Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest dredging contractor in the United States, closed 2023 with the announcement of $173.7 million in new contract awards. Five projects… 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 Pittsburgh Engineer District is piling rocks in the Monongahela River to create fish reefs. Once the project is finished, the Pittsburgh District will have installed 73 reefs, each extending… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District celebrated the completion of the Ouachita River Levee Crown Gravel Resurfacing Project on November 20 in Columbia, La., near the Riverton Recreation Area. The effort included… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is using a new technique for building up habitat islands on the Upper Mississippi River. The McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project is being… Read More
A new report released by Mike Hooks LLC showcases the dredging industry’s strengths and highlights the advantages it provides to American taxpayers. The United States is in the midst of… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has released potential development plans for the former Jeffboat site along the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Ind. Following the results of a study to determine… Read More
The small city of Wabasha, Minn., held a public meeting October 19 to invite public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a planned barge terminal it wants to… Read More
The Rock Island (lll.) Engineer District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a public groundbreaking ceremony October 4 to mark the start of construction for the Steamboat Island Habitat… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on September 19 announced the receipt of several dredging contract awards totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: • Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores… Read More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Port of Terrebonne met in Houma,… Read More
