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Mike Hooks Completes Post-Flood Dredging On Tenn-Tom

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Mike Hooks Completes Post-Flood Dredging On Tenn-Tom

November 18, 2019

The Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has finished dredging operations on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following historic late-winter flooding that left immense shoaling along the river. The February flooding stymied commercial… Read More

Dredging Work Continues On Tenn-Tom Waterway The dredge E. Stroud works to clear the waterway below Aberdeen Lock and Dam. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

The dredge E. Stroud works to clear the waterway below Aberdeen Lock and Dam. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Dredging Work Continues On Tenn-Tom Waterway

June 14, 2019

Commerce is moving again on the entire length of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway thanks to the Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud clearing a pilot channel below Aberdeen Lock and Dam at… Read More

Silt Continues To Hamper Tenn-Tom Shipping

March 29, 2019

Record floodwaters are receding on the Tennessee-Tombigbee system, but they have left behind record amounts of silt that have forced some shippers to resort to trucks instead of barges. The… Read More

Shoaling Halts Navigation On Tenn-Tom, BWT

March 8, 2019

High water on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has led to shoaling in amounts never before seen on the 34-year-old waterway. Bars near Mile 410, about two miles below Jamie L. Whitten… Read More