Much ado about nothing.
I grew up in Memphis, had an office on Front Street, and saw the river in flood and drought.
I even had the pleasure of steering a barge train one day,
when I was in the marine radio communications business, mid 60s.
A high river is just as much of a problem for barge operators, as a low river.
Oh, the article mentions “ships”.
You will never see a sea going ship on the Mississippi.
Only barges travel the river, transporting bulk materials.
“Oh, the article mentions “ships”.
You will never see a sea going ship on the Mississippi.
Only barges travel the river, transporting bulk materials.”
http://www.riverlorian.com/mississippiriver.htm
“Once reaching Baton Rouge, Louisiana there are ocean going ships that come into the Mississippi River from the Gulf Mexico. The lower 234 miles of the river is a deep-water port. “
Actually, sea going ships come up the river as far a Baton Rouge and the port of New Orleans carries very high tonnage