw the last barge of the year, the Motor Vessel Ashley Danielson, depart Lock and Dam 2, Dec. 1, at 11:48 a.m., ending the 2024 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. Traditionally ...

Those levels are expected to hit 20.6 feet this ... Flooding Shuts Down Locks on Upper Mississippi River, Stops Movement of Product Up and Down the River Toay points out barge freight has been ...

A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn ...