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.

Oxygenating System In Savannah Harbor Expansion Is Largest To Date SHEP-cones_Hutchinson

Oxygenating System In Savannah Harbor Expansion Is Largest To Date

July 24, 2019

The largest water oxygenation effort to date, costing about $100 million, is well underway as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). Engineering firm CDM Smith won the prime… Read More

State Of The Industry: GLDD Vice President Shares Thoughts On Dredging In The U.S.

July 22, 2019

With persistent high water and shoaling on many of the nation’s rivers, ongoing recovery from recent hurricanes and efforts to deepen seaports on the East Coast and Gulf… Read More

Dredging Now Underway On Corpus Christi Channel Improvement The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company dredge Ellis Island is currently working on the channel improvement project. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company)

The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company dredge Ellis Island is currently working on the channel improvement project. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company)

Dredging Now Underway On Corpus Christi Channel Improvement

July 19, 2019

Work has begun on the first phase of the Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project, which, when complete, will deepen the ship channel there to between 54 and 56 feet… Read More

Two Years of Dredging Removes Decades of Muck from Florida’s Eau Gallie River eau-gallie-dewatering-4

Two Years of Dredging Removes Decades of Muck from Florida’s Eau Gallie River

July 10, 2019

A $24 million dredging project on the Eau Gallie river in Melbourne, Florida that was decades overdue, wrapped up on March 31. Florida Dredge & Dock of Tarpon Springs, Florida… Read More

Two Environmental Projects Honored At WEDA Annual Meeting La-Quinta-corpus-Environmental-Mitigation-ship-channel_2019

Two Environmental Projects Honored At WEDA Annual Meeting

June 19, 2019

During its Annual Summit & Expo at the historic Hilton Chicago, Illinois, held from June 4 to 7, the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) presented two Environmental… Read More

In Morgan City, Sediment Is Filling In As Fast As It’s Pumped Out Installation of the ‘barge gate’ across Bayou Chene to prevent backwater flooding, both from the Atchafalaya River and from the potential operation of the Morganza Floodway. (photo courtesy of the Louisiana Civil Air Patrol/St. Mary Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security)

Installation of the ‘barge gate’ across Bayou Chene to prevent backwater flooding, both from the Atchafalaya River and from the potential operation of the Morganza Floodway. (photo courtesy of the Louisiana Civil Air Patrol/St. Mary Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security)

In Morgan City, Sediment Is Filling In As Fast As It’s Pumped Out

June 17, 2019

In Morgan City, La., where the Atchafalaya River draws near to the Gulf of Mexico, sediment pushed down from both the Red River and the Mississippi River continues… Read More

Omaha District Tackles Repair Of Levee Breaches An aerial view of flooding from overtopping of levee L575 near Nebraska City, Neb., on March 16. The Missouri River reached levels never before recorded as the flooding Platte River entered the Missouri at Plattsmouth, Neb. (Photo courtesy of Omaha Engineer District)

An aerial view of flooding from overtopping of levee L575 near Nebraska City, Neb., on March 16. The Missouri River reached levels never before recorded as the flooding Platte River entered the Missouri at Plattsmouth, Neb. (Photo courtesy of Omaha Engineer District)

Omaha District Tackles Repair Of Levee Breaches

June 17, 2019

The Omaha Engineer District is moving forward in its response to severe flooding on the Missouri River and tributaries that began in March and continues into June as an… Read More

Corps’ Dredge Quality Management Program Set To Move Inland

June 17, 2019

A key Corps of Engineers program has been quietly installing sensors on dredges—both its own and those used by its contractors—and gathering millions of data points to better monitor… Read More

Matt Binsfeld Named 2019 Dredger of the Year Matt Binsfeld, left, president and CEO of J.F. Brennan Company, receives the 2019 Dredger of the Year award from Marcel Hermans, president and chairman of WEDA, during the WEDA Dredging Summit and Expo.

Matt Binsfeld, left, president and CEO of J.F. Brennan Company, receives the 2019 Dredger of the Year award from Marcel Hermans, president and chairman of WEDA, during the WEDA Dredging Summit and Expo.

Matt Binsfeld Named 2019 Dredger of the Year

June 17, 2019

J.F. Brennan Company Inc. announced June 13 that President and CEO Matt Binsfeld was named the 2019 Dredger of the Year on June 6 at the 2019 Western Dredging… Read More

Dredging The Big Sandy For 30 Years An Amherst Madison dredge working on the Big Sandy River.

Dredging The Big Sandy For 30 Years

June 17, 2019

Amherst Madison Inc., the venerable marine towing, construction and repair firm on the Kanawha River at Charleston, W.Va., has marked a milestone of sorts this year. Among its other… Read More