On June 4, the Buffalo Engineer District awarded Ryba Marine Construction Company a $749,000 contract to dredge the federal navigation channel in Lorain Harbor, Lorain, Ohio. Under the contract, the… Read More
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The Mobile Engineer District has awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $40 million to Dyersburg, Tenn.-based Inland Dredging Company LLC for the rental of a 24-inch cutterhead dredge with operator. Read More
A map of the upper reach of the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, the navigable portion of the Red River in Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will study the… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District has awarded Conrad Shipyard LLC of Morgan City, La., an $8.4 million firm-fixed-priced contract for the purchase of a steel-hulled deck barge. The new barge will… Read More
Although May 22 was National Maritime Day, June 12 is considered the “birthday” of the U.S. merchant marine. That day commemorates the first wartime role of the U.S. merchant marine… Read More
Leaders from the Port of Corpus Christi, representatives from the Galveston Engineer District and federal, state and local leaders gathered at the port’s executive administration building June 2 to celebrate… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has published its draft supplemental general reevaluation report (GRR) and integrated supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the replacement of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal… Read More
A trio of panelists during an Inland Marine Expo (IMX) education session looked at waterway infrastructure across the country and the challenge of project reliability and cost overruns. Read More
On the stage of the Inland Marine Expo, Tracy Zea, president and CEO of Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), called Kentucky Lock the worst, most embarrassing project the Corps… Read More
Following criticism from the Louisiana governor’s office, the New Orleans Engineer District has suspended its permit for the proposed $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD), a project that was the… Read More
