Maintenance dredging at the Brazilian Port of Rio Grande, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, should be completed by August, officials estimated. As of late July, the… 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.
Pará state prosecutors demanded that the city of Belém, in Brazil, perform “immediate” dredging in the channels of the Una Bay. The body of public prosecutors, also known as the… Read More
Argentinian and Uruguayan officials announced in July the two countries completed dredging at both the De La Plata and the Uruguay River, a joint project seen by the governments as… Read More
In July, Colombia’s river management authority, Cormagdalena, said it provisionally suspended dredging in the access channel of the Port of Barranquilla. The suspension was due to a rupture in the… Read More
During its Annual Summit & Expo at the historic Hilton Chicago, Illinois, held from June 4 to 7, the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) presented two Environmental Excellence Awards, recognizing projects… Read More
A $24 million dredging project on the Eau Gallie river in Melbourne, Florida that was decades overdue, wrapped up on March 31. Florida Dredge & Dock of Tarpon Springs, Florida… Read More
In June, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Partrac GeoMarine Inc. a three-year contract to test a new tool for mapping contaminated sediments. The technology will be used at… Read More
The largest water oxygenation effort to date, costing about $100 million, is well underway as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). Engineering firm CDM Smith won the prime… 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
Work has begun on the first phase of the Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project, which, when complete, will deepen the ship channel there to between 54 and 56 feet and… Read More
