This issue of The Waterways Journal, with its theme of safety and environmental stewardship, shows a more expansive picture than usual of how the entire waterways community and its extended… Read More
dredging
Washington, D.C.—After contacting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about funding dredging following historic flooding, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) shared assurances the agency “is working to make sure dredging… Read More
Recognizing the need for speed in restoring navigation channels choked by this spring’s silt, the Vicksburg Engineer District plans to issue a Department of the Army General permit on behalf… Read More
The Port of Beaumont, Texas, has applied to the Galveston Engineer District for a permit to hydraulically or mechanically dredge about 1.45 million cubic yards of new material from the… Read More
On July 27, the Sabine-Neches Navigation District, Port Arthur, Texas, signed a long-awaited project partnership agreement with the Corps of Engineers to begin deepening its channel from 40 to 48… Read More
With persistent high water and shoaling on many of the nation’s rivers, ongoing recovery from recent hurricanes and efforts to deepen seaports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, Congress… Read More
The United Soybean Board (USB) recently announced a $2 million allocation to help offset the planning, design, and research costs of deepening the Lower Mississippi River from 45 feet to… Read More
Commerce is moving again on the entire length of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway thanks to the Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud clearing a pilot channel below Aberdeen Lock and Dam at… Read More
Visitors to the Pass A’Loutre Wildlife Management Area to the south and east of Head of Passes on the Lower Mississippi River will have to watch where they step this… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced May 21 the Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has established a pilot channel near Aberdeen Lock at Mile 357.5 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway… Read More
