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Company Salvages Flipped Barge

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Company Salvages Flipped Barge

October 1, 2018

On September 12, Vicksburg, Miss.-based Big River Shipbuilding Inc.’s salvage and marine fire fighting unit was called to Mile 673 on the Lower Mississippi River near West Helena, Ark., to… Read More

Mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven Catches Fire On Lower Miss

September 14, 2018

Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a notification at 10:30 a.m. September 12 of a fire aboard the mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven at Mile 673, near West Helena,… Read More

Mississippi River Mayors Sound Tariff Alarm

July 13, 2018

Mayors of Mississippi River cities are warning that China’s tariffs on U.S. farm products, especially soybeans, made in response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on a range of Chinese products,… Read More