In a season where inflation and supply chain issues are disrupting some infrastructure projects, at least one is moving ahead at full speed and full funding: the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
A dredging contractor for the Walla Walla Engineer District has completed channel-deepening dredging at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Clarkston, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho. The project… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District and Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC) are seeking comment on a planned three-year study of portions of the Lower Mississippi between Mile 775 and Mile… Read More
After an extended dredging season prolonged by extreme low-water conditions in the fall and extending into the winter, dredging crews in the Memphis, Vicksburg and St. Louis engineer districts have… Read More
Officials with the Port of Houston have announced completion of dredging for the first segment of the Houston Ship Channel expansion project, known locally as Project 11. The first section,… Read More
A Memphis Engineer District project delivery team recently completed a $5.3 million revetment project on the Mississippi River in Bauxippi-Wyanoke, Ark. Work began in November last year when historic low… Read More
VMI Dredges, Cushing, Okla., a leading provider of dredging equipment and services, announced January 24 that it has been named 2022 Large Business of the Year by the Cushing Chamber… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District’s Dredge Jadwin and its crew returned to the Vicksburg Harbor January 19, completing the 2022 dredging season. After departing May 10, 2022, the dustpan dredge spent… Read More
Black carp, an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin, according to a new study… Read More
The cutter suction dredge W.B. Woods, owned and operated by Avondale, La.-based Wood Resources, capsized January 16 off the east bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Mile… Read More
