Barge operators expect to take a revenue hit as a result of the high water that is delaying barge traffic in various locations along the Mississippi River system. The full economic fallout won’t be known for some time because it will take weeks for the river system to return to normal. WorkBoat.com is following the high water as it moves down the Mississippi River towards New Orleans where it was expected to crest at near 17.5 feet.
Here is a wrap-up of what you can find on the site so far:
Corps closes three gates at Morganza Floodway
Traffic reopens in Baton Rouge
David Krapf talks with EN Bisso about the tug impact
View a live webcam of the flooding on the Mississippi at New Orleans
Ken Hocke reports on the floods from the Morgan City waterfront
Report on sunk barges causing nine-mile closing of the Mississippi
Watch the U. S. Coast Guard's overflight video of Lower Mississippi flooding
Pamela Glass discusses how the recent flooding of the Mississippi River calls attention to the inland waterways
Business as usual at Port of New Orleans
View WorkBoat editor David Krapf's report on the high water from the New Orleans riverfront
Morganza Spillway opened for the first time since 1973
Real time water level of the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Corps of Engineer's dock at river mile 102.8 (Carrollton gage)
Colonel Ed Fleming of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discusses the opening of the spillway
Watch as the Morganza Spillway is opened
View images from NASA of the Spillway
Ken Hocke and Dale DuPont look at the impact the floods are likely to have on barge operators' bottom lines
See footage of barge tow in high-water conditions around Memphis
New Orleans braces for possible barge-related levee and flood damage
Floodwaters shutdown Conrad's Louisiana shipyards
Ken Hocke says the Army Corps has tough decisions to make
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