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Parker Towing Christens Mv. T. Gary Fitts The mv. T. Gary Fitts was originally named Daphne Renee and later L.W. Nelson. Parker Towing Company renamed it in honor of the owner of the company’s longtime insurance broker.

Parker Towing Christens Mv. T. Gary Fitts

April 19, 2019

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened the mv. T. Gary Fitts March 27 at the company’s dock on the west bank of the Black Warrior River. The vessel, formerly called… Read More

Hensley Retires From Corps After 43 Years Danny Hensley, retired operations project manager for the Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama-Coosa Waterways, aboard the Corps’ crane barge Choctawhatchee September 28, the day of his retirement. Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River is in the background. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Hensley Retires From Corps After 43 Years

October 5, 2018

A crowd of business and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders gathered at Parker Towing Company’s dock in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the morning of September 28 to tour the Black Warrior… Read More

Peabody Energy To Buy Coal Mine On Black Warrior River

September 28, 2018

Peabody Energy Inc., the St. Louis, Mo.-based thermal and metallurgical coal producer, announced September 21 that the company has signed a definitive agreement with Drummond Company Inc. to purchase the… Read More

Corps Completes 34-Day Closure At Holt Lock And Dam

Corps Completes 34-Day Closure At Holt Lock And Dam

August 10, 2018

As it weaves through the wooded hills of Tuscaloosa County, Ala., the Black Warrior River tumbles from an elevation of near 240 feet to below 100 feet in a span… Read More

Lower Miter Gate Heads To Holt Lock And Dam —photo courtesy of Jacob Gist

Lower Miter Gate Heads To Holt Lock And Dam

June 29, 2018

G&G Steel, Iuka, Miss., has constructed a lower miter gate for the Mobile Engineer District. The gate, which is destined for Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River… Read More

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