After a tense couple of weeks due to President Donald Trump’s threats to veto the $2.3 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133), an omnibus appropriations bill… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Liebherr-Wek Nenzing GmbH debuted three new machines and one new design recently for the deep foundation, material handling and lifting fields. All the models include a brand-new design… Read More
Waukegan Harbor Dredging, Waukegan, IL – USACE Chicago District Project. To Luedtke Engineering Company for $1885400, line items 1AA to 1AF, 2AA to 2AF, 4AA to 4LL, on September… Read More
Topeka, Kan.-based Custom Dredge Works (CDW) has delivered a new 14-inch cutter suction dredge to Legacy Materials of Booneville, Iowa, near West Des Moines. The new dredge will be… Read More
After many years of planning and delays due to high water, and many other issues, work has finally begun on a new excursion boat landing in Kimmswick, Mo. Read More
Towboat Poem As I’m on this boat, looking out of the window I think about my life, and how far I will go… Read More
After a year of severe trials, the long-awaited vaccines to the coronavirus are now being distributed, thanks to Operation Warp Speed. It may take months for enough of us… Read More
Burton Suedel, a research biologist at the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been recognized by ASTM International for his leadership on… Read More
Capt. Rayburn Johnson, 79, died peacefully in his sleep July 11 at his home in Morgantown, Ky. He had a long career on the river, starting in the… Read More
Plimsoll Marine, LaPlace, La., took delivery December 11 of the mv. Grain Express from Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala. The 67- by 28-foot towboat… Read More
