The Port of Vinton, located near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in the southwest Louisiana city of Sulphur, announced October 23 the completion of a project to dredge the port’s… Read More
Dredging
By Judith Powers and Sean Duffy There are 6,800 acres of new marshland bordering the Passes of the Mississippi River—land that was created starting in 2011 by a coalition intent on… Read More
The St. Paul (Minn.) Engineer District awarded a $7.475 million contract September 24, 2018, to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Services Company, Dubuque, Iowa, to carry-out a Corps Island dredged material… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority has announced it will host two open houses this month focused on the port’s efforts to study the feasibility of deepening the Corpus Christi… Read More
Officials from West Calcasieu Port, located in Sulphur, La., about 12 miles south of Interstate 10 along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, announced August 24 that work to dredge the port’s… Read More
The quest to increase the depth of the Mississippi River ship channel between Baton Rouge, La., and the Gulf of Mexico to 50 feet moved one step closer to reality… Read More
Informa Economics IEG recently performed a study on behalf of the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) that examined the benefits of dredging the Lower Mississippi River and its impact on farmers,… Read More
A year after communications missteps aroused opposition and hostility to its plan to dispose of dredged materials from a sector of Lake Pepin, the Corps of Engineers signed a memorandum… Read More
At the Inland Marine Expo in St. Louis, International Dredging Review hosted an education session to discuss dredging along the inland waterways. The panel discussion on May 25 welcomed three… Read More
An often-overlooked aspect of the river transportation industry is dredging or the excavation of river bottoms and shores. Not only is dredging crucial to maintaining the depth and width of… Read More
