The Big River Coalition’s report on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held yesterday morning (October 2, 2024) is here and the corresponding agenda is here
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges (HURLEY and JADWIN) were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel,…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below yesterday to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings…
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The construction of the saltwater sill to the first targeted elevation of -55 feet was completed yesterday. Weeks Marine has relocated the buoys (locations noted below) marking the one-way channel for Contact Pilot coordinated transits, moved the spill barge and…
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The update below was shared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager for the Mississippi River Ship Channel on the progress of the saltwater sill to the first targeted elevation (-55 feet). Completion of the first targeted elevation…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel, the JADWIN was…
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The Fiscal Year 2024 revetment operations on the Mississippi River Ship Channel are targeted to start at the Vacherie location (Mile 148.8 Above Head of Passes) tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. This is one day earlier than scheduled, the revetment operations at Vacherie includes the following…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel,…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a cutterhead dredge contract to Weeks Marine to construct the saltwater sill across the bottom of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to block the saltwater wedge from advancing upriver to protect the…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a cutterhead dredge contract to Weeks Marine to construct the saltwater sill across the bottom of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to block the saltwater wedge from advancing upriver to protect the…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below yesterday to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings and the updated river stage predictions from Cairo (IL) to Baton Rouge (LA). “This week we are expecting…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges HURLEY and JADWIN have been released from the Crossings to respond to the emergency low…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges HURLEY and JADWIN have been released from the Crossings to respond to the emergency low…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released this update to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings…
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The Big River Coalition’s report on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held this morning (September 4, 2024) is here and the corresponding agenda is here.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings and…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The dustpan dredges HURLEY and WALLACE McGEORGE working on the Crossings, the USACE dustpan dredge JADWIN was released to…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the following text along with the attachment to supplement this update that details low water…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that the construction of the saltwater sill will be required again this year, with the latest measurement confirming the saltwater sill had reached Mile 29.9 Above Head of Passes. The long-range forecast…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The dustpan dredges HURLEY, JADWIN and WALLACE McGEORGE are working on the Crossings and the industry hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS…
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