U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said the deepening of the Port of Charleston took a huge step forward today when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Work Plan for the rest of Fiscal Year 2011 and included $150000 to begin the Charleston Harbor deepening study. Read More

Mark Goddard reports that the path of the tornado that destroyed parts of Tuscaloosa last week was four miles away from the Corps Tuscaloosa office and that all family and… Read More

Mark Goddard reports that the path of the tornado that destroyed parts of Tuscaloosa last week was four miles away from the Corps Tuscaloosa office and that all family and… Read More

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) in conjunction with Texas A & M University (TAMU) will be hosting the Western Hemisphere’s 31st Annual Dredging Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel Resort… Read More

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) in conjunction with Texas A & M University (TAMU) will be hosting the Western Hemisphere’s 31st Annual Dredging Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel Resort… Read More

The Administrations proposed dredging budget for FY12 will not spend one dollar on 13 Michigan ports that collectively average more than 31 millions of cargo per year this despite the fact those tons were taxed and the revenue deposited in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that bankrolls the governments dredging program. Read More

The Administrations proposed dredging budget for FY12 will not spend one dollar on 13 Michigan ports that collectively average more than 31 millions of cargo per year this despite the fact those tons were taxed and the revenue deposited in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that bankrolls the governments dredging program. Read More

McNally Marine is nearly finished a port expansion project at the Port of Belledune New Brunswick Canada on the Gulf of St. Lawrence south of the entrance to the Seaway. The company is using mechanical dredges for the dredging and excavators and clamshells to unload the scows. The project includes installing a 400-meter dock to expand the Ro-Ro capacity of the Port of Belledune and deepening the inner and outer harbor navigation channels to 17 meters. Dredging amount was 200000 cubic yards of soft sediment. Read More