April 12-- Apr. 12--A barge equipped with a large crane arrived near the Pioneer Bridge just before 8 a.m. Friday to help recover a tow truck that has been submerged since late March, when it plunged ...

In another sign of winter, the last Mississippi River barge departed St. Paul last weekend. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V. Ashley Danielson and its barge ...

Salvage work continued late Saturday on a partly submerged coal barge pinned to a pier of the MacArthur Bridge, which carries railroad traffic over the Mississippi River at the southern end of ...

LA PUSH, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is working on a plan to tow in a loose barge after rescuing five people who were on board when it lost steering off the Washington coast Friday. The Luther, a 130 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH -- A 570-foot barge that went aground in the surf off of Virginia Beach is still stuck there. Salvage crews had planned to try to tow the barge with three powerful tugs at high tide ...

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based barging company Parker Towing Company on Tuesday announced it has acquired Baton Rouge, La.-based tank barge operator General Marine Services (GMS).GMS operates a fleet of ...

A barge struck the Fort Madison Bridge in Iowa on Thursday and later sank in the Mississippi River. The incident occurred shortly after 1 p.m., prompting the closure of the near 100-year-old swing ...

Cenac Marine Services and its dynamic, third generation leader, Arlen “Benny” Cenac Jr., continue to flourish, in good times and bad. Through it all, leadership, philanthropy and investments that ...

Q: Why do I see so many tugboats pushing barges rather than towing them? A: In terms of power and water resistance, it is more efficient to push rather than pull a barge. But a lot depends on where it ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Here's another sign it's that time of year, when we batten down the hatches for months and months of the big chill. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at ...