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MRC Conducts High-Water Inspection Trip The Mississippi River Commission conducted its annual high-water inspection trip March 27-31 aboard the mv. Mississippi, stopping in Cairo, Ill.; Memphis, Tenn.; Greenville, Miss.; and New Orleans, La. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The Mississippi River Commission conducted its annual high-water inspection trip March 27-31 aboard the mv. Mississippi, stopping in Cairo, Ill.; Memphis, Tenn.; Greenville, Miss.; and New Orleans, La. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

MRC Conducts High-Water Inspection Trip

March 31, 2023

Standing aboard the mv. Mississippi for the Mississippi River Commission’s annual high-water inspection trip March 27, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland said this trip would be her last aboard the vessel. Read More

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Reports Loss For Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2022

March 21, 2023

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reported last month that its fourth quarter net loss was $31.2 million, which made up the bulk of the company’s full-year net loss of… Read More

Corps Dredges Complete Record Season Following Historic Low Water The St. Louis Engineer District’s Dredge Potter, assisted by the Kimmswick, worked 24/7 through the 2022-23 dredging season on the Mississippi River. The Potter, built in 1932, is a dustpan dredge. The Kimmswick, commissioned in 2006, assists the dredge with pipeline movements. (photo by Janet Meredith/St. Louis Engineer District)

The St. Louis Engineer District’s Dredge Potter, assisted by the Kimmswick, worked 24/7 through the 2022-23 dredging season on the Mississippi River. The Potter, built in 1932, is a dustpan dredge. The Kimmswick, commissioned in 2006, assists the dredge with pipeline movements. (photo by Janet Meredith/St. Louis Engineer District)

Corps Dredges Complete Record Season Following Historic Low Water

March 3, 2023

After an extended dredging season prolonged by extreme low-water conditions in the fall and extending into the winter, dredging crews in the Memphis, Vicksburg and St. Louis engineer districts have… Read More

Corps Commander Visits Dredges Working Middle Mississippi The dredge Potter works near the Southeast Missouri Port, just south of Cape Girardeau, Mo., on the middle Mississippi River. (photo by John Shoulberg)

The dredge Potter works near the Southeast Missouri Port, just south of Cape Girardeau, Mo., on the middle Mississippi River. (photo by John Shoulberg)

Corps Commander Visits Dredges Working Middle Mississippi

January 13, 2023

The commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, paid a visit January 9 to two of the Corps’ largest dredges working within several miles… Read More

GLDD’s Simonelli, Johanson And Gunsten Reflect On The State Of Dredging Industry The 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity dredge Galveston Island is the first of two sister trailing suction hopper dredges that Conrad Shipyard is building for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. (photo courtesy of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock)

The 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity dredge Galveston Island is the first of two sister trailing suction hopper dredges that Conrad Shipyard is building for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. (photo courtesy of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock)

GLDD’s Simonelli, Johanson And Gunsten Reflect On The State Of Dredging Industry

January 10, 2023

Last September, David Simonelli, then-chief operating officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), retired after 44 years with the company. Assuming many of Simonelli’s responsibilities at GLDD were David… Read More

Dredging, Buoys Help With Low Water As Need For More Rain Continues Mooring cells at the Port of Memphis completely exposed by record-low Mississippi River levels. (Photo courtesy of Memphis & Shelby County Port Commission)

Mooring cells at the Port of Memphis completely exposed by record-low Mississippi River levels. (Photo courtesy of Memphis & Shelby County Port Commission)

Dredging, Buoys Help With Low Water As Need For More Rain Continues

October 28, 2022

Light-loading, reduced drafts, dredging and multiple reported groundings continued this week, even with some reported rainfall in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Overall, the system remained stable, but industry continued… Read More

‘Team Mississippi’ Celebrates Channel Deepening Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition, takes off his shirt to reveal a New Orleans Saints' jersey with the number 50, signifying the newly achieved 50-foot depth for the Mississippi River Ship Channel to New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition, takes off his shirt to reveal a New Orleans Saints' jersey with the number 50, signifying the newly achieved 50-foot depth for the Mississippi River Ship Channel to New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

‘Team Mississippi’ Celebrates Channel Deepening

August 19, 2022

The Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Lake Itaska to where its passes stretch into the Gulf of Mexico like a taloned bird’s foot, has played a leading role in… Read More

Dredge Jadwin Departs Vicksburg The Vicksburg Engineer District Dredge Jadwin left May 10 for the 2022 dredging season on the Mississippi River. (Photo by Bucky Wall/Vicksburg Engineer District)

The Vicksburg Engineer District Dredge Jadwin left May 10 for the 2022 dredging season on the Mississippi River. (Photo by Bucky Wall/Vicksburg Engineer District)

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