Expansion into Harbor Tug sector helps Master Boat Builders nearly double in size, from 200 to 400 employees building eight ...

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

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 ...

PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — For veteran river photographer Jeff Cumptan, of Ohio & Kanawha River Photography, taking pictures of an unusual tow using two vessels was an unusual experience. “We don’t see ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...