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Join us for a seven-day, all-inclusive luxury cruise on the Viking Mississippi, traveling from New Orleans, Louisiana to Memphis, Tennessee. This video features a complete tour of the Viking ...

The Memphis-New Orleans cruise will be on the American Splendor paddlewheeler. Photo Credit: American Cruise Lines Criterion Travel, a tour operator that specializes in educational travel for affinity ...

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

The saltwater wedge is continuing to creep up the Mississippi River, but it isn’t expected to reach New Orleans or threaten its water supply. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that, thanks to a ...

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A barge and tugboat moving upriver from the downtown area of St. Louis, Missouri along the Mississippi River. Data centers don’t just represent a critical issue for the St. Louis region. Anything ...

American Cruise Lines has announced an expanded fleet and three new itineraries. The company is adding capacity and itineraries on the Mississippi River and tributaries, by introducing the first-ever ...

Close to half of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exports move through the Mississippi River system, making it one of the most important export corridors in the world. Over the past five years, an ...

American Cruise Lines is launching three new itineraries on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The new cruises include a nine-day Arkansas River cruise between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Memphis, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will build an underwater sill to keep salt water from moving up the Mississippi River, the fourth-straight year in which the structure has been ...