DSC Dredge - Mon July 15, 2024
DSC Dredge Unveils Simulator, Receives Best Educational Award at WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo
During the week of June 24 to 27, DSC Dredge attended the WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo '24 in Tampa, Fla., where it showcased its innovative technology to the dredging industry. The four-day event was an overall success for the DSC team, featuring significant highlights....
DSC Dredge - Wed April 24, 2024
Muddy Water Dredging Christens Marlin Class Dredge
On April 19, 2024, Muddy Water Dredging LP held the christening ceremony of its groundbreaking Marlin Class dredge at the Port of New Orleans. The event was attended by many esteemed business leaders, media personnel and distinguished dignitaries....
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....
