Bristol Harbor Group Inc. (BHGI) announced March 3 that it was recently awarded an indefinite delivery contract for naval architecture and marine engineering services for the Philadelphia Engineer District’s Marine… Read More
Mat Sinking Unit
Near a bend in the Mississippi River above the Sunshine Bridge in Louisiana, scores of vehicles—some cars but mostly trucks—are parked along the crown of the levee and all along… Read More
With the Carrollton Gage of the Mississippi River in New Orleans already above 14 feet, the Vicksburg Engineer District has announced that the district’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) suspended its… Read More
Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC, Houma, La., has been awarded a $24,491,400 contract by the Philadelphia Engineer District to construct a specialty steel barge for the Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit (MSU)… Read More
Millions of dollars of goods are transported up and down the Mississippi River every year. This transportation is made possible, in part, by the Corps of Engineers’ Mat Sinking Unit… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District reports that the Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) completed its 2018 season January 11, 2019. During the season, the MSU placed approximately 200,000 squares of articulated… Read More
The Philadelphia Engineer District’s Marine Design Center (MDC) announced that it will soon be releasing a sources sought notice for the construction of a mat boat, a 188- by 74-… Read More
