The Mobile Engineer District announced April 14 the emergency closure of Coffeeville Lock at Mile 116.6 of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) due to damage to the lower miter gate’s… Read More
Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway
The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), the industry group representing commercial navigation along the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT), will hold its 71st annual meeting May 17–19… Read More
On a cold February evening—frigid by New Orleans’ standards—the mv. Jared Phillips, the newest vessel in Parker Towing Company’s fleet, motored through the Harvey Canal, down the Mississippi River past… Read More
As a 19-year-old, Bretford Wildrick took a job right out of high school as a welder at Iowa Marine & Repair in Keokuk, Iowa. Wildrick, a native of Hamilton, Ill.,… 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
The Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has finished dredging operations on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following historic late-winter flooding that left immense shoaling along the river. The February flooding stymied commercial… Read More
High water on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has led to shoaling in amounts never before seen on the 34-year-old waterway. Bars near Mile 410, about two miles below Jamie L. Whitten… Read More
A crowd of business and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders gathered at Parker Towing Company’s dock in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the morning of September 28 to tour the Black Warrior… Read More
