Mike Hooks LLC, the Westlake, La.-based dredging company, has announced plans to build a new cutter suction dredge, which will bring its fleet to a total of five dredges. “Our… Read More
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The Galveston Engineer District will hold the first of four planned virtual scoping meetings June 9 for the forthcoming Port of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Read More
Corn Island Shipyard launched its latest split-hull dump scow barge April 16 at its facility at Ohio River Mile 734. The barge measures 200 by 42 feet and has a… Read More
Like other sectors of the maritime industry, dredging is considered “essential” by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the division of the Department of Homeland Security tasked with identifying… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is extending its draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for the proposed dredged material management plan in Pool 6, near Winona, Minn. (WJ, March 2). Comments… Read More
For ports, terminals and stakeholders along two of the South’s major waterways, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2020 work plan, released February 10, marks a major milestone in the… Read More
Last month, the Little Rock Engineer District got $26.7 million in supplemental funds for restoring river infrastructure from the floods of 2019. It is a first installment of a total… Read More
The barge hull of Callan Marine’s new cutterhead dredge General MacArthur was launched on November 6 at C&C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse, La. Callan executives Maxie McGuire, president;… Read More
Two members of Congress from Minnesota announced November 14 that they had secured the release of $100 million in dredging and restoration funds for the Upper Mississippi River to address… Read More
The Waterways Journal has covered news involving dredging and marine construction since it first hit print in 1887, but soon that coverage will expand greatly. As of 2020, International Dredging… Read More
