"I’m confident the owner, who followed through with the barge removal, will keep his word and take care of the remaining debris." As of 4 p.m. Thursday, the docks were still afloat on the river.

Barges on the Black Warrior River are ready to carry a lot more cargo ... Watco’s 182-acre Port Birmingham Terminal has five barge docks and a heavy-lift crane for moving steel, coal and ...