“Looking backwards, 2024 was a great year.” That’s Michael Gerhardt’s assessment of the federal dredging market for last year, and Gerhardt, vice president of external affairs at Muddy Water Dredging,… Read More
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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
In December 2022, The Waterways Journal covered The Water Institute’s crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) and modeling efforts under its SmartPort project—an effort to provide both near real-time and forecast channel conditions. Read More
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) met in Alexandria, Va., October 3 for a day of safety discussions and presentations followed by an awards dinner in the… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission recently awarded nearly $3.5 million to six Arkansas ports. Phyllis Harden, commission chair, said the grants were awarded on the basis of improving safety and according… Read More
For Ray Bergeron, what started as a summer job during college grew into a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Bergeron, 80, of Trenton, Mich., founded Cable Arm,… Read More
The Pilottown Anchorage is the lowermost anchorage on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The anchorage is intended to provide a safe location for vessels with a draft of 45 feet… Read More
Brian Ragsdale, master of the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, has been presented with the 2023 Chief of Engineers Operations and Maintenance Castle Award for his work during a persistent… Read More
A little rain falling at the right time and in the right place helped to slow a predicted sharp decline on the Upper Mississippi, but it wasn’t able to stop… Read More
The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels and… Read More
