Recognizing the need for speed in restoring navigation channels choked by this spring’s silt, the Vicksburg Engineer District plans to issue a Department of the Army General permit on behalf… 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.
A dredging emergency in the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers led river industry representatives to appeal to members of Congress to urge the Corps to better distribute already-allocated emergency dredging… Read More
The third week of July, general contractor, Veit & Company Inc. of Duluth, Minnesota, along with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Barr Engineering Company, began a 2-year project to… Read More
Work has begun on the first phase of the Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project, which when complete will deepen the ship channel to between 54 and 56 feet and extend… Read More
The huge power requirements and inertial loads typical of a high capacity dredge pump drivetrain are managed by the clutch assembly. The risk of a blockage in the system adds… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held its annual 2019 Dredging Summit & Expo in Chicago from June 4 to 7. Four hundred and nine attendees attended the event, and the… Read More
In May, Orion Marine completed a maintenance project to dredge the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) channel to -10 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), its federally authorized depth, in a 4.5-mile… Read More
With persistent high water and shoaling on many of the nation’s rivers, ongoing recovery from recent hurricanes and efforts to deepen seaports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, Congress… Read More
Maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet Federal Navigation Channel was completed on May 25 by Weeks Marine of Cranford, New Jersey, under a $10.7 million contract from the U.S. Army… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded a $1.131 million contract to Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Michigan, to dredge the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor, located… Read More
