Tag: Mississippi River

American Commercial Barge Line has agreed to pay $6.5 million and acquire land for preservation under a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in compensation for damages caused by a 2008 collision on the Mississippi River.

New Orleans issued a low water safety advisory for all waters of the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) from Mile 167.5 Above Head of Passes (AHP) to Mile 303 AHP. 

The Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, is now open after the US Coast Guard said that it is now safe for maritime traffic to continue.

Traffic on the Lower Mississippi River has stopped at mile marker 736 due to a crack in the Hernando de Soto Bridge.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel, which will provide a draft of 50-feet from the Port of Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico—more than 256 miles of the Mississippi River. 

NTSB issued an investigation report on the capsizing and sinking of the workboat MSRC 8-1, resulting in two fatalities while at Boothville Anchorage, Lower Mississippi River, in January 2019. The report highlighted an unforeseen risk associated with conducting the exercise in a strong current, although the company's safety procedures and crew training were adequate. 

NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of the bulk carrier Dank Silver with a fender of the Sunshine Bridge in the Lower Mississippi River, in June 2019. The investigation identified the pilot’s decision to turn the vessel off the dock, instead of going upriver, as key cause of the accident. 

The year 2019 was a rough year for safe navigation in Mississippi River, with major flooding in the US Midwest. This flood risk remains a serious concern for 2020 also, as the Mississippi River had already exceeded the monitoring threshold of 15 feet by late February 2020. Although high water in the lower Mississippi River normally begins to fall by June, high levels continued in July 2019 when Hurricane Barry moved into the Gulf of Mexico. As such, water levels and flood risks remained high in the river and its tributaries through August 2019. Although conditions are not as severe as they were in 2019, the Mississippi River is high, and flood risk remains a serious concern for 2020. As of February 28, the Mississippi River had already exceeded the monitoring threshold of 15 feet (4.6 meters) for 21 days, compared with 16 days by the same date in 2019. Experts have predicted that the US will experience frequent and widespread precipitation, and cooler temperatures, than usual well into June this year, ...the American P&I Club warned in a new member alert. These highwater levels create a host of problems for vessels, including: Unexpected draft restrictions causing delays of two ...

A Liberian-flagged container ship ran aground near mile marker 81 of the Mississippi River, in the early morning hours of Friday, the US Coast Guard informed. 

The US Coast Guard has closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 115 and 122 after a vessel allided with the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, Sunday.