USACE’s Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, and Command Sergeant Major Patrickson Toussaint, speak on the importance of MLK observance.
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks during a House Appropriations Committee’s Energy and Water Subcommittee hearing Monday. (Image captured from video | U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan's office)
NEW BUFFALO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, began dredging the federal navigation channel in New Buffalo Harbor on June 1. The dredging will remove about 15,000 cubic yards of shoaling in the harbor, which will be then used for the renourishment of about 1,500 feet south of the South Breakwater. According… Read More
May was an important month for waterway federal funding news. In addition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) release of their work plan for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) funding on May 15th, we received more good news when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released their FY2026 Civil Works Budget on May 30th providing the detailed information on the… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, was awarded an $8,418,100 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of a steel-hulled deck barge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Memphis, Tennessee, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 10, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, is the contracting activity,
The hopper dredge BAYPORT is returning to the West Coast to gear up for the FY25 West Coast Hopper Maintenance Dredging project! Last week, the BAYPORT passed through the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal, transferring from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. A critical project for the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are back-dredging the federal navigation channel in Barcelona Harbor in Westfield to make it easier for commercial and recreational vessels to pass through. Crews were also out two years ago after the channel was closed off completely, part of an ongoing pattern of unsettled weather conditions. “High water levels, heavy winds, lack… Read More
