Cable Arm Inc., a manufacturer of mechanical clamshells designed for both environmental and maintenance dredging, has delivered the first half of a 75-cubic-yard clamshell to Norfolk Dredging Company, with the… 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 Galveston Engineer District and the Harris County (Texas) Flood Control District have announced the approval of additional funds and a schedule extension for the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District recently awarded a $7.2 million contract to Luhr Brothers Inc. of Columbia, Ill., to construct a Mississippi River habitat restoration project in Pool 26, between … Read More
Construction of the steel superstructure of a new bridge over the Cumberland River at Smithland is nearing the halfway point and just reached a major milestone. On December 29, crews… Read More
The years-long effort to deepen the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) from 47 feet to 50 feet crossed a major milestone last month when the Crescent River Port Pilots Association… Read More
Power management company Eaton, in partnership with the University of Toledo, announced recently that it has been awarded the “Intelligent and Resilient Infrastructure” grant from the U.S. Army Engineer Research… Read More
The Corpus Christi (Texas) City Council recently awarded a $12.3 million construction contract to Callan Marine Ltd. for the Packery Channel Restoration project. The council also accepted and appropriated three… Read More
Numerous serious shortcomings and deficiencies in safety planning and risk assessment contributed to the “totally preventable” rupturing of a pipeline in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel by a cutterhead dredge… Read More
More than 50 members of Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) learned about dredging during the organization’s Dredging 101 webinar November 9. Sean Duffy of The Big River Coalition and David… Read More
Work repairing a stone dike at Victoria Bend on the Lower Mississippi River could cause major delays in transiting the area. The work at Mile 595.5 on the left descending… Read More
