The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (today). The LMRFC provided the following text for today’s update that details low water stages from Cairo (IL) to…
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Weeks Marine confirmed the four white buoys have been installed – marking the alternate channel that is operational, with coordinated one-way traffic via traffic management with the Contact Pilot on the cutterhead dredge J.S. CHATRY. The one-way traffic extends from…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues active channel maintenance dredging efforts on the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The Associated Branch Pilots (Bar Pilots) increased their maximum draft…
Read MoreThe Big River Coalition filed the attached comments today on the Federal Register Notice titled “50 CFR Part 224 Endangered and Threatened Species; Petition To Establish a Vessel Speed Restriction and Other Vessel-Related Measures To Protect Rice’s Whales. The link…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (today). The LMRFC provided the following text along with the attachment for today’s update that details low water stages from Cairo…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues active channel maintenance dredging efforts on the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are now working to restore full channel…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use rocks to fill in a scour hole that has developed on the river bottom near Greenville Bend at Mile 101.4 Above Head of Passes (AHP). The emergency bank stabilization work is scheduled…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (today). The LMRFC provided the following text with no attachment for today’s update. “Scattered showers and thunderstorms have occurred over parts…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues active channel maintenance dredging efforts on the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are now working to restore full channel…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are working to restore the central 250 feet…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (today). The LMRFC provided the following text with no attachment for today’s update. “Over the past week, scattered showers and thunderstorms have…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are working to restore the central 250 feet…
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LAMA’s report on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 is here and the corresponding agenda is here. There was a second meeting to discuss an upcoming USACE…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (today). The LMRFC provided the attachment for historical stage data for Cairo, IL provided to reference previous low water events including…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are working to restore the central 250 feet…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are working to restore the central 250 feet…
Read MoreThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in the vicinity of Southwest Pass. The dustpan dredges are all working to restore…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below on river stage conditions (yesterday). There were no attachments to the update, just the following text. “We continue to have minimal rainfall across the basin…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues channel maintenance dredging efforts for the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) on the Crossings Above New Orleans and in the vicinity of Southwest Pass. The Associated Branch Pilots (Bar Pilots) reduced their maximum…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commenced channel maintenance dredging efforts in Southwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) on January 29, 2023, with the hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction). The Associated Branch Pilots (Bar Pilots) reduced…
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