Nugent Sand Company’s roots go back 128 years to 1896, when the family began mining sand for commercial use. Still headquartered in Louisville, Ky., the business now has seven locations… 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.
Funding in the recently announced Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program FY 2024 Work Plan will allow the Galveston Engineer District to begin work on the Coastal Texas Project. The… Read More
LS Marine Inc., Inver Grove Heights, Minn., has begun work to build a dredging pipeline near Wabasha, Minn. The St. Paul Engineer District and LS Marine began work May 13… Read More
A company’s lack of requirements for crew to regularly check below-deck compartments led to undetected flooding and the eventual capsizing of a dredging vessel last year on the Mississippi River,… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced on April 24 that it has entered into a $150 million, five-year, senior secured second-lien credit agreement with Guggenheim Credit Funding LLC on… Read More
Dredge industry newcomer Muddy Water Dredging LP, based in Orange, Texas, held a christening ceremony April 19 on the riverfront in New Orleans for its first vessel, a cutter suction… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District is inviting public comments on the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s Channel Deepening Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The PCCA Channel Deepening Project is located near… Read More
The Great Lakes Dredging Team webinar April 3 provided information about weather trends and new tools for predicting the erosion that necessitates dredging. The team includes representatives from the Corps… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded a $4.4 million contract to address seepage remediation for a portion of the levee in Iberville Parish, La., as part of the overall… Read More
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was guest of honor at a February 16 groundbreaking ceremony for the Starved Rock Breakwater Project, a habitat restoration effort led by the Corps of… Read More
