Forged In Crisis, Collaboration Rules The Waters August 29 marked the 20th anniversary of the Louisiana and Mississippi landfalls of Hurricane Katrina. In late August 2005, after crossing the Florida… Read More
Corps of Engineers
Construction on a new main lock chamber over the footprint of the existing auxiliary chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam is designed to reduce lock transit delays and increase… Read More
The sad news was dispensed through social media recently that one of the most iconic towing vessels built for the inland rivers in the middle of the 20th century was… Read More
August 8, 2025 The Senate easily confirmed the nomination of veteran congressional staffer Adam Telle to serve as the 14th assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Submitted by… Read More
Day one of the 120th Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) Seminar featured a pair of sessions focused on waterway infrastructure and federal funding. Tracy Zea, president and CEO of Waterways… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District held a change of command ceremony July 25 at its district headquarters on Leake Avenue in the city’s Black Pearl neighborhood, with Col. Scotty Autin… Read More
Seattle-based Manson Construction Company was awarded a $39 million firm-fixed-price contract from the New Orleans Engineer District for use of… Read More
The July 28, 1962, issue of The Waterways Journal, published 63 years ago today, carried a feature story on the July 22 dedication of the new Greenup Locks and… Read More
That’s the question that gets asked a lot today, given the extended timelines for big construction projects like locks and dams. A prime example is the 102-year-old Inner Harbor Navigation… Read More
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), spanning 1,058 river miles from Apalachee Bay, Fla., to Brownsville, Texas, is an all-star performer. From the Mississippi River at New Orleans, the GIWW extends… Read More
