Dredging is more than simply lifting sediment out of the water and moving it to somewhere else. This was once again obvious on November 19 and 20 in Amsterdam, the… Read More
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Recent inland waterways industry news, covering the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and more. Articles on economic, environmental and logistic advantages of barge shipping, plus other stories pertaining to locks and dams and other waterway infrastructure.
Ryba Marine Construction Company from Cheboygan, Michigan, will receive approximately $736,000 to dredge the River Rouge in southwest Detroit, Michigan. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Read More
The Dredging Contractors of America’s (DCA) Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held a series of meetings this week in Washington, D.C., including the Pipeline… Read More
Royal IHC won the KNVTS Ship of the Year award for the 8,400-cubic-meter (10,987-cubic-yard) trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Scheldt River, designed and built for… Read More
United Kingdom-based HR Wallingford has sold out its upcoming two-day dredging course. The course is designed to provide an introduction to dredging for those who are responsible for commissioning and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District christened the survey vessel Damrell in a ceremony November 8, at the Cooper Riverside Park Amphitheater in Mobile, Alabama. The vessel is… Read More
Thrustmaster Holdings B.V., affiliated with U.S.-based Thrustmaster of Texas Inc., has acquired a 58.5 percent stake in Blue Thruster, a Dutch-based maritime innovations company. With the transaction, Thrustmaster,… Read More
Environmental Initiative, St. Paul, Minn., is significantly growing its clean diesel efforts through Project Green Fleet due to a $1.85 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and infrastructure services, reported improved financial results… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released Marine Accident Briefs stating its findings on several marine incidents involving towboats from the summer of 2017. James H Hunter… Read More
