The northern lights, as photographed by Justin Hoffman, relief captain aboard the mv. Thelma Parker II, Parker Towing Company. As the crew of the mv. Thelma Parker II pushed a… Read More
Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway
The Mobile Engineer District has awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $40 million to Dyersburg, Tenn.-based Inland Dredging Company LLC for the rental of a 24-inch cutterhead dredge with operator. Read More
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
There’s light at the end of the lock chamber for stakeholders of both the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), with emergency repairs almost complete at… Read More
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… Read More
Nearly two weeks after a portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock failed, forcing the Mobile Engineer District to close the lock to navigation, Corps officials… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has announced an emergency closure of Demopolis Lock, located near Demopolis, Ala., just below where the Black Warrior River enters the Tombigbee River, following… Read More
Operators, waterway managers and other stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway gathered in Orange Beach, Ala., May 10–12 for the 73rd annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA). Read More
A 41-foot recreational vessel traveling northbound on the Tombigbee River in Alabama entered Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT), on January 8 and… Read More
After 14 years at the helm of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), Larry Merrihew has retired as president of the organization, effective August 1. And yet association members… Read More
