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 ...

Speed, scalability and performance continue to be the focus in bulk grain logistics, increasing the demand for continuous ship unloaders with higher discharge capacities. There’s particular interest ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is stepping up efforts to unload hundreds of Mississippi River barges carrying crops damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Agriculture Department plans to spend $7.6 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has delivered a newly built self-unloading barge to VanEnkevort Tug & Barge for operation on the Great Lakes. The new barge, named Michigan Trader, measures 740 feet in ...

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 ...

CHICAGO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Grain traders were refusing to buy any barges from American Commercial Lines Inc. , which raised its demurrage charges earlier this week, while competitors kept rates ...