Story and Photos Courtesy of Nashville Engineer District An experimental project designed to deter Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley is underway. Officials addressed stakeholders and media recently on the… Read More
Cumberland River
Take a drive through Nashville, Tenn., or visit the city’s riverfront, and it’s easy to see the region is in the midst of a transformative era of growth. Between 2010… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District is in the process of adjusting the Lake Barkley Master Plan by redesignating the Lock C site in Montgomery County, Tenn. Lock C lies on the… Read More
Record floodwaters are receding on the Tennessee-Tombigbee system, but they have left behind record amounts of silt that have forced some shippers to resort to trucks instead of barges. The… Read More
High water that was unleashed by mid-March’s late-winter storm and melting snow flooded towns and overcame levees along the Missouri River, but began to let up last week. On March… Read More
The barge industry is getting socked by closed locks and consequent delays on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) were briefed on… Read More
This high-water season is threatening to break records along the whole length of several river systems. Higher-than-expected rainfalls in the last weekend of February caused high water in the Ohio… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District’s Water Management Section said it is overseeing water releases at its dams in the Cumberland River Basin in the wake of a “significant rain event” February… Read More
River Marine Service Inc., based in Cumberland City, Tenn., is requesting permission from the Nashville Engineer District to build a new barge terminal and fleet on the Cumberland River. The… Read More
Glenn E. Daulton Inc., a barge rental and services company located in Caruthersville, Mo., supplied the Army with forty-five 195- by 35-foot deck barges to carry 1,000 vehicles and pieces… Read More
