The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
On May 1 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. board of directors named Lasse Petterson CEO. In December 2016 Petterson joined the board of directors and needed to complete an… Read More
BY JUDITH POWERS Two Ellicott Series 2070 Dragon® dredges are awaiting shipment to Bangladesh where they will perform river maintenance as part of the government’s vast program to restore… Read More
PERUVIAN PORT SECTOR TO INVEST $148 MILLION IN 2017 The Peruvian port sector will invest more than $148 million USD in both infrastructure and equipment improvement projects in 2017 as… Read More
In response to the findings of a study on the costs of its head office Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will be restructuring and eliminating 230 jobs. The study was… Read More
Y MARSHA COHEN On April 14 a new Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) 350 was delivered by Damen Shipyard to marine contractor and dredge company Heuvelman Ibis in Delfzijl the Netherlands. Read More
BY ANNA TOWNSHEND While dredges still need operators for monitoring and emergencies automated dredge operations are increasing efficiency by minimizing operator error and adjusting systems in real-time. To better understand… Read More
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers originally built Michigan’s Leland Township Harbor in as a “harbor of refuge” the government agency has lately failed to provide the manpower or… Read More
EdgeTech’s 2016 Training Class EDGETECH’S SONAR TRAINING TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER EdgeTech will be holding its annual sonar training seminar from September 26 to 28… Read More
Caterpillar Marine also announced it has been selected to power three 3500 cubic meter (4500 cubic yards) trailing suction hopper dredges for Jan De Nul Group with Cat 3500 E… Read More
FOUR DREDGES AND THREE CONTRACTORS OPERATE IN CHARLESTON DISTRICT AT ONCE In late March the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District had four different dredges working in Charleston Harbor on… Read More
