Catching up on a backlog of dredging takes time, but the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) says progress is being made. In 2016, the backlog for dredging along the waterway… 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 global economic slowdown resulting from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic has provided a unique opportunity for acceleration of a major harbor-deepening project. On May 31, Corps of Engineers officials supervising… Read More
The City of Paducah (Ky.) expects to begin dredging later this summer near its transient boat dock after receiving a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. “Due to the flooding that… Read More
The East Chicago (Ind.) Waterway Management District (ECWMD) has announced that an Indiana canal will be dredged to its authorized depth for the first time since 1972 to allow barge… Read More
On May 26, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard granted a summary judgment in favor of the Corps and JaxPort, the port authority of Jacksonville, Fla., that dismissed a lawsuit… Read More
William Doyle, a former U.S. federal maritime commissioner and CEO and executive director of the Dredging Contractors of America, has been appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to be the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation and Conrad Industries last week announced the execution of a definitive contract by Conrad Shipbuilding for the construction of a 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, the Westlake, La.-based dredging company, has announced plans to build a new cutter suction dredge, which will bring its fleet to a total of five dredges. “Our… Read More
In May, Callan Marine began a maintenance dredging project for the Texas Department of Transportation at the Bolivar Ferry Terminal, removing 600,000 cubic yards of material. The project will return… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group unveiled its first Electric Cutter Suction Dredger (ECSD) 650. The electric motors power the dredge with zero emissions. The electric power also provides a significant reduction in… Read More
