1 Oct 2025

Army Corps awards contract for maintenance dredging for Philadelphia to Trenton portion of Delaware River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp. of Chesapeake, Va. for $5.36 million to conduct maintenance dredging of portions of the Delaware River between the PA-NJ Turnpike Bridge and the north end of Newbold Island as well as the Fairless Turning Basin. Work is part of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton federal navigation project.

30 Sep 2025

Army Corps awards contract for maintenance dredging of Delaware River and Wilmington Harbor

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Norfolk Dredging Company for $27.6 million to conduct maintenance dredging of portions of the Delaware River and Wilmington Harbor federal shipping channels.

20 Jun 2025

Army Corps shares update on new hopper dredge

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and Marine Design Center shared an update regarding the ongoing construction of a Medium Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) to replace the Dredge McFARLAND. USACE announced the new dredge will be named the Dredge DONNELLY after the late Ray Donnelly who retired as Chief of Resource Management for the USACE Philadelphia District in 2020.

14 May 2024

Army Corps of Engineers releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024 Civil Works appropriations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program May 10, 2024.

28 Mar 2014

Media Advisory: Agencies, organizations to discuss Delaware River watershed

PHILADELPHIA -- On Friday April 4, representatives from more than 100 groups --- public and private, environmental and economic, regulatory and academic -- will gather at the Academy of Natural Sciences here to discuss the Delaware River and its surrounding watershed, so vital to the region.