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22 Dec

Bayou payday: Dredges dig in to bring Lower Mississippi to 50 feet

Professional Mariner StaffBrownwater, Uncategorizedbrownwater, dredging, Gulf of Mexico, Head of Passes, Mississippi River, Port of Baton Rouge, ship channel

A long-awaited project to deepen the Lower Mississippi River ship channel to 50 feet from the Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, La., is now underway. It will eventually allow larger ships to call at ports and refineries farther upriver than is currently possible, reducing shipping costs for exporters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will take four…

01 Dec

Bay State brothers find industry niche by making old into new

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & TowingBoston, business, dredging, tugboats

Zero non-conformities is what you want to hear when the U.S. Coast Guard inspects your tugboat. Once you’ve prepared your vessel, the inspectors come aboard to peruse your paperwork. They ask you pointed questions, to which they expect straightforward answers. Perusal completed, they then scrutinize all of the related safety systems, from bilge to antennas — even the ship’s bell.…

01 Dec

NTSB: Dredge hit Texas gas pipeline, causing fire that killed four

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newscasualty, casualty news, dredging, fire

Four crewmembers died and at least six others were injured when the dredge Waymon L. Boyd became engulfed in fire while working in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. State and federal agencies are still investigating the incident, but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) believes the 152-foot cutterhead suction dredge struck a submerged gas pipeline. The impact ignited a massive…

01 Oct

Weeks flagship dredge builds its name on Jersey shore

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & TowingCOVID-19, dredging, towing, tugboats

The winter of 2018 saw the trailing suction hopper dredge Magdalen vacuuming sand from a borrow site off the coast of Surf City, N.J., and pumping it ashore to replace a 20-foot-high dune reclaimed by the ocean during Hurricane Sandy’s hungry visit in 2012. The 356-foot dredge, built by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Fla., had recently joined R.N. Weeks…