The cutter suction dredge W.B. Woods, owned and operated by Avondale, La.-based Wood Resources, capsized January 16 off the east bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Mile… 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 commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, paid a visit January 9 to two of the Corps’ largest dredges working within several miles… Read More
Last September, David Simonelli, then-chief operating officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), retired after 44 years with the company. Assuming many of Simonelli’s responsibilities at GLDD were David… Read More
Dredge America Inc. is staging equipment and supplies at the Ohio River Boat Launch in Paducah, Ky., in preparation to begin dredging the first week of March. The company will… Read More
The main lock at Mel Price Locks and Dam closed January 3 as a crew from Alberici Constructors Inc. began work to dismantle and rebuild two observation structures called overlooks… Read More
Tucked into the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, which was signed into law December 23, 2022, as part of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, was… Read More
For Corpus Christi, Texas, the recently passed $1.7 trillion consolidated appropriations bill contained a crucial section that set aside $157.3 million to close out the final phase of the Corpus… Read More
This year’s extreme drought and resulting low water on the Mississippi River got national and worldwide attention. On December 14, top leaders of the Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard and… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division and the New Orleans Engineer District have granted the conditional permit and Section 408 permission to Louisiana’s Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) for the… Read More
South Carolina Ports Authority (SC Ports) leaders, along with government officials and maritime stakeholders, gathered in Charleston December 5 to mark the official completion of the Charleston Harbor Post 45… Read More