Justin Murphree, operations project manager for the Mobile Engineer District’s Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, hosted a conference call April 5 with waterway stakeholders to outline a pair of lock closures planned… Read More
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Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Tombigbee River, reopened to navigation at 6 p.m. Friday, January 14, after a sunken 41-foot recreational vessel was removed from the… 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
After meeting virtually in 2020, members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered in New Orleans August 4–6 for the… Read More
A barge loaded with 1,600 tons of rock salt broke away from its mooring at the Port of Clay County near West Point, Miss., on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway… Read More
Familiar faces abounded at the 71st annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), held May 17–19 at the Grand Hotel Marriott in Point Clear, Ala. The 2021… Read More
Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony April 16 for the 6,500-cubic-yard trailing suction hopper dredge the company is building for Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock… Read More
After an emergency closure that lasted about a week, Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) is back open to navigation. The Mobile Engineer… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District announced April 14 the emergency closure of Coffeeville Lock at Mile 116.6 of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) due to damage to the lower… Read More
