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Report: USCG Investigates Near Miss as Bulker Losses Control on Mississippi
Details surfaced from a social media posting highlighting a series of near-miss incidents on the lower Mississippi River near…
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Captain’s Complacency Led to Bridge Strike on Mississippi River
An accident involving a towing vessel striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge on the Mississippi River last year has been attributed to…
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Drought Threatens to Snarl Mississippi River Traffic for a Third Year
By Will Wade (Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is at risk of bottlenecks for a third straight year as warm, dry spring weather…
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Critical Communication Error Leads to Tow Collision Mississippi River
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has identified a critical error in communication as the cause of a collision between…
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Port of New Orleans Receives Federal Funding for New Mississippi River Container Terminal
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has been awarded $73.77 million by the federal government to support the construction…
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Four Seafarers Go Missing From Bulker on the Mississippi
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a search for four foreign seafarers who went missing from their ship in the…
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Mississippi River Temporarily Shut for Dredging Work
The Mississippi River, the second longest U.S. waterway, was temporarily shut to vessel traffic on Tuesday from mile 0 to…
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Mississippi River to New Orleans Set to Reopen to Vessel Traffic
A segment of the Mississippi River from Southwest Pass to New Orleans is expected to reopen to vessel traffic by…
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Ports of New Orleans, Caddo-Bossier Work Together to Move Cargo on the Mississippi
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) discharged 300 steel coils on June 10, 2021, to barge at Coastal Cargo…
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Historic Dredging Unlocks the Might of the Mississippi
(Photo provided by the Big River Coalition as captured by P.J. Hahn of Pelican Coast Consulting) marine link
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