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Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Reopens The mv. Justice was the first boat through the newly reopened IHNC Lock. (Photo courtesy of New Orleans Engineer District)

The mv. Justice was the first boat through the newly reopened IHNC Lock. (Photo courtesy of New Orleans Engineer District)

Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Reopens

December 4, 2020

The New Orleans Engineer District reopened the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock to navigation November 25 following a closure for repairs stretching back to early September. The lock was… Read More

Despite Hurricanes, IHNC Work Nearly Done Map shows the alternate route that towing vessels must use to get from the Mississippi River to the eastern GIWW during the closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock.

Map shows the alternate route that towing vessels must use to get from the Mississippi River to the eastern GIWW during the closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock.

Despite Hurricanes, IHNC Work Nearly Done

November 6, 2020

The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock is nearing completion of a closure that started in early September to locate and address points of water intrusion that were causing scouring,… Read More

Arkansas River Lock To Close In August

July 27, 2020

The Arkansas River will experience a scheduled 10-day complete lock closure during August. David Terry Lock (Lock No. 6) at Mile 108 will be closed August 19 through August 29. Read More

New Studies Detail Impacts Of Possible Lock Closures LaGrange Lock on the Illinois Waterway. (Photo by John Shoulberg)

New Studies Detail Impacts Of Possible Lock Closures

January 10, 2020

Two recent studies by the members of the University of Tennessee’s Transportation Institute have estimated devastating consequences of possible lock closures. One study looks at possible scenarios for corn and… Read More

Jamie Whitten Lock Open Again Following Oil Discharge

September 27, 2019

Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) reopened to commercial navigation around 11:30 p.m. September 25 after an incident 2-1/2 weeks earlier led to the release… Read More

Oil Discharge In Jamie Whitten Lock Closes Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway At Mile 412

September 13, 2019

On the morning of September 8, the mv. Savage Voyager, part of Savage Inland Marine’s fleet of towboats, was locking through Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee… Read More

Damaged Lock Closes Columbia River Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River has been closed since September 5 because of cracks in the concrete sill. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River has been closed since September 5 because of cracks in the concrete sill. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Damaged Lock Closes Columbia River

September 13, 2019

Unexpected damage to concrete structures at the Bonneville navigation lock shut down commercial traffic on the Columbia River. The navigation lock was closed September 5 after lock operators detected problems… Read More

Byrd Is Second Huntington District Lock To Close For Repairs Repairs are underway to the upper miter gates on the main lock at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam. The dam provides a 23-foot lift. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Repairs are underway to the upper miter gates on the main lock at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam. The dam provides a 23-foot lift. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Byrd Is Second Huntington District Lock To Close For Repairs

September 13, 2019

The towing industry is dealing with two scheduled lock outages in the Huntington Engineer District, as the main lock at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam closed for dewatering… Read More

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

May 9, 2019

Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across the length… Read More

New Snowmelt Heading Down Mississippi

March 29, 2019

Even as some locks on the Upper Mississippi River are tentatively scheduled to reopen in early April, fresh snowmelt and high water may extend their closures further. The Upper Mississippi… Read More