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WCI Media Tour Touts Importance Of Infrastructure The mv. David K. Wilson’s tow of empty barges prepares to pass beneath several of the bridges in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The mv. David K. Wilson’s tow of empty barges prepares to pass beneath several of the bridges in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

WCI Media Tour Touts Importance Of Infrastructure

August 27, 2021

Reporters got a chance to ride a towboat, visit a lock and meet with industry professionals while learning about the importance of infrastructure along America’s inland waterways during Waterways Council… Read More

Paducah Port Director Highlights New Opportunities The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport hopes to expand the capacity of its 20-acre bulk commodity storage yard and transfer facility with landside yard and equipment upgrades and expansions. (Photo courtesy of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport)

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport hopes to expand the capacity of its 20-acre bulk commodity storage yard and transfer facility with landside yard and equipment upgrades and expansions. (Photo courtesy of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport)

Paducah Port Director Highlights New Opportunities

August 20, 2021

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport is undergoing a revitalization, increasing its throughput, landing new projects and seeking to expand its bulk product-handling capacity. Executive director Tim Cahill said the port, located… Read More

Construction Begins On New Cumberland Bridge A towboat pushing a load of gravel passes beneath the current bridge over the river, built in 1931. The old bridge will be demolished as part of the $63.6 million project. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

A towboat pushing a load of gravel passes beneath the current bridge over the river, built in 1931. The old bridge will be demolished as part of the $63.6 million project. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

Construction Begins On New Cumberland Bridge

August 6, 2021

Construction began last month on the footers for the main piers of the new bridge over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky. The bridge, at Cumberland River Mile 2.7, continues… Read More

American Jazz Freed From Sandbar

July 23, 2021

An inland river cruise boat stranded on Lake Barkley in western Kentucky for more than a week was refloated July 16. The American Jazz was able to immediately get underway on its own… Read More

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar

July 12, 2021

Note: this is an updated version of a story that was originally posted July 12. Fuel is being removed from American Cruise Lines’ American Jazz before authorities try again to… Read More

Barkley Carp Barrier Has Positive Preliminary Results

July 2, 2021

Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More

Pipeline Shutdown Research Shows Importance Of Barging

The mv. Tampa out of Ashland, Ky, and mv. Jess A. Mollineaux out of Nashville, Tenn., guide Marathon Petroleum Company fuel barges May 21 out of Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, headed to terminals in Nashville. The Nashville Engineer District worked with the fuel industry and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, which is performing maintenance at the lock, to schedule openings to accommodate deliveries of fuel to middle Tennessee. Each barge carries around 28,000 barrels of fuel. (Photo by Lee Roberts, courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Pipeline Shutdown Research Shows Importance Of Barging

June 25, 2021

A recent study has concluded that cities in middle and eastern Tennessee with access to barged petroleum products suffered less during the May shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. Vanderbilt University… Read More

Nashville Dams Prevent $1.8 Billion In Flood Damages Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork River in Lancaster, Tenn., discharges water from its spillways April 8, 2021. (Photo by Lee Roberts, Nashville Engineer District)

Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork River in Lancaster, Tenn., discharges water from its spillways April 8, 2021. (Photo by Lee Roberts, Nashville Engineer District)

Cumberland River

WCI Media Tour Touts Importance Of Infrastructure

Paducah Port Director Highlights New Opportunities

Construction Begins On New Cumberland Bridge

American Jazz Freed From Sandbar

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar

Barkley Carp Barrier Has Positive Preliminary Results

Pipeline Shutdown Research Shows Importance Of Barging

Nashville Dams Prevent $1.8 Billion In Flood Damages

Corps Announces Intermittent Lock Closures

Hines Furlong Line Seeks Extension Of Fleeting Area On Cumberland River