ALTON - The Mississippi River Water Trail organization will host their tenth annual Mississippi Meanderings speaker series ...

On January 10, 2026, Marquette Transportation Company celebrated the christening of its newest towboat, the M/V John Paul ...

A federal investigation details how a barge sank on the Lower Mississippi River near New Roads in 2024, causing millions in ...

A dark, jagged vein of open water slices through the endless white of a frozen Mississippi River in this 1948 aerial shot. As sub-zero temperatures threatened to stop the flow of post-war commerce, ...

Left to right at the 2025 River Bell Awards are Damon Judd, Marquette Transportation; Aaron Barrett of Ingram Barge Company; John Wepfer, with George G. Leavell, Wepfer Group, recipient of the 2025 ...

A pilothouse simulator at the River Discovery Center puts you in charge of a powerboat, a US Coast Guard vessel or a towboat with a string of barges. Image by Tom Adkinson PADUCAH, Ky. – Even though ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 25. The M/V Sierra Dawn, operated by St. Louis, Mo.-based ARTCo, departed late afternoon ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed from St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The Motor Vessel Sierra Dawn departed late in the afternoon with 12 ...

The last Mississippi River barge of the year departed St. Paul on Tuesday, ending the 2025 Upper Mississippi shipping season. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WXOW) – The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season has departed from St. Paul, Minnesota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report that the Motor Vessel Sierra ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Motor Vessel Sierra Dawn departed late afternoon enroute to the U.S. Army Corps ...