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Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 17-23, 2016). Royal IHC Adjusts Its Business Strategy As a direct consequence of persistently poor market conditions, Royal IHC, supplier of maritime equipment, is fine-tuning its strategy. PHOTO NEWS:
St. Helens Marina Dredging Project on the Table
St. Helens Marina, LLC is planning to perform cleanup operations of the Columbia River in order to give recreational watercraft an adequate amount of water depth to safely dock their vessels at the marina. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District has received an application for a Departme
Ecuador Hosts Habitat III Global Summit
Reduce urban water risks by including wetlands as natural buffers in cities and their surrounding landscapes. This was the message by Chief executive officer Jane Madgwick of Wetlands International at the start of the United Nations’ Habitat III global summit in Quito, Ecuador on 17 October. Mrs Mad
CT and RI Officials Call on EPA to Finalize ELDS Rule
Representative Joe Courtney, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Representatives Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty have sent a letter to the EPA, reaffirming their support for the proposed rule to designate a new Eastern Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal
Port Monmouth Phase II Kicks Off
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. yesterday marked the beginning of construction for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project in Port Monmouth. Also attending the ceremony were Colonel David A. Caldwell, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Mar
Cherry Grove Dredging Project Update
The two dredges to be used in the Cherry Grove Dredging Project should arrive in North Myrtle Beach later today, reports the City of North Myrtle Beach. As a precautionary measure, the South Carolina Department of Transportation had stopped the trucks carrying the dredges at the South Carolina/Georg
Mud Cat Dredger Selected for Boise Phosphorous Project
Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) has announced that the City of Boise, Idaho chose it to design a Mud Cat 40E Custom (MC-40EC) dredger for the city’s innovative Dixie Drain Phosphorous Offset Project. Boise will use the MC-40EC dredger to remove phosphorous from the Boise Watershed. The custom fea
BOEM and the Atlantic Sand Assessment Project
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) will dedicate the Atlantic Sand Assessment Project (ASAP) core storage repository on Tuesday, October 25 at 11:00 a.m. The collection is a result of the BOEM-funded project to create a new inventory of poten
Importance of Burlington Island Highlighted
Senator Diane Allen plans to introduce legislation to give Burlington City the power to decide whether or not dredge spoils can be dumped on Burlington Island, which has been long-controlled by the people of Burlington. “This is one of the jewels of the Delaware River, and we want to preserve it,” S
USACE New England Proposes Coastal Storm Risk Management Plan
The USACE, New England District, is conducting the Pawcatuck River Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) feasibility study and is proposing a plan to reduce potential storm and flooding impacts to Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island. The study area includes about 28
Port of Cleveland Secures Grant for Infrastructure Projects
The Board of Directors of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland) last week approved acceptance of grants totaling over $180,000 to advance three critical infrastructure projects. Supporting security, sediment management, and planning for the stabilization of Irish Town Bend
Extension Works Begin at TPG
Terminal Portuario Guayaquil (TPG), port operated by SAAM since 2006, began one of its most important projects in recent years, the extension of its dock by 120 meters. The works will increase the dock from its current 360 meters to 480 meters. In addition to the extension, the terminal is expanding