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
Tennessee Valley Authority
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
Damage discovered when Wilson Lock and Dam’s main chamber was dewatered is too severe to allow navigation traffic to transit the lock between two dewaterings, which means the lock will… 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
For the first time in six years, the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Unit Paducah hosted an industry day for maritime businesses October 18. About 50 people attended the event, held… Read More
Aging infrastructure will be a prime topic of the Tennessee River Valley Association Conference September 30-October 1 in Franklin, Tenn. TRVA executive director Cline Jones said issues at Holt and… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District is moving closer to identifying temporary and permanent fixes to the monolith instability issue that forced an emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior… Read More
Nearly two weeks after a portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock failed, forcing the Mobile Engineer District to close the lock to navigation, Corps officials continue to… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has announced an emergency closure of Demopolis Lock, located near Demopolis, Ala., just below where the Black Warrior River enters the Tombigbee River, following a concrete… Read More
