Lake Barkley Unified Command continues to work on salvage plan

Lake Barkley Unified Command continues to work on salvage plan
The Lake Barkley Grounding Unified Command continues to work on the American Jazz cruise ship salvage plan in Cadiz, Kentucky. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom) CADIZ, Ky. — The Lake Barkley Grounding Unified Command approved dive operations on Sunday to assess the seabed for future salvage operations to safely re-float the American Jazz riverboat grounded in Cadiz. American...

Coast Guard cancels safety zone on Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers

PADUCAH, Ky. –The U. S. Coast Guard has canceled the safety zone on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers from mile marker 206 (Pickwick Landing) to mile marker 0 (Paducah, Ky.). Recreational boaters are allowed on all portions of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, including Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.

Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Kentucky Lake, and Lake Barkley closed to recreational boating

PADUCAH, Ky. – The U. S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Ohio Valley, under authority of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, reduced the safety zone on the Tennessee River, Tuesday, to the stretch between the Highway 68 Bridge (mile marker 41.7) through Paducah, Ky. (mile marker 0), including portions of Kentucky Lake. The Cumberland River remains closed in the vicinity of Carthage, Tenn. (mile...