Bullish (Video) Mississippi River Water Transportation: Barges, Towboats & Recreational Activities Posted: March 12, 2025 | Last updated: March 12, 2025 The film explores the evolution and ...

It's part of more frequent extremes on the river, which affects the barge industry and farmers who need to ship their grain. On a typical day, Pete Ciaramitaro monitors towboats from his Memphis ...

(WKRC) - The harsh winter weather was not only affecting roadways but also creating significant challenges for crews operating barges and towboats on the Ohio River. The combination of snow ...

​The pilot was alone on watch in the wheelhouse when the grounding occurred. The pilot told investigators that he had left ...

In a new report, the National Transportation Safety Board says pilot error caused the 2023 grounding of a towboat on the ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

The towboat can lug up to 64 barges at once, equivalent to over 75,000 tons of cargo, setting a new industry standard for barge transportation, according to ACBL. Parts of the Mississippi River ...

Take a steel box — maybe 195'x35' — one that floats, fill its belly full of 1,500 tons of dry cargo and float it down the ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

NTSB: Pilot left helm before towboat City of Louisville grounded near Thebes, Ill.; $2M in damage, oil spill, no injuries reported.

About 50,000 barges moved through the 23 locks and dams in the Pittsburgh region in 2024, carrying 140 million tons of commodities. On a bright afternoon at the Elizabeth Riverfront Park, a ...

Parker Towing rechristened two tow boats in honor of long-time employees, Ladonna Rubio and Beverly Jo Smith. Rubio, who passed away from cancer, was honored posthumously, with the boat christened ...