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(See also Coast Guard news items on the Wheelhouse Report Coast Guard page, updated 08 November 2007.)


Barge finally freed
A jumbo hopper barge wedged against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Bridge for about 63 hours finally was freed Saturday afternoon.
Burlington Hawk Eye, 04 May 2008

Corps gears up to repair Industrial Canal lock
The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Monday that it will renovate the Industrial Canal lock and dredge Baptiste Collette Bayou near the mouth of the Mississippi River this spring.
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12 February 2008

45 loose barges rounded up
The US Coast Guard enlisted the help of towboats on the Mississippi River to round up 45 loaded barges that broke loose from their moorings early today a mile south of the Gateway Arch.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10 January 2008

Corps: Water still low on Missouri River
The US Army Corps of Engineers says the amount of water in the Missouri River's six main stem reservoirs at the end of last month was low enough that low-water releases will continue next year.
KELO Sioux Falls, 16 December 2007

More ethanol, fewer barges on Mississippi
Because ethanol plants are popping up all over, the number of barges being pushed down the Mississippi River is dropping.
Post-Bulletin (MN), 15 December 2007

Coast Guard to release report on Elizabeth M towboat crash
The US Coast Guard says its Marine Safety Unit in Pittsburgh will release its final report on a towboat crash that killed four crew members in January 2005.
KDKA Pittsburgh, 08 November 2007

River pilots to simulate navigation of new Ohio River bridges
A computer simulation will be held this week to see what it would be like for towboat pilots to maneuver around the two new bridges that are a part of the Ohio River Bridges Project.
Business First of Louisville, 06 November 2007

Mississippi River to ban ships for a year
The Mississippi River will be closed to ships, barges and other traffic on a near-weekly basis for almost a year while construction workers prepare the Huey P. Long Bridge for a monumental expansion.
Cargonews Asia, 02 November 2007

New facts emerge in '05 towboat fatalities
Just before the accident that claimed the lives of four crewmen aboard the MV Elizabeth M in 2005, dam gates at the Montgomery Lock and Dam were raised, speeding up the high water and dangerous currents.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 28 October 2007

Mississippi River reopens two months after bridge collapse
The US Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers have given the all-clear for boat traffic at the site of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse.
KARE Minneapolis, 07 October 2007

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