The Corps’ Vicksburg Engineer District announces the selection of Laura Barlow as chief of the Management Support Branch, Operations Division. The mission of the Management Support Branch is to provide financial management of quality engineering and other professional services for operation and maintenance of flood control, navigation, recreation, water supply, hydropower, fish and wildlife projects, natural and national emergencies, regulatory, and environmental engineering activities, as well...
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VIDEO: Salvors remove first containers from Dali
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works towards its target of restoring full access to the Port of Baltimore by the end of May, the Unified Command responding to the incident has begun to remove containers from the M/V Dali. The 946 foot containership has been pinned under a massive section of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge since striking it on March 26. Salvors are removing the containers as part of the effort to gain access to the portion of the Key Bridge that remains atop the...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/video-salvors-remove-first-containers-from-dali/
Baltimore gets FMCSA waiver, timeline for first reopening is suggested
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a waiver for trucking impacted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Maryland. Meanwhile, the outlines of a possible return to at least partial service at the port of Baltimore has been sketched out by the state’s Department of Transportation.
The FMCSA issued the waiver late Thursday night. Most prominent among the changes is adding two hours to the allowed hours of daily driving under the 14-hour on-duty limit. That...
St. Louis metro ports stay at the top in tons per river mile stats
The St. Louis Regional Freightway says that an an independent report by S&P Global Commodity Insights analyzing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) data reveals that, collectively, the ports in the St. Louis metropolitan area remain the most efficient inland port district in the U.S. in terms of tons moved per river mile. Essentially, the St. Louis metro ports moved more than four times the average tons per mile, as compared to the other seven inland port districts in the U.S.
According to the...
Two dredging contractors score sizable Corps contracts
The Jones Act dredging market continues to be on a roll. Yesterday, two dredging contractors were awarded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts totaling more than $63.7 million.
Callan Marine Ltd., Galveston, Texas, was awarded a $34,605,893 modification (P00010) to contract W912HY-20-C-0009 to construct a redesigned revetment. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 24, 2025. Fiscal 2023 non-federal Port of Corpus Christi funds; and...
What do seaport executives expect for the rest of 2023?
WASHINGTON — With the first quarter of 2023 officially in the books, U.S. seaports want to know what the rest of the year holds as they prepare for what they hope will be a fall peak shipping season.
A panel of port executives who gathered here this week for the American Association of Port Authorities’ annual legislative summit (this year’s moniker, “Strong Ports. Strong America.”) attempted to answer that question.
“If you’re looking at current volumes coming through, we’re definitely...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-does-the-rest-of-2023-look-like-from-the-waterfront
Donjon wins $23.9 million dredging contract
Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $23,970,800 contract for maintenance dredging of Flushing Bay and Creek, Queens, New York.
Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Queens, New York, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2022.
Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds in the amount of $23,970,800 were obligated at the time of the award of the dredging contract.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, New York, is the contracting...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/donjon-wins-23-9-million-dredging-contract/
FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Ballard Locks turn 106 today!
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On August 3, 1916, the steamer Swinomish became the first ship to pass through a complex of locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Washington state. The locks are located at the west end of Salmon Bay and between the Seattle neighborhoods of Ballard and Magnolia.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-ballard-locks-turn-106-today
FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Frederick Mears built key railroads for the US
Early years
On May 25, 1878, U.S. Army officer and civil engineer Frederick Mears was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Frederick J. Mears, was a career Army cavalry officer, and the Mears family lived in a number of military posts in the American West toward the end of the Indian Wars period after the Civil War.
Mears was sent to and did well at the Shattuck Military School, which his father also attended. Shattuck is located in Faribault, Minnesota (although it is no longer a military...
FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: James Eads was a leading engineer of his time
Whether it was salvage ships on the Mississippi River, ironclads that helped the Union win the Civil War, a key bridge across the Mississippi or jetties at the mouth of that great river that spurred commerce, James B. Eads solved some of the major engineering problems of his time. That led deans of American colleges of engineering to name Eads one of the five greatest engineers of all time in July 1932.
Early life
James Buchanan Eads was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on May 23, 1820 to Thomas...