Conrad Shipyard hosted a steel-cutting ceremony February 5 at the company’s Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia, La., to officially launch the construction of a 6,500-cubic-yard trailing suction hopper dredge for… 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.
Thirty years ago, Ray Bergeron stopped by the office of The Waterways Journal to explain his new clamshell bucket design. Two years earlier, in 1989, Bergeron had noticed how inefficient… Read More
The Omaha Engineer District and the city of Hamburg, Iowa, signed a Section 1176 project agreement February 10 that will allow for raising the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee 8 feet,… Read More
Callan Marine, a Galveston, Texas-based provider of dredging services, announced February 1 it has been awarded a long-term contract for maintenance dredging within the Port of Corpus Christi, in addition… Read More
The board of directors of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has announced the organization’s annual Dredging Summit & Expo, previously set to occur in person in Tampa Jun 15–17, will… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Texas, Freeport Harbor to Upper Matagorda Bay in Brazoria and Matagorda Counties, Texas, Pipeline Dredging. To Inland Dredging Company LLC for $10,494,700, line items 1 to 9,… Read More
In the final days of the Trump administration, residents of southeast Louisiana received a parting gift from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the form of “new start”… Read More
Quincy, Mass.-based Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company has announced a contract with IHC America Inc. for the design of a new 6,500-cubic-yard trailing suction hopper dredge. Cashman has not… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest U.S. provider of dredging services, has announced new dredging awards worth $60.9 million. The company announced the four contracts January 11,… Read More
Waukegan Harbor Dredging, Waukegan, IL – USACE Chicago District Project. To Luedtke Engineering Company for $1885400, line items 1AA to 1AF, 2AA to 2AF, 4AA to 4LL, on September 24,… Read More
