Less than six weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana signed the project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton… 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.
Mariners and anglers lucky enough to have visited the Chandeleur Sound by way of Baptiste Collette late this summer likely beheld an island of avian wonder as they left the… Read More
Three members of Congress and lots of heavy equipment joined members of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard leaders August 31 to celebrate the… Read More
In the town of Lorain, Ohio, a pilot program for an innovative way of dewatering and processing dredged material could point the way toward the future of dredged material disposal… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Mississippi River mainline levees (MRL) that make up the Mississippi River and Tributaries… Read More
Representatives from Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Weeks Marine gathered at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla., August 19 to celebrate the steel cutting for the R.B. Weeks, a forthcoming… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced on August 20 the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $117.8 million. The awarded… Read More
The Memphis District issued two task orders in late July for channel improvement work. The work includes stone repairs to existing damaged dikes, hardpoints, revetments and other river training structures,… Read More
The 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans carried the theme “fresh water as a source of life.” It’s a maxim borne out over the years in south Louisiana by the… Read More
Representatives from four dredging companies described their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar sponsored by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Safety Commission July 27. Margaret Davis, vice president… Read More
