A fast patrol boat that served in the Vietnam War is heading upriver to serve as the first maritime training vessel on the inland waterways later this month. PTF-26 is… Read More
Alabama
The Mobile Engineer District is moving closer to identifying temporary and permanent fixes to the monolith instability issue that forced an emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior… Read More
Stakeholders of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) will gather in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay at the Grand Hotel on August 9–11 for the 41st annual… Read More
With today’s mobile workforce, longevity in any one place isn’t as commonplace as it used to be. Decades spent in voluntary leadership, even less common. But one place where long-term… Read More
Holt Lock, Mile 347 on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Ala., closed to navigation about 3 p.m. October 23 due to a component failure on the lower riverside emptying… Read More
“My goal for Alabama is simple: I want our state to be the best place to live, work and raise a family.” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey reiterated her simple goal… Read More
Austal USA hosted a curtain drop ceremony April 12 to celebrate the opening of the company’s state-of-the-art steel facility in Mobile, Ala. More than 200 guests attended, including representatives from… Read More
The Port of Florence is located in north Alabama on the Tennessee River. Florence is part of the fastest-growing region of the state, with the larger cities of Decatur and… Read More
Bayou La Batre, an active waterway just west of Alabama’s Mobile Bay, has been home to Steiner Construction Company since 2003. Founded by Russell T. “Bubba” Steiner, the shipyard, over… Read More
Master Boat Builders Inc. announced March 9 the delivery of a new 4,000-hp. tug to Polaris New Energy. Named Polaris, the tug will be coupled with the recently delivered barge Clean… Read More