As 2022 moves into its final months, low water levels and drought form the basis of the news impacting inland waterways operators and barge companies. Monday, April 14, 2025 SUBSCRIBE ...

While the US inland waterways system covers a vast geographic area, its freight traffic is highly concentrated, and the system needs a sustainable and well-executed plan for maintaining system ...

Both President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan and a Republican counterproposal would invest in the country’s inland waterways and ports. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, this ...

The inland waterway system, flowing through the United States heartland, is a microcosm of all that has been happening in 2020: trade tensions… Wednesday, June 4, 2025 🔍 ...

The national inland waterways system is large, ... Neglecting inland waterways would hurt US economy by Mary Ann Bucci and Matt Smith, opinion contributors - 09/10/19 6:30 PM ET.

While the US inland waterways system covers a vast geographic area, its freight traffic is highly concentrated, and the system needs a sustainable and well-executed plan for maintaining system ...

Farmers are big exporters in the Midwest and often depend on bulk shipments, but a company is working on letting farmers and local elevators have more direct access to international customers.

The United States' inland waterways system -- more than 19,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) of navigable routes maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overlaid with expansive farmlands ...

The National Waterways Foundation says the statewide system moves more than 83 million tons of freight annually, worth more than $13 billion to the U.S. economy.

New Delhi, Jul 15 () Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari took a study tour of the famous inland waterways system on the Mississippi river in the US, as his ministry gears up for a similar ...

Aging inland waterways system will limit U.S. agricultural exports and risk $72 billion in additional GDP and 77,000 new jobs without major upgrades.