The Corps of Engineers Dredge Jadwin, its crew and its owners—the Vicksburg Engineer District—has been awarded the 2024 Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Annual Safety Excellence Award for a “dredging stakeholder.”… Read More
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For Ray Bergeron, what started as a summer job during college grew into a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Bergeron, 80, of Trenton, Mich., founded Cable Arm,… Read More
The Pilottown Anchorage is the lowermost anchorage on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The anchorage is intended to provide a safe location for vessels with a draft of 45 feet… Read More
Col. Jeremiah Gipson assumed command of the Vicksburg Engineer District from Col. Christopher Klein in a formal change of command ceremony June 14. Mississippi Valley Engineer Division Commander Brig. Gen. Read More
Vesconite Hilube no-swell, lubrication-free bearings will be installed as the ladder pump bearings on a dredge that is currently undergoing a major maintenance overhaul, the company announced recently. This follows… Read More
Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group has received the formal notice to proceed from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District and the city of Wabasha, Minn., are set to sign a historic river sand management document July 24 during a brief ceremony in Wabasha. The… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG), Panama City, Fla., announced the delivery May 22 of the 8,550-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks to Weeks Marine Inc., Cranford, N.J. “It’s our… Read More
Standing aboard the mv. Mississippi for the Mississippi River Commission’s annual high-water inspection trip March 27, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland said this trip would be her last aboard the vessel. Read More
The Dredge Jadwin, with a crew of about 50 Vicksburg Engineer District team members, left Vicksburg Harbor May 10 for its annual dredging season along the Mississippi River. Vicksburg Engineer… Read More