(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 oldest towboat still plying the waters of the Ohio-Mississippi River system got a new lease on life this week when it was bought by a Wood County river transportation company. On Monday ...

In some spots, towboats could not reach granary ports. Near Memphis, multiple barges were temporarily grounded on shoals, blocking the river and forcing emergency dredging. In Vicksburg ...

NEW ORLEANS — A viral video captured by New Orleans native Earl Weber shows a dramatic close call as a towboat desperately pushes 24 barges out of harm's way on the Mississippi River near ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Several river barges broke loose from a tow boat on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, with three barges pinned against the lower McAlpine Dam site ...

with 884 barges and 247 towboats. Even under the best weather conditions, captains must account for river currents, wind and the momentum of the thousands of tons they push in front of their towboat.

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 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced Tuesday that the 2023 upper Mississippi River navigation ... Locks allow barges, towboats and other vessels to pass through the ...

Those commodities are loaded up on barges and pushed by towboats, which must enter each lock as they make their way along the river. The locks allow the boats to gradually adjust to changing river ...