The Mississippi River is a transportation powerhouse — especially for agriculture. Roughly 60% of U.S. grain exports are transported down the river by barge, and plenty of soybeans are moved that way ...

Duluth Shipping News: Tug-barge makes first visit to Twin Ports The barge Pere Marquette 41, pushed by the tug Undaunted, came under the Lift Bridge at 4:00 on Thursday afternoon (above). Both the ...

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WASHINGTON — A container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to plunge into the river below. From 1960 to 2015, there have been 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Trailer Bridge barge looted off the coast of the Bahamas is now back in Jacksonville, ending a chaotic nine-day ordeal that left nearly every container on board broken into, ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Massive barges carrying cranes streamed toward Baltimore on Thursday to begin the challenging work of removing twisted metal and concrete in an attempt to open a key shipping route ...