City of Orange Beach - Mon November 06, 2023
Orange Beach, Ala., Sees Beach Dredging; Work Starting On New School Athletic Complex
Dredging and beach fill operations, part of the 2023 Engineered Beach Renourishment Project for the cities of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Ala., as well as Gulf State Park, got under way Oct. 30 along the 900 block of West Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores....
Linder - Thu August 17, 2023
OLKO Pontoons Provide Unique Solution for Blew Bayou
After multiple hurricanes battered Florida's coasts, silt, sand and debris clogged many of the canals running between neighborhoods, limiting boat use for residents. Along the east coast of Florida, Blew Bayou Services LLC recently began dredging a canal system for the city of Port St....
NOLA.com - Tue October 18, 2022
USACE Building Underwater Levee on Mississippi River in Louisiana To Block Saltwater
A dredging company began construction Oct. 11 on a 1,500-ft.-wide underwater levee designed to block a wedge of Gulf of Mexico saltwater from reaching public and industrial water supply intakes on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish and New Orleans....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 13, 2022
$250M USACE Project Deepens Mississippi from Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the first part of a project to deepen the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way for larger vessels from the widened Panama Canal to travel as far north as Baton Rouge....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tue June 28, 2022
American Construction Begins Dredging at Rogue River
The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) began dredging the Rogue River at Gold Beach, typically an annual project, for the first time in a few years. The contractor — American Construction — began work on June 1 and will continue into late September....
Keeton PR - Tue June 21, 2022
Real-Time Eyes Help Gerke Meet Frac Sand Production Goals
Tomah, Wis.-based specialty contractor Gerke Excavating has more than three decades of experience dredging limestone and more than a decade mining frac sand from ponds, lakes and other bodies of water....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 01, 2022
McCarthy's Expansion of Port Houston Will Help Supply Chain Woes
Supply chain issues have been in the news these last two years like never before. Pictures of giant container ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere have appeared in the media....
CEG - Thu February 10, 2022
Dredging Inches Louisiana's Mississippi River Ship Channel Toward New Maximum Depth
The years-long effort to deepen the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) from 47 to 50 ft. crossed a major milestone in late December when the Crescent River Port Pilots Association (CRPPA), which guides ships entering the channel from the Gulf of Mexico up to New Orleans, increased its maximum draft recommendation from 47 to 48 ft....
The Salem News - Mon January 31, 2022
Transformation of Salem, Mass., Port to Begin with $3M Dredging Project
Hopes are that a multi-million-dollar effort to dredge Salem Harbor will help usher in a transformation of the city's port. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced a $14 billion wave of funding for nationwide projects tailored "to strengthen port and waterway supply chains and bolster climate resilience."That includes more than $20 million coming to Massachusetts and $2.95 million for dredging Salem Harbor....
The Day - Tue January 04, 2022
Connecticut Port Authority Still Supports $235M Cost of Upgraded State Pier
A delay in permitting has pushed some of the construction work at the State Pier in New London into late this year, but the Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) said recently that the project remains on its projected $235 million budget....
