Union Pacific Railroad reported a record profit of $785 million in the second quarter, a 10 percent year-over-year increase, as strong pricing offset modest freight traffic growth and $14 million in s

The threat level is rising along with the water along the Mississippi River, endangering two-thirds of U.S.

Hapag-Lloyd said it will omit the next three ship calls on its GS1 service between the U.S.

The barge industry is taking new safety measures to deal with “unprecedented” flooding on the Mississippi River, working closely with the U.S.

It may not be the worst, but it’s bad enough.

A 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River near Natchez, Miss., is closed to barge traffic, severing a busy route for shipments of grain and other cargoes.

The number of grain barges unloading at New Orleans in recent weeks has dropped 14 percent from average levels for this time of year, the U.S.

Bulk shipper costs are escalating for the second quarter, an industry analyst said, because of heavy flooding on major U.S. rivers.