The nation’s economy is taking a hit from historically low Mississippi River levels impacting the supply chain. Dredges are working 24/7 to maintain water levels for supply transport. Commerce on the ...

Imagine a future India where goods glide on barges instead of trucks, logistics corridors slide along rivers instead of highways, and the carbon footprint shrinks even as trade expands. That future is ...

MANAUS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground last month, ...

River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. The ...

LENOX — The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering General Electric to revamp its transportation and disposal plan for the upcoming Rest of River PCB cleanup project. In an announcement prepared ...

The Ohio River will be teeming with riverboats, as America’s River Roots launches the country’s 250th birthday. Cincinnati relied on the Ohio River to take root and blossom as the fastest-growing city ...

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less-than-usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...