An often-overlooked aspect of the river transportation industry is dredging or the excavation of river bottoms and shores. Not only is dredging crucial to maintaining the depth and width of… Read More
Mississippi River
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to Begin Sediment Diversion Project to Restore Wetlands
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is working with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and other natural resource agencies, to design two coastal restoration projects. The Mid-Barataria… Read More
Included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which was signed into law February 9, is $17.398 billion set aside for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund a… Read More
Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta and coast have made headlines of late, thanks to a pair of studies that examine flooding and coastal erosion, a state-issued coastal quarantine and the recently-announced… Read More
Global Maritime Ministries, a New Orleans, La.-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who live or sojourn in Southeast Louisiana, hosted its second annual Lighthouse Gala March 9 at… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District closed out the month of March by ceasing operation of the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., about 33 river miles upriver from… Read More
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed March 27 between four ports in St. Louis, Mo., and the Port of Plaquemines, La., is laying the groundwork for a collaboration focused on… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a barge breakaway in New Orleans March 25 near Mile 93 on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River. According to the Coast… Read More
On February 16, Ross Labs, LLC of Edmonds, Washington, received the first of two boats it is providing to the Rock Island Corps of Engineer District and has begun installing… Read More