The New Orleans Engineer District held a change of command ceremony July 25 at its district headquarters on Leake Avenue in the city’s Black Pearl neighborhood, with Col. Scotty Autin… 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.
At its July board meeting, the Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) announced it approved the payment and acquisition of a 743-acre tract from the state of Louisiana, paving the way… Read More
Seattle-based Manson Construction Company was awarded a $39 million firm-fixed-price contract from the New Orleans Engineer District for use of… Read More
Nichole Csete (top-right), contracts and insurance coordinator at J.F. Brennan Company, and Justin Scherf, underwater services director for Brennan, speak to the western Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations… Read More
The first Jones Act compliant SRI, GLDD’s Acadia, was launched from Philadelphia, Pa., on July 16 (Photo courtesy of GLDD). Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) recently celebrated the… Read More
VMI Inc. has long been an enduring presence in the dredging industry. Based in Cushing, Okla., and originally founded in Oklahoma City, the company was reestablished in its current facility… Read More
A contractor has finished placing 32,400 tons of rock to complete two stone revetments for the Memphis Engineer District. Midwest Construction Company of Nebraska was the contractor, and… Read More
J.F. Brennan Company recently received three awards at the 2025 World Dredging Conference and Expo (WODCON), the company announced. The conference, held June 23 to 27, was hosted by the… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) presented its 2025 annual awards at the World Dredging Conference (WODCON), held June 23 to 27 in San Diego, Calif. Dredger Of The Year Dylan… Read More
E-Crane hosted a christening ceremony July 11 with Lower Mississippi River-based stevedore Cooper Consolidated at the Port of Iberia for the Creole King, a barge-mounted stevedoring crane. E-Crane is a… Read More
