The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine investigation report detailing the March 22, 2021, allision between the mv. Ava Claire’s lead barge and gate No. 3 at… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the owner and operator of the largest dredge fleet in the United States, has announced a new agreement with Texas A&M University’s… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District announced March 25 the temporary closure of Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ark., due to high water… Read More
Local, state and federal stakeholders gathered in Savannah, Ga., March 25 to celebrate completion of dredging for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, which increased the available draft of the river… Read More
About 13 months ago, a Weeks Marine dredge crew turned up three cannons, an anchor and a timber during dredging operations in the vicinity of Old Fort Jackson on the… Read More
Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge has been active in the global dredge market for more than 25 years, with dredges delivered to more than 50 countries over that time. In some… Read More
The Philadelphia Engineer District is gearing up to solicit bids for a medium class hopper dredge (MCHD) to replace the dredge McFarland, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’… Read More
A strong cold front stretching from the Gulf of Mexico up to Tennessee passed through southeast Louisiana in the evening hours March 22. The same storm had already generated tornadoes… Read More
Big River Propeller (BRP), part of the James Marine family of companies, has expanded to the Big Easy, with the official launch of a propeller shop in the New Orleans… Read More
Over the course of eight days, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) hosted three open houses in St. Bernard Parish to engage residents from the community that will be… Read More
