The federal agency that maintains the Columbia River’s shipping channel is proposing to build seven giant in-water pens as part of a $377 million project to manage dredge spoils over the next 20 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dragarms on the side of the Essayons dredge vessel lower pumps into the water. For eight months of the year, the Essayons creeps along the Pacific coast and the Columbia River, slowly dredging sand ...
'A pretty hectic, dynamic environment': These crews keep cargo moving through the Columbia River Bar
Holcroft is the captain of the Essayons, a 350-foot dredging vessel run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. And his office, at least at this time of year, is the Columbia River Bar, where the West’s ...
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 ...
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