BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has spent more than $1.4 million in public money on two recreational fishing boats leased from a foundation managed by the agency’s director. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi Marine Resources Foundation supplies DMR with a 36-foot Topaz open fisherman and a 42-foot Californian convertible. Paid for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, maritime, navigation, port, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A revised Mississippi River forecast is offering a bit of a reprieve for shippers, showing the water level isn’t dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing their loads over concerns about the river’s depth. Months of drought have left the Mississippi near historic low [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
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PASCAGOULA — VT Halter Marine has started construction on a new multimillion-dollar ship repair facility at the company’s Pascagoula yard. Gov. Phil Bryant and company officials say the expansion at the Bayou Casotte shipyard will create 400 new jobs. The company has three ship construction facilities, all located in Mississippi, with one facility in Pascagoula [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Federal lawmakers from Mississippi River states hope their meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers addresses the waterway’s critically low levels, which threaten to bring barge traffic to a halt. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois will join colleagues from middle America during a meeting today in Washington with Army Assistant Secretary Jo-Ellen [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: boat, boater, boating, city, community development, fishing, government, harbor, municipal, municipality, outdoors, recreation, water
BAY ST. LOUIS — Dredging has begun on the Bay St. Louis Harbor and Marina project The Sea Coast Echo reports a barge began dredging sand this week from the Mississippi Sound about 500 yards from the foot of Main Street. The dredging is the first phase of the $22 million harbor project. City officials [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boatert, boating, drought, emergency, navigation, rain, river, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri may seek a presidential emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on the drought-riddled Mississippi River. The Army Corps of Engineers on Friday began reducing the outflow from an upper Missouri River dam in South Dakota. That means less water coming down the Missouri [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 26,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, navigation, rain, river, ship, shipper, shipping, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Businesses that move products on the Mississippi River continue to seek the government’s help as the river approaches historic lows. The Army Corps of Engineers last Friday began reducing the outflow from an upper Missouri River reservoir to ease drought conditions in that part of the country. The move will reduce the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 16,2012
Tags: boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, flood, flood control, navigation, rain, reservoir, river, ship, shipper, shipping, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri are joining the chorus expressing concern over the Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce flow from an Missouri River reservoir, potentially affecting shipping on the Mississippi River. The Corps has said that around Nov. 23 it will reduce the flow at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: boat, boater, boating, engineer, engineering, federal agency, flodding, flood, flood control, navigation, reservoir, river, ship, shipper, shipping, water
MISSOURI RIVER — The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce the flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns that it will worsen low-water problems on the Mississippi River, officials told The Associated Press yesterday. The Corps expects to cut the flow from the Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 13,2012
Tags: boat, boating, employer, employment, engineer, engineering, environment, federal agency, flood, flood control, flooding, job, navigation, river, ship, shipping, traffic, transportation, wildlife, work
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and the barge industry are imploring the federal government to keep water flowing on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers or face potential “economic disaster.” The nearly year-long drought has left many waterways at historic lows. Nixon sent a letter urging the Army Corps of Engineers to rethink plans [...] [...]
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