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Many of the towns on the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, and downriver have started to crest, but the river levels remain high.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is down $3 from one week ago.

The Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries are flooding thanks to near-record snowfall during the winter and spring rains.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is down $2 from one week ago.

A contract negotiation between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association is at a standstill.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is up $1 from one week ago.

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.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is unchanged from one week ago.

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.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is $1 higher than one week ago.

The first oceangoing ship of the season arrived in the Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior, breaking a record for the earliest arrival.

The 2023 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System navigation season began in full with the opening of the Soo Locks on March 25.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is $4 lower than one week ago.

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.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is $1 lower than one week ago.

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 Mexico.

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.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is $2 lower than one week ago.

A bipartisan group of Senators recently introduced a new bill dealing with rail safety on top of other safety efforts being introduced and discussed.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is $3 lower than one week ago.