by MBJ Staff Published: May 16,2012
Tags: boat, education, engineers, exhibits, federal agency, maritime, museums, river, river traffic, ship
VICKSBURG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District’s construction of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Center is nearing completion. The museum will consist of a two-story, 20,000-square-foot building attached to the Motor Vessel Mississippi. The building will include a reception area, orientation theater, interactive displays and exhibits and a classroom/activity [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2012
Tags: bench, boaters, boating, boats, county government, courts, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, outdoors, river, swimming, water, waterway
LAMAR COUNTY — The Pat Harrison Waterway District has filed suit against Lamar County for not paying its $390,000 membership allocation for fiscal year 2011-12. The Hattiesburg American reports the district filed a petition May 3 in Forrest County Chancery Court, listing the county, its Board of Supervisors president Joe Bounds and tax assessor/collector Jack [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 13,2012
Tags: energy, exploration, flooding, floods, fuel, gas, Oil, oil wells, petroleum, river, Weather
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Lexaria Corp reports it has a rig is on-site at the Belmont Lake Oilfield near Clarksdale to perform workovers on the 12-1 and 12-3 wells. The Mississippi River has fallen below flood-stage earlier this spring than it has during the last several years, and as a result field access has already been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 1,2012
Tags: cilture, cruises, hertiage, history, river, Steamboat, tourism, tourists, tours, vacations, visitors
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The churning red paddlewheel propels the pearl-white steamboat along the wide Mississippi River, like a slow-moving time machine through a slice of Americana that harks back to Mark Twain and the history, culture and commerce of the 19th century. Inside the six-level steamboat, passengers enjoy tea time in the ladies’ parlor, rousing [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — The U.S. 80 bridge over the Mississippi River was hit multiple times late last week after 33 of 35 grain barges broke loose from their tow and some hit a pier in the middle of the span. “It’s dark on the video, and I can’t tell exactly what’s going on,” bridge superintendent Herman [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: accident, barge, grounding, investigation, military, river, shipping, ships, towboatsd, traffic
U.S. Coast Guard investigators are trying to determine how a barge ran aground yesterday on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Coast Guard officials tell WTVA-TV the incident happened around 5 a.m. at mile marker 445 near the Yellow Creek Port. The barge was one of five being pushed by the motor vessel Crimson White when the lead [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The Army Corps of Engineers says it’s keeping an eye on Mississippi River levees because the river is high. The twice-weekly checks are a precaution because the water is expected to remain high for a while. The Corps said yesterday patrols began this week for levees along the east bank of the [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, is identifying and developing communication strategies for the elevated threat in the Mississippi River’s flood risk reduction system brought about by 2011 flood damages. A USACE regional flood preparedness team is currently building on Mississippi River damage assessment information, which includes levees, reservoirs, [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The Army Corps of Engineers will be getting $55 million in emergency funds to pay for dredging the silting Mississippi River — a sum that will help the corps maintain the river’s channel to depths ships need to safely move up and down the waterway. The new funds are from a recent [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2012
Tags: cargo, dredging, economy, engineers, navigation, river, shipping, ships, silt, trade, transportation
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. economy faces losing billions of dollars in trade unless the Army Corps of Engineers’ budget for dredging the Mississippi River is increased to prevent the river from silting in, according to a new study commissioned by businesses that rely on the river. Every year, the corps keeps the channel open [...] [...]
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