A year-and-a-half’s worth of reality has set in for operators on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway who move tows through Calcasieu Lock, located in Cameron Parish, La., just south of Lake… Read More
Locks and Dams
G&G Steel, Iuka, Miss., has constructed a lower miter gate for the Mobile Engineer District. The gate, which is destined for Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
Louisville Engineer District personnel are continuing to test new equipment that will raise the wickets at Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Olmsted, Ill. The wicket lifter… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
Locks and dams on the Illinois Waterway system are due for major repairs and replacements beginning in 2020 that will shut down the system for extended periods, and stakeholders that… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District announced that the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project will be held August 29 at the project site. The $2.7 billion project on… Read More
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute has released a study prepared for the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) emphasizing that the most “critical need for the inland waterways system is a sustainable… Read More
On April 18, the Lower Ohio River was closed to navigation at the Olmsted Locks and Dam due to an allision involving a commercial tow breaking apart at around noon… Read More
A total closure of the Ohio River at the Belleville (W.Va.) Locks and Dam near Mile 204 took place April 11, after a hydraulic line failure occurred in the main… Read More
