A barge tow struck a vane dike on the Ohio River last year because the pilot did not effectively compensate for the outdraft current while navigating out of the McAlpine Locks in Louisville, Kentucky, ...

FOR. SO WHAT’S NEXT? WELL, ANDREW, OFFICIALS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TELL ME WHAT THEY CAN DO NOW IS SIMPLY MONITOR THESE SEVEN BARGES HERE OUTSIDE THE EMSWORTH LOCK AND DAM. AND THE ONE AT ...

Seven barges are still at the Emsworth Locks and Dam. There’s one other barge that hasn’t been located, but the company that owns the barges believes it’s somewhere between Emsworth and Dashfields, ...

UPDATE 4/17/24: The Coast Guard has lifted the safety zone and reopened river navigation between Emsworth Locks and Dam and Dashields Locks and Dam, according to Campbell Transportation. ORIGINAL ...

Pennsylvania authorities removed five barges that were trapped at a dam downriver from Pittsburgh on Tuesday after 26 barges broke loose and drifted down the Ohio River last week. On Tuesday, the ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and ...

Think about the Ohio River and you are likely to think about the wide body of water flowing gently past Marietta, Belpre and ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to keep Montgomery’s main chamber open during construction and demolish the smaller ancillary chamber. Construction is underway on a nearly $1.6 billion project ...

A barge tow struck a mooring cell on the Ohio River last year after encountering a strong outdraft current above the McAlpine Dam during high-water conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board ...