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Coast Guard To Open Training Center In Alabama

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Coast Guard To Open Training Center In Alabama

March 6, 2026

The U.S. Coast Guard will open a new training center at the site of the former Birmingham-Southern College, located in the Bush Hills neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala. The United Methodist… Read More

Early Federal Warrior-Tombigbee Boats Freight barge Gulfport. (IWC photo, David Smith collection)

Early Federal Warrior-Tombigbee Boats

August 6, 2022

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference scheduled for August 10–12 brings to mind the early involvement that the Inland Waterways Corporation (IWC) had in that area shortly after its formation following… Read More

Warrior Met Coal To Build $50 Million Barge Facility In Walker County, Ala.

May 20, 2020

Warrior Met Coal, Alabama’s largest producer of metallurgical coal with mines located southwest of Birmingham in Tuscaloosa County, announced in February plans to develop a new longwall mine… Read More

Public-Private Partnership Plans Redevelopment Of Port Birmingham

January 14, 2019

By Jay Benedict Watco Companies Years of declining demand for coal in the Birmingham, Ala., market led to declining shipments for Port Birmingham. In response,… Read More