A trio of new neo-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes arrived at the Port of Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal last month. Standing 158 feet and with an outreach width of 22 containers,… 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.
A study just published in the journal Nature shows how carbon is stored and transported through the intricacy of inland and coastal waterways—and how important those waterways are to global… Read More
The Corps of Engineers districts managing the Missouri River are gearing up to solicit and award bank stabilization contracts along the length of the river, bolstered by a shot… Read More
A sister ship to Weeks Marine’s dredge Magdalen is on the way from Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton shipyard. The forthcoming dredge R.B. Weeks is expected to be delivered early… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking public comments on a draft plan to install a pipeline near Reads Landing, Minn., that would be used to transport dredged material… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold its Midwest Chapter meeting March 22–24 at the Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, Wis. The event will kick off with a… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) reported a strong fourth quarter of 2021, but its full-year financial results fell short of the previous year’s. In the February… Read More
Several Louisiana coastal communities west of the Mississippi River are one step closer to significant storm protection following Lt. Gen. Scott Spellman’s January 28 signing of the Chief’s… Read More
The state of Louisiana has lost in excess of 2,000 square miles of land to the Gulf of Mexico since the 1930s. In an effort to restore some of… Read More
How to recruit and retain employees was the topic of a Western Dredging Association (WEDA) webinar titled “Dredging For Talent” January 20. Panelists Laurie Boyan from Weeks Construction,… Read More
