A barge carrying about 3,600 tons of grain took on water over the weekend just south of Kalama in the Columbia River. (Photo contributed by Claralee Brannan) A barge carrying about 3,600 tons of grain ...

KALAMA — A group of Mississippi River shipping industry figures were treated to a tour of the Columbia-Snake river grain export system last week by the Washington Association of Wheat Growers ...

While the upper Mississippi River’s lock and dam system is keeping navigation efficient, low river levels on the lower ...

For the fourth straight year, water levels in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers will soon be critically low, forcing shippers to light-load grain barges during harvest season. As barge rates get higher, ...

Close to half of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exports move through the Mississippi River system, making it one of the most important export corridors in the world. Over the past five years, an ...

A barge carrying around 3,600 tons of grain took on water over the weekend just south of Kalama in the Columbia River. Tidewater Barge Lines notified the U.S. Coast Guard around 5 p.m. Saturday. “She ...