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River Transport Quandary Remains on Middle Mississippi River
2013-02-01 22:36:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Experts seek long-term solution to low river levels. Its 75% true we dodged a major bullet and were able to carry commodities through the winter on the Mississippi, says Ann McCulloch, vice president of public affairs for the American Waterways Operators (AWO). But we are still very concerned. That was a major concern from November when the Corps of Engineers (USACE) reduced Missouri River flow into the Mississippi. read more
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Mississippi River barge backup shrinks, oil cleanup continues
2013-02-01 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Mississippi River barge traffic remained congested on Friday near Vicksburg, Mississippi, where a barge accident and oil spill shuttered the major shipping artery on Sunday, but the backlog of boats was slowly declining. The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the river on Wednesday to one-way traffic through a 16-mile safety zone from river mile marker 425 to 441, where the backlog of barges had ballooned to more than 1,000. The backup thinned to 519 barges by midday Friday, including 11 northbound...
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Winter Shipping, Dredging on the Mississippi River
2013-02-01 21:58:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
With less water coming in from the Missouri, shipping conditions on the middle Mississippi, the key 180 miles from the Missouri to the confluence with the Ohio, were nip-and-tuck all winter as the Corps cobbled together water releases from Illinois reservoirs with day-and-night work to keep the channel open. read more
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How Drought on Mississippi River Impacts You
2013-01-31 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Woe is the Mississippi. A barge carrying light crude hit a bridge near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Sunday, causing an oil spill. But if you think that is the worst thing that's happened this winter to the river, you'd be wrong. The middle Mississippi-the 200-mile (322-kilometer) stretch from St. Louis to Cairo, Illinois-is experiencing drought conditions unrivaled in the last 50 years. That's been the case since November. From December to March, this part of the river is always at its lowest...
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Mississippi River barge backup tops 1,000 after oil spill
2013-01-30 20:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 1,000 barges were backed up on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Wednesday after a weekend barge accident and oil spill forced the closure of the major shipping artery, the U.S. Coast Guard said. An 80,000-gallon tanker barge that struck a railroad bridge on Sunday continued to leak crude oil, but cleanup crews have deployed 2,800 feet of boom to contain the spill and airborne spotters have not detected any oil outside the containment area. Response crews will...
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