Jan De Nul expects a better 2019 following a tough 2018 for the company’s operations in Latin America. In December, the company signed a 25-year maintenance dredging contract awarded in… 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 Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) was back in the Big Easy for its annual conference, held from November 13 to 15, 2018, at the ACE… Read More
On October 23, 2018, President Trump signed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 into law. The legislation passed both the House and Senate in overwhelming bipartisan fashion. It… Read More
On October 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a single award task order contract to Alaska-based Brice Civil Constructors Inc. to dredge the last 12 miles of the… Read More
At the end of December 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its selection of 10 pilot projects for the beneficial use of dredged material. The projects are part… Read More
On January 7, the Galveston Engineer District awarded a $92 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to deepen and widen a 7.6-mile reach of the Corpus Christi… Read More
On November 13, 2018, safety leadership took center stage at the first Council for Dredging & Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The following winners and awards… Read More
In 2015, Canada Pump and Power developed two patents for an autonomous dredging system. Since 2017, the Mighty Dredge has been at work on four projects in settling, cooling and… Read More
A pair of smaller Louisiana waterways—the Houma Navigation Canal and bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black—will receive additional dredging funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ fiscal year 2019 work… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Work Plan includes an additional $59 million in funding for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). This funding brings the… Read More