Operators on the Louisiana stretch of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) will have a trio of partial or total lock closures to deal with in late summer and fall,… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
A year-and-a-half’s worth of reality has set in for operators on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway who move tows through Calcasieu Lock, located in Cameron Parish, La., just south of… Read More
Stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway will gather in New Orleans, La., August 1–3 for the 113th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). As in years… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District announced July 6 it had awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Oak Brook, Ill., for $69,814,060 to remove sediment and… Read More
A dredge working in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Matagorda Bay and the Port O’Connor (Texas) Jetties struck a natural gas pipeline April 17, igniting gas from the… Read More
Demonstration project in 2016 showed that agitating the channel could produce adequate depths for navigation. (File photo by Frank McCormack) The Port of Morgan City, located at the… Read More
Industry and community groups are weighing in on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ tentatively selected plan for reconfiguring the Brazos River Floodgates and the Colorado River Locks, both… Read More
Detail of Corps of Engineers survey map “Belle Isle, La.” in 1941 shows north and south navigation channels west of the spillway. Spring has arrived—that special time of… Read More
On March 16, C&C Marine and Repair opened the doors to its new corporate office building in Belle Chasse, La. The new building is the latest addition to… Read More
Earlier this month, a pair of West Louisiana ports—West Calcasieu Port and the Port of Vinton—announced they have awarded dredging contracts aimed at improving port access and boosting space… Read More
