Due to the safety hazard, the Captain of Port temprarily closed the Lower Mississippi River Waterway from mile marker 108 to 111 above Head of Passes. At 3 p.m. on Monday, the Coast Guard reported ...

Work to elevate a saltwater barrier in the lower Mississippi River has begun ... up the Mississippi River is near mile marker 69.4, near Jesuit Bend. This map plots Corps of Engineers’ estimates ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that caused a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday (April 27) night.

For the third consecutive year, historically low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are impacting the supply chain. While it isn’t translating into lost export business for the U.S., it ...

The Coast Guard continues to respond to multiple barge groundings due to low water levels in the Lower Mississippi River. There are reports of barge groundings Tuesday near Stack Island, Mississippi, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even further in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and ...

Now, the Corps is proposing a sprawling ecosystem restoration project for about one-third of the lower river, starting with a 39-mile stretch near Memphis. The Mississippi River has historically ...

The Captain of the Port temporarily closed the Lower Mississippi River Waterway from mile marker 108 to 111, above Head of Passes, due to safety hazards associated with the breakaway and the ...