MS section Tenn-Tom reopens

TISHOMINGO, Miss. - A lock on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northeast Mississippi reopened Sept. 28 after an oil spill was cleaned up. The Jamie Whitten Lock near Tishomingo had been closed since Sept. 8 after the hull of a barge was pierced, releasing more than 117,000 gallons of oil. WTVA-TV reports the reopened lock faced a significant backlog of barge traffic. Crews worked to contain the oil spill inside the lock, although the waterway was closed for 4 miles. The Savage Inland Marine barge was carrying about 321,000 gallons of oil, but nearly two-thirds was safely removed. It was the second lock closure in Mississippi in 2019. (Source: WVTA 09/28/19)