The 2023 WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo drew more than 700 attendees, presented 65 technical papers and fielded 115 exhibit booths displaying a full range of dredging equipment… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
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.
As the work passes the halfway point, three closed and dewatered locks and dams on the Illinois Waterway are on schedule for reopening September 30. “It’s on… Read More
The Corps of Engineers is being proactive in preparing for low-water levels in 2023 that could approach those of last year, according to a briefing to the Inland Waterways… Read More
During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several… Read More
In July 2021, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new hurricane protection system designed to shield communities along the southwestern shore of Lake Pontchartrain from… Read More
On June 13, soybean farmers met with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., to present him with a $2 million ceremonial check… Read More
By James F. Lowe Kansas City Engineer District Public Affairs The flood of 2019 made apparent the need for extensive repairs on the Missouri River training devices–dikes… Read More
It’s a good time to be in the dredging business. A flood of infrastructure spending from several recently passed bills including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also called… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District announced three contract awards June 5. Mississippi River Levees – System 6 Levee Gravel, Helena, Ark.—This $2.15 million project places gravel surfacing on the… Read More
Moonlight, Canvasback and Steamboat are the names of three new under-construction man-made islands being formed in the Riverbend area of the Mississippi River near Grafton, Ill. The names were… Read More
