On May 25 the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee unanimously approved H.R. 5303 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016. On April 28 the Senate Environmental and Public… 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.
Royal IHC headquartered in Kinderdijk the Netherlands has signed a contract with a Cuban company for a state-of-the-art dredge. The Easydredge® 3700 trailing suction hopper dredge was ordered by Tecnoimport… Read More
More than 600 people attended the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 21st World Dredging Congress and Exposition WODCON XXI at the Hyatt Regency Miami from June 13 to 17. WEDA members… Read More
Dr. Michael Palermo was named the 2016 Dredger of the Year by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) board of directors and Dr. Robert Randall received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The… Read More
Situated 85 kilometers (about 52 miles) north of the coast of the Dutch province of Groningen four project partners have joined forces in the construction of the Gemini Project. These… Read More
The New England Engineer District is proposing periodic maintenance dredging of the Chatham Stage Harbor Federal Navigation Project in Chatham Massachusetts. The congressionally authorized project provides for an entrance channel… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announced that the Kings Bay Entrance Channel dredging project was completed by April 12 about a month ahead of schedule. Kings Bay… Read More
On April 20 Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company was awarded a $3.4 million contract by the New England Engineer District to perform maintenance dredging of the Beals Harbor and… Read More
The Jacksonville District also announced a $10.4 million contract award to Southern Dredging Company on April 8. This project consists of maintenance dredging of shoal material at two different locations;… Read More
An MCM Marine dredge arrived from Sault Ste. Marie in mid-May to begin dredging the outer harbor of St. Joseph Michigan on Lake Michigan’s eastern shore across the lake from… Read More
