Severe, unforecasted winds caused a containership to break away from a pier and damaged equipment at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans on August 2, 2020, according to… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation last week announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Project Vesta, a clean-technology pioneer developing a new way to use sand to remove excess carbon dioxide from… Read More
As mentioned in last week’s Washington Waves column, the Coast Guard has announced the availability of a Draft Programmatic Preliminary Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its program of acquiring 30… Read More
Returning to an in-person format after being virtual last year, the 2021 Waterways Symposium will be held November 2–4 in St. Louis, Mo., at the Live! by Loews Hotel at… Read More
American Cruise Lines announced September 28 that its fleet of four classic paddlewheelers will be undergoing a major redesign, refit and rebranding. The company said in a press release that… Read More
Schottel announced September 29 that it has been selected to equip the new dredge Frederick Paup with a propulsion system consisting of three rudder propellers. The Frederick Paup, now under… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District began construction activities recently in Sturgeon Lake in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River and at the Sturgeon Lake boat landing near Red Wing, Minn. Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., began cutting steel September 27 for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham, the third hull of the Heritage Class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)… Read More
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) announced September 29 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to become the 100 percent owner of Ports America, North America’s… Read More
Specialty construction company Orion Group Holdings on September 29 announced two contract awards for its marine segment totaling nearly $200 million. The company has been awarded a contract valued at… Read More
