On April 20, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, held a roundtable policy discussion, “America’s Water Resources Infrastructure: Concepts for the Next Water… 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.
Demonstration project in 2016 showed that agitating the channel could produce adequate depths for navigation. (File photo by Frank McCormack) The Port of Morgan City, located at the… Read More
Teledyne has introduced the new Echotrac E20 all-in-one echosounder, designed for surveying in all environments. The unit comes with 1 or 2 frequency agile channels from 10 to 250kHz,… Read More
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has launched an integrated services package, “Excavation Plus,” whereby JFSE is the single point of contact for a range of work… Read More
Trimble has introduced the new MPS865 (Marine Positioning System) multi-frequency and multi-application Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Used for real-time and post-processing applications for marine survey… Read More
The keynote address at the WEDA’s Dredging Summit and Expo ‘18 will be presented by John Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. Read More
More than 115 officers and representatives from U.S.-flag shipping companies, maritime labor unions and maritime organizations and associations visited 169 Congressional offices during the ninth annual Maritime Industry Congressional Sail-In. Read More
Basra Gateway Terminal has taken ownership of a customized Damen Cutter Suction Dredge CSD500 that will be used immediately for an extension project at the Basra Gateway Terminal at the… Read More
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Cutterhead Dredge Rental No. 1-2018, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (OM-18-275). To Manson Construction Co., for $11,318,750.00 (base ONLY) – w/options $21,267, line items 1 and 2, on February 26, 2018 by New Orleans Engineer District. W912P818B0013/W912P818C0014. Environmental Observers for the Hopper Dredge McFarland. To Remsa Inc., for $29,928, line item 1, on February 26, 2018, by Philadelphia Engineer District. W912BU18T0009/W912BU18P0024. Dredge Boat Haulout Area at US Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, Barnegat Light, New Jersey. To Albert Marine, for $487,940, line item B-1, on February 27, 2018 by Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland. 70Z08318BPCR00100/70Z08318CPCR00100. Read More
Damen Shipyards Group announced in mid-March that it has recently unveiled a Water Injection Dredger (WID), courtesy of a plug and play system aboard a Damen Multi-Cat. Such capabilities… Read More
