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Dredging Sector Adds Additional Capacity The Amelia Island, the second in a set of hopper dredges built by Conrad Shipyard for GLDD. (Photo courtesy of GLDD)

The Amelia Island, the second in a set of hopper dredges built by Conrad Shipyard for GLDD. (Photo courtesy of GLDD)

Dredging Sector Adds Additional Capacity

June 12, 2026

Dredging continues to expand and modernize in the United States and throughout the world. In the United States, the government manages the nation’s navigable waterways as a valuable and… Read More

Dredging: Investing In The Future Of America’s Waterways

June 12, 2026

America’s waterways remain one of the nation’s greatest economic assets, carrying the commodities and products that support agriculture, manufacturing, energy production and international trade. Maintaining that system requires a… Read More

IMX Session Focuses On Industry Data And Funding WCI president and CEO Tracy Zea and vice president Midwest region Paul Rohde led the construction and infrastructure session during the 2026 Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn. The session focused on the findings from various studies conducted on the inland waterways system as well as solutions to project delays. (Photo courtesy of ECN Photography)

WCI president and CEO Tracy Zea and vice president Midwest region Paul Rohde led the construction and infrastructure session during the 2026 Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn. The session focused on the findings from various studies conducted on the inland waterways system as well as solutions to project delays. (Photo courtesy of ECN Photography)

IMX Session Focuses On Industry Data And Funding

June 12, 2026

Tracy Zea, president and CEO of Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), and Paul Rohde, vice president of the Midwest region of WCI, hosted the construction and infrastructure education session May… Read More

House Appropriations Committee Passes FY27 Energy And Water Development Bill

May 22, 2026

The House Appropriations Committee marked up and passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill May 20. The bill includes approximately $9.8 billion… Read More

Washington Waves: Waterway News From D.C.

May 15, 2026

Members of the public have until June 8 to weigh in on the much-anticipated report approved by President Donald Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council. Adopted and… Read More

Washington Waves: Waterway News From D.C.

May 8, 2026

President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, without new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement… Read More

St. Louis District Launches ‘Love Your Levee’ Campaign

May 8, 2026

The St. Louis Engineer District, in partnership with the Kaskaskia Island Drainage and Levee District, launched the “Love Your Levee” campaign last month to increase public understanding of levees… Read More

SCI, Corps Announce Simulation Partnership Capt. Stephen Polk—Director, Center for Maritime Education, Seamen’s Church Institute—in the simulator classroom in Houston, TX. (Photo courtesy of SCI)

Capt. Stephen Polk—Director, Center for Maritime Education, Seamen’s Church Institute—in the simulator classroom in Houston, TX. (Photo courtesy of SCI)

SCI, Corps Announce Simulation Partnership

May 1, 2026

The Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Maritime Education (CME) has established a new partnership with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss.,, with the… Read More

Repairs Help Ensure McAlpine Lock Chamber Reliability Clint Rawls, a Great Lakes and Ohio River Division light fleet mechanic, watches closely as miter gate machinery is disassembled at the lower river wall of McAlpine Locks and Dam’s north chamber. (Photo by Zach Willis/Louisville Engineer District)

Clint Rawls, a Great Lakes and Ohio River Division light fleet mechanic, watches closely as miter gate machinery is disassembled at the lower river wall of McAlpine Locks and Dam’s north chamber. (Photo by Zach Willis/Louisville Engineer District)

Repairs Help Ensure McAlpine Lock Chamber Reliability

May 1, 2026

Maintenance work inside one of McAlpine Locks and Dam’s 1,200-foot chambers is scheduled to be complete May 5, ending a closure meant to extend its reliability. The… Read More

Washington Waves: Waterway News From D.C.

April 24, 2026

The Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2027 funding cuts for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation drew bipartisan pushback from leaders of a key… Read More