
Late snow in April in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota left many farmers concerned about late planting of spring wheat and corn.
Late snow in April in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota left many farmers concerned about late planting of spring wheat and corn.
The contentious two-person crew issue, part of the Bipartisan Rail Safety Act, has yet to receive government approval to make it universal.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin phase 2 of extended lock closures on the Illinois River for much-needed repairs.
Spring wheat planting in the Upper Midwest was stalled by April snowstorms on top of heavy snows all winter.
Many of the towns on the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, and downriver have started to crest, but the river levels remain high.
The Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries are flooding thanks to near-record snowfall during the winter and spring rains.
A contract negotiation between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association is at a standstill.
On top of a long winter of snowstorms, a big one hit the Dakotas and northwest Minnesota just as farmers would have been preparing to plant wheat.
It's been one month since the Rail Safety Act of 2023 was introduced and it is still waiting for a vote in the Senate.
The 2023 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System navigation season began in full with the opening of the Soo Locks on March 25.
Federal Maritime Commissioner Max Vekich spoke recently at the annual Transportation Go! conference on the importance of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act enacted last summer.
The announcement Wednesday that federal regulators have conditionally approved the marriage of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern could move grain commodities from Canada and the upper Midwest through new export channels into the Gulf of...
Two tows pushing six barges each worked in tandem, breaking the ice on Lake Pepin to make their way to St. Paul to open the Upper Mississippi shipping season.
A bipartisan group of Senators recently introduced a new bill dealing with rail safety on top of other safety efforts being introduced and discussed.
Late into 2022, some cities on the Mississippi River and tributaries were still below-zero gauge. Recently, some of those spots are showing levels near minor flood stage.
Trucking groups sent a letter to Congress asking them to repeal a heavy-duty excise tax that was established in 1917.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to clean up all remnants of the Ohio train derailment.
A disastrous train derailment in Ohio earlier this month has put railroad safety under a microscope.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Mike Braun held a press conference with rail union leaders demanding paid sick days for rail workers.
After the extreme low water conditions in the Mississippi River and tributaries during Fall 2022, most of the system has received beneficial moisture this winter, but some areas will need more.