On April 3 the Port of Los Angeles celebrated the completion of its latest deepening project. The 10-year $370 million project brought the main channel and turning basins to 53 feet. This is the latest milestone in a project that started in 1980 to deepen the then-35-foot channel to accommodate modern vessels. It was deepened to 84 feet in 1984. 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.
On April 17 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) announced that it had terminated its contract with shipyard Signal International Inc. for building a new trailing suction hopper dredge. Read More
On April 17 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) announced that it had terminated its contract with shipyard Signal International Inc. for building a new trailing suction hopper dredge. Read More
The U.S. Senate has passed S. 601 the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA) in May and the bill’s fate is now with the House of Representatives as it holds subcommittee hearings in preparation for a vote. Read More
The U.S. Senate has passed S. 601 the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA) in May and the bill’s fate is now with the House of Representatives as it holds subcommittee hearings in preparation for a vote. Read More
In February Ruud Ouwerkerk president of DTC (Dredge Technology Corporation) sent a letter informing his North American colleagues including those at IDR of his forthcoming retirement and the resulting changes in his corporation Dredge Technology Corporation (DTC) is the North American office of Dutch dredge builder IHC Merwede. Read More
In February Ruud Ouwerkerk president of DTC (Dredge Technology Corporation) sent a letter informing his North American colleagues including those at IDR of his forthcoming retirement and the resulting changes in his corporation Dredge Technology Corporation (DTC) is the North American office of Dutch dredge builder IHC Merwede. Read More
The House and Senate budgets were both passed in March. Eli Zupnick spokesperson for the Senate (Majority) Budget Committee said the president weighed in with his proposal “and now we are hoping to move to a conference committee and work toward a bipartisan budget deal.” Read More
The House and Senate budgets were both passed in March. Eli Zupnick spokesperson for the Senate (Majority) Budget Committee said the president weighed in with his proposal “and now we are hoping to move to a conference committee and work toward a bipartisan budget deal.” Read More
In May the hopper dredge Jean Ango was delivered to its owner Dragages-Ports for maintaining the French river Seine. The 1500-cubic-meter (about 1965-cubic-yard) dredge was designed and built in Spain by Astilleros de Murueta using Damen dredging equipment. Read More
