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Money Approved for WA Projects
Grants and loans worth $227 million just turned green, creating jobs and protecting waters across Washington state through 162 newly funded projects. “This funding represents critical investments of state and federal resources in improving and protecting the quality of our state’s waters while also
Port Lafito Officially Opens
GB Group has announced that Port Lafito, a world-class modern container port in Haiti, is now open and operational. The recent inauguration event hosted Haitian dignitaries, government officials and partners that made the critical infrastructure project possible. Port Lafito is Haiti’s first Panamax
Cairo Coastal Conference Set for November
The Coastal and Canal Zone Development Conference, organized by International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC), will take place from 17-19 November in Cairo, Egypt. This event will act as a platform for the stakeholders of a number of interconnected mega projects to outline their strategies for
Picture of the Day: IMS Dredge for Lake Lotawana
The launch of a brand new 2015 Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge at Buffalo Cove took place recently at Lake Lotawana. In attendance was Dave Wagner, Dredge Committee Chairperson, outgoing Mayor, David Welsh and Ward III Alderman, David Tillema as well as IMS President, Jim Horton, IMS Vice President, Ryan
Comments Invited for Tesoro Terminal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public review and comment on a proposal by Tesoro Savage Petroleum Terminal, LLC, to construct an oil export terminal located in the Columbia River at the Port of Vancouver, in Clark County, Washington. Comments will be accepted until August 1, 2015. In Fe
RLB Wins Brownsville Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has awarded a contract in the amount of around $7 million to RLB Contracting Inc., for maintenance dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel and Turning Basin and Port Isabel Channel and Turning Basin in Cameron County, Texas. The contractor is re
PRPA Hosts Government Officials
Officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) and Greenwich Terminals, LLC, operators of PRPA’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, hosted yesterday at the Port U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Senator Toomey and Secretary Pritzker arrived at the P
Turbidity and Dredging by IADC
The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has just released its latest ‘Facts About’ publication, named ‘Turbidity and Dredging’. ‘Facts About’ is a series of concise easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime con
Atlantic to Dredge Cape Fear River
The bucket dredger Atlantic, owned by Norfolk Dredging Company, will begin dredging operations at the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) on the Cape Fear River on or around 10 July, 2015. Dredging works, located adjacent to Reaves Point Channel Range, are expected to continue until 30 Novem
Grand Lake St. Marys Dredging Gets Support
State Representative Jim Buchy has voted in support of Amended Substitute House Bill 64, the state operating budget. In an effort to drive business to Ohio and continue the significant economical success the state has experienced over the last few years, the final budget proposal cuts taxes by a tot
Wonder Lake Dredging on Track
The Master Property Owners Association (MPOA) has just announced an update on the Wonder Lake Dredging Project. Dredging contractor is currently finishing up portions of West Bay before moving up to White Oaks Bay next week. This is being done to minimize lake-user conflicts over the 4th of July hol
Alaska Erosion Study Published
In a new study published yesterday, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline erosion rates in the world. Analyzing over half a century of shoreline change data, scientists found the pattern is extremely variable with mos