The Port of Greater Baton Rouge has received a barge-mounted crane that will make it easier to unload grain despite the level of the Mississippi River. The $7 million pedestal crane will unload grain ...
WASHINGTON - The government is stepping up efforts to unload Mississippi River barges carrying crops damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Agriculture Department plans to spend $7.6 million for ...
A port improvement project that will benefit the movement of grain and other commodities in and out of Red Wing is moving forward with help from a nearly $2 million federal grant, according to Red ...
Port Manchac could serve as a low-cost facility for unloading crude oil from trains and transferring it to barges headed for area refineries, a study shows. Patrick Dufresne, executive director/CEO of ...
SunCoke Energy Partners LP has started barge unloading services at its Convent Marine Terminal in a multi-year agreement with Cooper Consolidated LLC. The terminal will make use of Cooper's floating ...
BLOOMINGTON — Illinois farmers typically hope for timely rains before harvest when crops need the precipitation to build out high yields. But in a season that's been far from normal, the call for rain ...
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 ...
The combination of slower barge traffic on the Mississippi, slower rail movement and increasing harvest pressure have combined to pull cash grain prices down in the central and eastern corn belt as ...