Cargo ship American Courage was freed Tuesday evening with the help of some tug boats, about 12 hours after the freighter ran aground in the St. Clair River. The 617-foot freighter was refloated at ...

Three tugboats and a small crane barge became the first commercial traffic of the season to ply the Mississippi River past La Crosse on Friday. More than 2 feet of ice on Lake Pepin still holds the ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

Dec. 30 (UPI) --Five people were rescued after a ship and a tug collided on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, according to multiple reports. On Sunday, the tugboat Patrick J. Studdert and a ship ...

I get tired of hearing all the “reasons” the the Francis Scott Key Bridge went down, usually using the verb “collapsed.” It just doesn’t make sense to have a ship like the Dali, two city blocks long, ...

Eleven teams from each side competed in a tug of war across the Mississippi River between Port Byron, Illinois, and LeClaire, Iowa at the 26th annual Great River Tug Fest Saturday. Bragging rights go ...

NORWALK — Crews are working to free a 100-foot barge that became wedged across the Norwalk River over the weekend while transporting about 1,600 tons of cargo to a riverside business, city officials ...

Members of the Missouri State Water Patrol secured a free-floating barge late this morning after it threatened to close the Missouri River Bridge at Jefferson City. The barge was the smaller of two ...