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Chickamauga, Kentucky, Wilson Projects Detailed At Conference Tennessee River Valley Association executive director Cline Jones (right) presents a plaque to retiring board member and past president Hal Greer in appreciation for his years of service. (Photos by Shelley Byrne)

Tennessee River Valley Association executive director Cline Jones (right) presents a plaque to retiring board member and past president Hal Greer in appreciation for his years of service. (Photos by Shelley Byrne)

Chickamauga, Kentucky, Wilson Projects Detailed At Conference

October 4, 2024

Updates on infrastructure projects, industry priorities and proposed legislation were part of the Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council’s annual meeting September 30-October 1 in Franklin, Tenn. Col. Read More

Holt Lock Reopens After 102-Day Closure A pair of Parker Towing Company vessels, with the company’s signature barge tow configuration, lock through Holt Lock October 2. The lock reopened to navigation at 7 a.m. October 2 following a 3-month-plus closure due to cracks in one of the lock’s monoliths. (Photo by Zeb Duco-Moore)

A pair of Parker Towing Company vessels, with the company’s signature barge tow configuration, lock through Holt Lock October 2. The lock reopened to navigation at 7 a.m. October 2 following a 3-month-plus closure due to cracks in one of the lock’s monoliths. (Photo by Zeb Duco-Moore)

Holt Lock Reopens After 102-Day Closure

October 4, 2024

Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River reopened at 7 a.m. October 2, 102 days after cracks in a monolith caused an unscheduled shutdown. The Mobile Engineer District is planning… Read More

Port Of Birmingham Connects Central Alabama To The Gulf

September 13, 2024

Whether you call it the Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority (BJCPA), the Port of Birmingham or simply Birmingport, there’s no denying the importance of the largest Alabama inland port that feeds… Read More

BWT Users Eye Key Dates For Holt Lock Contractors and Corps officials gathered at Holt Lock September 4 for an industry day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Contractors and Corps officials gathered at Holt Lock September 4 for an industry day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

BWT Users Eye Key Dates For Holt Lock

September 13, 2024

By Cheryl Wray and Frank McCormack Holt Lock, located at Mile 347 on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Ala., could be just a few weeks away from reopening to… Read More

Contractors Tour Holt Lock, ‘Temporary Fix’ Progressing Anthony Perkins, operations project manager for the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, speaks to contractors in the machinery room at Holt Lock during a September 4 industry day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Anthony Perkins, operations project manager for the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, speaks to contractors in the machinery room at Holt Lock during a September 4 industry day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Contractors Tour Holt Lock, ‘Temporary Fix’ Progressing

September 6, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District held an industry day September 4 at Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to discuss the plan to repair a… Read More

Holt Lock Facing Months-Long Closure

July 12, 2024

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

Monolith Movement Forces Emergency Closure Of Holt Lock An undated aerial view of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile Engineer District)

An undated aerial view of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile Engineer District)

Monolith Movement Forces Emergency Closure Of Holt Lock

June 27, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District has ordered the emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., following the appearance of new cracks and a stability analysis… Read More

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock

April 12, 2024

The concrete trucks began arriving at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in rural Alabama around 4 a.m. April 11 for the first of seven concrete pours to repair and… Read More

Infrastructure Repairs Lead To Delays Across The South

April 5, 2024

While repair work at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama continues to march steadily toward a late-May reopening, operators on the Black Warrior River and farther south on… Read More

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape Corps of Engineers crews had to remove and reset stoplogs at Demopolis Lock last week to position vessels for the repair project, which is expected to last until May. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps of Engineers crews had to remove and reset stoplogs at Demopolis Lock last week to position vessels for the repair project, which is expected to last until May. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape

February 9, 2024

Almost a month has passed since a large portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock broke off and fell into the chamber on January 16, and the plan… Read More