Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) announced on May 16 that it had been awarded a $122 million contract to deepen Miami Harbor. The project is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of this year and will deepen Miami’s shipping channel to 50 feet. The Corps of Engineers awarded the base work for this project which includes deepening the offshore entrance channel. Option work involving the deepening of the inner channels to provide access to the port’s berthing areas is expected to be awarded by January 31 2014. These options if awarded will bring the value of the project to $206 million. 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.
The environmental dredging community was well-represented at the Battelle Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments at the Dallas Texas Hyatt Regency Hotel on February 4 through 7. Read More
The environmental dredging community was well-represented at the Battelle Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments at the Dallas Texas Hyatt Regency Hotel on February 4 through 7. Read More
A large group of around 80 met for the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 2013 Midwest Chapter meeting in St. Louis April 17 – 19. The meeting Midwest Dredging: Successes… Read More
A large group of around 80 met for the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 2013 Midwest Chapter meeting in St. Louis April 17 – 19. The meeting Midwest Dredging: Successes… Read More
U.S. dredging contracts awarded from January 4 through February 22 2013 Read More
One of the worlds largest and deepest natural harbors will be dredged starting later this year. Read More
North American news items of interest to the dredging industry. Read More
News updates from Latin America Read More
Plans are being finalized for the World Dredging Congress WODCON XX to be held June 3 through 7 in Brussels Belgium. Read More
