Dredging resumed at Indiana Harbor on June 11 and will continue through the fall. The work is a continuation of the dredging that began in September 2017 and stopped November 2017… 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.
Dredging contractor Co.Ed.Mar from Chioggia is working at the Port of Vado Ligure in Italy to expand capacity with a new terminal and deepened waterway. With naturally deep harbor (more… Read More
The Brazilian Minister of Transports, Valter Casimiro, announced a government investment of BRL 250 million ($64 million US) for infrastructure projects in the northeast state of Alagoas. The investment covers… Read More
Argentinian Port Administrator Consorcio de Gestión de Puerto Quequén has awarded a four-month dredging contract to Jan de Nul. The deal was symbolically inked, as the princess Astrid of Belgium… Read More
Improving waterways through dredging and protecting the environment can be achieved simultaneously as proven by the dredging projects that were honored during the Annual Summit & Expo of the Western… Read More
Dredge pumps are centrifugal pumps, driven by diesel or electric motors. The pumps work on the principle of centripetal force creating a pressure difference. Dredging operations are dependent on the… Read More
Colombia’s river management authority, Cormagdalena, has awarded a Port of Barranquilla’s dredging project to DEME Group’s Dredging International, it said on late May. The project covers maintenance dredging for the… Read More
In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its 2018 work plan, including funding for many port projects. The Charleston Harbor Deepening Project received $49 million. Construction to deepen… Read More
In June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developed and installed an advanced sensor device for the Port Everglades to monitor real-time tides, currents, water levels and other meteorlogical… Read More
Brazil has about 26,000 miles (42,000 kilometers) of navigable waterways, but less than half of it – about 11,800 miles – is actually usable, according to data from the nation’s… Read More
