The opening of the main navigational lock chamber at Wilson Locks and Dam has been delayed by approximately three weeks, until early July instead of June 14. The Nashville Engineer… Read More
Tennessee River
Construction of a new, 600- by 110-foot lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River has reached two major milestones, with crews beginning to erect the new lock’s… Read More
More than six months after the closure of Wilson Lock’s main chamber, ports, shippers, fleeting services, linehaul operations and other river-related businesses say it is costing them. In some cases,… Read More
An unexpected storm dumped 6 to 7 inches of rain near where crews are working to repair the main navigational lock at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River,… Read More
Ken Eriksen Temperatures are warming up, daffodils are blooming, farmers are wanting to plant crops, river levels have been surging and falling and barge freight rates are stagnant. Spring… Read More
The main navigational lock at Wilson Locks and Dam has been dewatered, and repairs remain on schedule, with the Corps of Engineers reassuring stakeholders that recent new restrictions on Government… Read More
The regional heavy capacity fleet has arrived at Wilson Locks and Dam, Tennessee River Mile 259.4, to begin dewatering the main lock chamber for repairs aimed at returning it to… Read More
Captains, pilots and towboat crew members depend on the right tools to do their job safely and efficiently. Those tools include experience, mentors, safe and reliable equipment, training, communication with… Read More
While unregulated streams and rivers caused flash flooding in the Tennessee, Cumberland and Ohio valleys in recent days, close coordination between the Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority… Read More
Crews are about one-third of the way through placing concrete for the enormous monoliths at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project at Tennessee River Mile 22.4. Jeremiah Manning, Kentucky Lock resident… Read More
