The U.S. Coast Guard said the military branch will not take 36 Aids to Navigation (ATONs) out of the Missouri River.

one that is expected to take two years to complete and will require the use of a barge to ferry equipment and materials down the Missouri River to the upstream face of Black Eagle Dam ...

South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited. “As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges ...

Farther south, Hannibal, Missouri was at 21.5 feet ... is beneficial to the communities that are adjacent to the river for barge transportation, that’s beneficial.” He says as a result ...