Tow to transit Lake Pepin, opening up the head of navigation on the Mississippi

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District reports that Marquette Transportation Company’s M/V Miss Doris, originating from the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois and pushing 12 barges en route

Five of eight locks on Illinois Waterway set to close for maintenance in July

Operators and stakeholders of the Illinois Waterway—and its eight locks and dams connecting Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River—are about six months away from a lengthy waterway closure, writes Marine Log contributor

USACE completes Overton Lock and Dam dewatering

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has completed the dewatering of the John H. Overton Lock and Dam, located on the Red River, in Alexandria, La, at river mile

Inland dredging wins $16.7 million USACE contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., has awarded Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tenn., a $16,744,000 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing one fully-crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge on

dredging contract awards

Trump Administration seeks to slash USACE Civil Works budget

The Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has reacted to the Trump Administration’s $4.827 billion FY20 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program, a 31% cut from the FY19

Horizon Shipbuilding to build USACE towboat

Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, to build the M/V Shorty Baird Replacement, a 95 ft