With the Lower Mississippi River languishing at around 3 feet at the Carrollton Gage and with salt water creeping up from the Gulf of Mexico, the New Orleans Engineer District… 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.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced October 6 that it has awarded nearly $39 million in grants to 12 marine highway projects across the nation under the America’s… Read More
On October 5, the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program awarded Birdon America Inc. of Denver, Colo., an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustments for… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $5.5 million contract to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Service Company, doing business as Newt Marine Service, September 20 to begin constructing Stage 2… Read More
LS Marine Inc., Grove Heights, Minn., was awarded a $7.7 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to use dredged material from the head of Lake Pepin to restore… Read More
Then-New Orleans Engineer District Commander Col. Stephen Murphy met with Plaquemines Parish President Kirk Lepine and Plaquemines Port Director Sandy Sanders on September 12 to sign the project partnership agreement… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District has awarded a contract of just over $11.8 million for dike construction and maintenance on the Lower Mississippi River at Donaldson Point near New Madrid, Mo. Read More
The Port of Iberia is in the midst of a dredging project to bring a 16-foot channel from the Gulf of Mexico to the inland port in south-central Louisiana. The… Read More
One lock closure on the Illinois Waterway is complete with another just starting during daylight hours certain days, causing impacts to navigation within the region. Both the work completed the… Read More
With the recent addition of a drydock, Industry (Pa.) Terminal & Salvage Company, operator of three barge fleets from Miles 3.6 to 65 on the Ohio River, is pushing forward… Read More
