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
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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
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
Few people know the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway as well as Capt. Jesse Rogers and his crew. Rogers is captain of the mv. Tenn-Tom, the Corps of Engineers-owned towboat tasked with much… Read More
Crews are on schedule to resume work later this month inside the main chamber at Wilson Lock and Dam while design work and machining of replacement components continues. In a… Read More
The main chamber of Wilson Lock and Dam will not reopen until mid-June, according to the latest estimates, nine months after popping noises caused its closure September 25. The initial… Read More
In the February 5, 2024, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the St. Paul Socony, built by Ingalls in 1940 for the Socony Vacuum Oil Company of New… Read More
Maritime industry and waterway stakeholders will gather in San Antonio, Texas, November 13–15 for the 21st annual Waterways Symposium and meeting of the board of directors of Waterways Council Inc. Read More
It’s been two years since a floating guidewall at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River system was sunk in 80 feet of water by Hurricane Ida, creating a… Read More
