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USA: River Ports Back Mississippi River Dredging Project
About $85 million is needed annually to keep the Mississippi River deep enough for ships to navigate...
USA: Big River Coalition Lauds Louisiana Congressional Delegation for Directing Corps to Maintain Lower Mississippi River
The Big River Coalition today praised the efforts of the Chairman of the influential House Energy an...
USA: Senator Supports Mississippi River Dredging
Senator A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, announced Sunday that he is launching a 33-state legislative petition...
USA: Mississippi River Dredging to Resume Soon
As concerns mount over how a sharp drop in funding has slowed the pace of dredging in the Mississipp...
USA: Mississippi River Silt Concerns Exporters
River pilots and exporters are warning that the mouth of the Mississippi River is silting in, threat...
USA: Mississippi River Dredging Needs More Funds
A shortage of funding threatens to curtail U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging of the Lower Missis...
USA: Budget for Mississippi River Dredging Project May Be Cut by $22 Million
Local business leaders and others in the maritime transportation industry fear that a potential $22 ...
USA: Dredging on Mississippi River Completed
The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River, Friday, after dredging operations were completed. &n...
USACE Proposes Maintenance Dredging on Mississippi River (USA)
The maintenace dredging work consists of furnishing one hydraulic pipeline dredge and attendant plan...
USA: Mississippi Officials Want Faster Reaction on Oil Threat
As the shores of Biloxi, Miss., took their turn being slimed by oil Monday, Mississippi officials in...
Eroded Mississippi River Islands Restoration Begins (USA)
A La Crosse, Wis., company has been awarded a $3.4 million contract to restore islands, and ultimate...
USA: Dredging To Begin on Mississippi River Near Grafton
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging operations early next week in response to an in...
Maintenance Dredging in Mississippi River-Southwest Pass (USA)
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead or dustpan dredge and atten...
U.S. Court of Appeals: contractors who dredged the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet are not liable for damages caused by Hurricane Katrina
In good news for contractors nationwide, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled that t...
USA’s Manson Construction gets $7 million dredging contract for the Mississippi River
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded on Nov. 6, 2009, a $6,976,300 firm-fixed-price ...