The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held its annual Dredging Summit virtually June 15–17, during which the organization presented its Environmental Excellence Awards. WEDA named two award winners, one for… Read More
Mike Hooks
A 20-foot Mike Hooks dredge tender sank March 1 near buoy 30 in the Matagorda Ship Channel. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi soon thereafter established a safety zone… Read More
While COVID-19 proved the dominant newsmaker for much of 2020, a steady stream of dredging and waterway announcements during the year will, hopefully, have a much more enduring—and… Read More
The Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has finished dredging operations on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following historic late-winter flooding that left immense shoaling along the river. The February flooding… Read More
Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) reopened to commercial navigation around 11:30 p.m. September 25 after an incident 2-1/2 weeks earlier led to… 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… Read More
Close to two months after dramatic rains and runoff swept down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) and triggered navigation-halting shoals, the dredge working at Mile 357 on the waterway… Read More
