The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Marine Accident Brief detailing a September 8, 2019, incident involving the mv. Savage Voyager and a pair of tank barges as… Read More
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
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
The U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Economic Development Administration (EDA), has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the University of West Alabama, located in Livingston, Ala., to boost barge… 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
For the third year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders will be honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding… 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
It was always an ambitious idea. From the 1700s—when Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, traveled up the Tombigbee River and, reportedly, envisioned a waterway between Tennessee and… Read More
Operators, managers and stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway gathered at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., July 14–16 for the annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA). Read More
