Members of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority have voted to elect Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves as the group’s chairman for 2022. The Tenn-Tom Waterway Development Authority is a four-state compact—made… Read More
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A Mississippi Lock on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has been renamed in honor of the late Sen. Thad Cochran. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council held its 39th annual conference August 11–13 in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. More than 275 registrants and guests attended… Read More
It’s been nearly two years since stakeholders of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway last gathered for the annual Tenn-Tom Waterway Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic postponed the conference last year, and then inclement… 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 overnight June… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee (Tenn-Tom) Waterway Development Council has named Josh Tubbs as the group’s new chairman. Tubbs, from Marshall County, Ky., will serve a two-year term, which began January 1. He… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority has named Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey as the group’s chair for 2021. Ivey, who became governor in 2017 after former Gov. Robert Bentley resigned, is… Read More
Despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Burchfield, owner of RMB Marine Services, sees opportunities in the maritime industry: namely, the opportunity for his harbor and fleeting… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the shortcut between the Tennessee River in the north and Mobile Harbor and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the south, is wrapping up a busy dredging and… Read More
With two tropical systems forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast August 25 and 26, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) Development Council has canceled its 38th annual conference, which was… Read More
