What's Going on With Shipping on Freightwaves Round Table Discussing Mississippi River Drought What's Going on With Shipping? October 22, 2022 What's Going on With Shipping's Sal Mercogliano appeared on the Friday Freightwaves Now Round Table with host Bill Priestly and guest Patrick Chambers, Chief of Operations and Regulatory, Mississippi Valley Division of US Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the ongoing situation with the drought on the Mississippi River. They discussed what the Army Corps of Engineers and US Coast Guard are doing to address the situation and larger implications of the falling river levels on transportation of vital grain for transfer to bulk carriers along the Gulf of Mexico.