While COVID-19 proved the dominant newsmaker for much of 2020, a steady stream of dredging and waterway announcements during the year will, hopefully, have a much more enduring—and endearing—impact on… Read More
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Ontario, Canada-based Thordon Bearings Inc. has announced that the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has replaced the rubber cutterhead bearings aboard the dredge Mahmoud Younis with a water-lubricated composite bearing from… Read More
Almost six years have passed since the Port of Morgan City saw its last foreign-flagged ship call on the port. From late 2014 to early 2015, 22 ships called on… Read More
This week, the Old Boat Column steps back five decades to August 1970. Prominently in the foreground of this aerial view of St. Louis is the sternwheel dredge Sainte Genevieve,… Read More
Corn Island Shipyard launched its latest split-hull dump scow barge April 16 at its facility at Ohio River Mile 734. The barge measures 200 by 42 feet and has a… Read More
On December 9, the Memphis Engineer District’s dredge Hurley returned to its home port at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis Harbor. The Hurley dredged more than 12.5 million cubic… Read More
The barge hull of Callan Marine’s new cutterhead dredge General MacArthur was launched on November 6 at C&C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse, La. Callan executives Maxie McGuire, president;… Read More
With persistent high water and shoaling on many of the nation’s rivers, ongoing recovery from recent hurricanes and efforts to deepen seaports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, Congress… Read More
Weeks Marine’s new $60 million cutter suction dredge, the JS Chatry, under construction at C&C Marine & Repair in Belle Chasse, La., reached a major milestone November 27 when the… Read More
Callan Marine, Ltd. acquired the assets of Bean Coastal, LLC, a subsidiary of CF Bean, LLC, at the end of 2017. The reason for the purchase was to acquire the… Read More
