Registration opening for WODCON XX is now announced on its website. CEDA/WEDA/EADA Members will be honoured a special member fee. Early bird registrations are available until 15th March 2013. Experts representing manufacturers, universities, research institutes, consultants, contractors, port & harb
EnerGreen Technologies Ltd., a European distributor for EnerTeck and EnerTeck Chemical, today announced that the Jan de Nul Group, a Luxembourg-based operator of one of the world’s largest marine engineering and dredging fleets, has launched an evaluation of the company’s flagship product, EnerBurn®
Ivory Lake has developed a Cutter Suction Dredger simulator for Van Oord. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyjg0wg3CTk The simulator is based on the dredging vessel named “Athena”. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, February 13, 2013
Michigan Senate Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Committee Chairman Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, addresses the media at a press conference announcing the Senate’s plans to develop both short- and long-term solutions to the dredging and accessibility problems facing Michigan’s waterways. Michigan’s ports
Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, announced Tuesday that Michigan’s ports, harbors and waterways must be adequately and consistently maintained to provide for long-term protection of both natural resources and related economic activity. Hansen and several other senators addressed the problems facing Michig
The Piscataqua River dredging project is scheduled to commence on Friday and to end no later than March 15, reports seacoastonline.com. According to Bill Kavanaugh, USACE, New England District, Project Manager, approximately 15,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel will be removed from the 35-foot-deep
The US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District is seeking small business concerns capable of providing mechanical dredging services on the Mississippi River in the Sunfish Lake backwater area to create overwintering habitat. The work consists of, but is not limited to: furnishing all plant, lab
Despite the bad weather, the Glace Bay harbour dredging program has resumed, reports capebretonpost.com. “They (the contractors) missed one or two days during it all but this time of year you can expect that and more really,” said Herb Nash, the Chairman of the Glace Bay Harbour Association, and add
The Board of Directors of Dockwise (the “Board”) has unanimously resolved to support the combination of Dockwise and Boskalis (the “Combination”) and to recommend the mandatory cash offer by Boskalis of EUR 18.50 / NOK 137.65 per share cum dividend for all of the issued and outstanding common shares
After many years of effort to get South Harbor dock rebuilt and Saltworks Creek dredged, it’s done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OCUfHFbF54I Since there is little dreging activity in the area, the county was able to negotiate a low cost for the Saltworks project. [mappress
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has approved the city of Bothell’s shoreline master program. Bothell’s shoreline program will result in significant improvements in the protection, use, development and restoration of more than 13 miles of shorelines and the water quality of the Sammami
Overall U.S. maritime cargo volumes in the Great Lakes region are recovering from extreme lows experienced in 2009, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. The report, Status of the U.S.-Flag Great Lakes Water Transportation Indust
The $1 million support for Chatham Rock Phosphate’s share purchase plan reflects three years of strong progress, Chief Executive Chris Castle said. The company announced today it is on track to raise $1 million in new capital from its shareholder share purchase plan. The plan closes today at 5pm and
Swathe Services and HYPACK have teamed up to deliver a 5 day practical Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder (MBES) training course (15th – 19th April 2013, Southampton) designed to give surveyors hands on experience on installation, calibration, data acquisition and post processing. Additional elements of the co
