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USA: Port of Houston Authority Gets New Executive Director
Colonel Leonard Waterworth, Executive Director of the Port of Houston Authority, announced last week that he is stepping down as its Executive Director. Waterworth advised the Port Commission that he had accepted the role for two years, to help the Port Authority through recent transitions and to us
USA: Governor Jindal Announces New CPRA Chairman
Governor Bobby Jindal announced yesterday that Garret Graves will step down as Chair of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), a role he has held for over six years. In his place, the Governor announced the appointment of Jerome Zeringue. Graves’ last day will be February 17. Withi
PANYNJ Unveils Preliminary 2014 Operating and Capital Budgets (USA)
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) yesterday released for public review the preliminary 2014 operating and capital budgets that keep core operating expense growth at half the expected rate of inflation, enhance security at the agency’s world-class transportation facilities, conti
USA: Weeks Marine Bags Wallops Island Dredging Deal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, awarded a New Jersey-based company a $10.5 million contract to replace sand along NASA’s Wallops Island launch facilities near Chincoteague, Va. Weeks Marine, Inc., from Cranford, N.J. will dredge sand to restore dunes and berms damaged by Hurrican
USA: Savannah District Prepares for Major Dredging Project
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has presented the details about the Savannah Harbor dredging plan. The dredging work will be undertaken in the Savannah Harbor entrance channel, located in Chatham County, GA, and Jasper County S.C. The dredged material disposal will take place in t
USACE to Invite Contractors for Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers Dredging
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has introduced a plan to issue an Invitation for Bid for mechanical dredging services on the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. The areas which will be included in this maintenance dredging pro
USA: King Company to Dredge Michigan Harbors
Holland-based King Company Inc. has won the Grand Haven and Holland harbors dredging contracts, reports westport-news.com. These dredging programs, worth $657,500, are expected to commence in early April and the completion is scheduled for late May. Both projects are very important for the marine co
USA: Delaware River Dredging Prolonged
The safety zone around dredging operations in Marcus Hook Range in the Delaware River remains in effect until on or about February 28, 2014. The Dredge ESSEX has transitioned to the downriver portion of Marcus Hook Range, south of the Sunoco Marcus Hook Refinery, to complete dredging operations. The
Port of Palm Beach District Commission Elects Chairman (USA)
Edward R. Oppel has been elected as the Chairman of the Port of Palm Beach District Board of Commissioners for 2014. Fellow members of the five-member Port Board unanimously elected Edward Oppel during the January Board of Commissioners Meeting. “We have a great staff and excellent Board of Commissi
Dredging & Reclamation Summit to Discuss Port Development Projects
IQPC’s Dredging & Reclamation USA Summit is a global event that unites port authorities, engineers, port operators, construction companies, dredging contractors, and more in their quest to ensure the profitability and quality assurance of dredging projects. “Hear from thought leaders who will share
USA: Corps Asks Public for Resubmission of Comments for Southwest Project
As part of the 45-day National Environmental Policy Act required public comment period for the “Southwest Coastal Louisiana Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, established the Southwest Coastal
Chesapeake Technology Presents SBP24 (USA)
Chesapeake Technology Inc. (CTI), a world leader in real-time sonar acquisition and GIS based processing software for seafloor mapping, has introduced a new 24-bit analog sub-bottom SonarWiz interface (SBP24) for high resolution geophysical surveys. SBP24 provides extremely high resolution 24-bit da