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Ivey To Lead Tenn-Tom Authority In 2021

January 8, 2021

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

Port Of Epes On Tenn-Tom Waterway Receives $1.7 Million Grant

November 9, 2020

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

Florence, Ala.-Based RMB Marine Services Growing Operations Despite Pandemic Mark Burchfield, owner of RMB Marine Services.

Florence, Ala.-Based RMB Marine Services Growing Operations Despite Pandemic

October 16, 2020

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

40 Under 40 Awards: Roger Wilson Jr. And Daniel Wolf Roger L. Wilson Jr. and Daniel Wolf.

40 Under 40 Awards: Roger Wilson Jr. And Daniel Wolf

September 25, 2020

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

Tenn-Tom Waterway Sees Vital Dredging, Lock Maintenance In 2020 Jamie Whitten Lock during its closure and dewatering earlier this summer. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Jamie Whitten Lock during its closure and dewatering earlier this summer. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Tenn-Tom Waterway Sees Vital Dredging, Lock Maintenance In 2020

September 21, 2020

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

Tenn-Tom Conference Canceled Ahead Of Gulf Storms NOAA map showing tropical-storm-force wind probabilities for the Gulf of Mexico through August 25.

NOAA map showing tropical-storm-force wind probabilities for the Gulf of Mexico through August 25.

Tenn-Tom Conference Canceled Ahead Of Gulf Storms

August 21, 2020

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

The Tenn-Tom At 35: A Look At One Of The Nation’s Youngest, Most Ambitious Waterways —photo courtey of Parker Towing The mv. Charles Haun, part of Parker Towing Company’s fleet, pushes empty hopper barges through Demopolis, Ala., near the confluence of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway.

—photo courtey of Parker Towing The mv. Charles Haun, part of Parker Towing Company’s fleet, pushes empty hopper barges through Demopolis, Ala., near the confluence of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway.

The Tenn-Tom At 35: A Look At One Of The Nation’s Youngest, Most Ambitious Waterways

July 31, 2020

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

Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association Holds Annual Meeting Socially distanced attendees at the annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association. (Photo courtesy of Larry Merrihew)

Socially distanced attendees at the annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association. (Photo courtesy of Larry Merrihew)

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