Simply getting aboard the Essayons is a hairy proposition this time of year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge ship stretches the length of a football field and surges through the surf. To reach ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (April 28, 2016)-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' hopper dredge Essayons just finished vital maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels in Honolulu, Barbers Point, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun its annual maintenance dredging season in the Columbia River and on 12 Oregon coastal projects. Portland District’s two hopper dredges and several private ...

The Army Corps of Engineers dredge Essayons enters Portland's downtown riverfront behind a fireboat during the 2011 Rose Festival. (Bruce Ely / The Oregonian) Vigor Marine was chosen against another ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' dredge, Essayons, is starting annual maintenance dredging in the Columbia River. The Essayons will work in the Columbia River for several days before moving to the ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredges on the west coast of the U.S. to keep shipping channels open. The largest and most modern of them is the Essayons, built by Bath Iron works ...

SEATTLE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge vessels, Yaquina and Essayons, begin Grays Harbor outer harbor maintenance dredging April 8. The Yaquina will dredge in the outer harbor of ...

Millions of dollars from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will allow for dredging needed to correct unusually heavy winter shoaling that has nearly closed the entrance and channels of Humboldt Bay.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District said it plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning April 12. The USACE hopper dredge Yaquina is expected to ...