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2024: The Year in Review

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2024: The Year in Review

December 13, 2024

The year 2024 was a momentous one for the waterways industry. A long drought that reduced drafts and cargoes moderated—with a devastating hurricane helping to restore water levels at a… Read More

Q&A With GICA President Paul Dittman GICA President Paul Dittman stands aboard a survey vessel following Hurricane Ida in 2021. Dittman is pictured alongside Victor Landry, operations manager of the GIWW for the New Orleans Engineer District. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

GICA President Paul Dittman stands aboard a survey vessel following Hurricane Ida in 2021. Dittman is pictured alongside Victor Landry, operations manager of the GIWW for the New Orleans Engineer District. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

Q&A With GICA President Paul Dittman

July 19, 2024

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) stakeholders will gather in New Orleans August 7–9 for the 119th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). GICA President Paul Dittman sat down… Read More

Walla Walla District To Conduct Inspections, Locks To Close

March 1, 2019

The Walla Walla Engineer District will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers during March. Walla Walla District dams… Read More