The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved a $942 million budget for fiscal year 2013, a 12 percent increase over the past year, reflecting the Port’s growing investment in its facilities and infrastructure modernization. The new budget includes $720 million in capital spending,
The communities along the New Jersey shoreline have suffered significant storm damages from nor’easters and hurricanes and are at risk to suffer further damages from coastal storms. The project is designed to reduce the damages to homes and infrastructure from the waves, high tides and storm surges
Yesterday, the SC House of Representatives adopted its amendment to the FY2012-2013 state spending plan in preparation for the budget being sent to a joint House/Senate Conference Committee to be finalized. The House returned the spending back to the core of the original version unanimously adopted
The installation of the wind turbines for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will commence in September, but already now, the preparations in and around Grenaa Harbour are in full activity before Siemens Wind Power commences the installation works. As the installation vessels also have to jack up in Gren
Jay Cashman Inc. has been named a Top 20 Contractor in Hazardous Waste by Engineering News-Record (ENR) and was ranked #277 in ENR’s Top 400 Contractors List. Cashman attributes its being named to ENR’s Top 20 Hazardous Waste Contractors List to the firms continued work on major hazardous waste reme
EPA is set to begin the ninth season of dredging at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Mobilization for the dredging began the week of May 28, and dredging is set to begin towards the end of June. Through September 2012, EPA will again be hydraulically dredging areas at the bottom of the harbor
In a major victory for the Delaware Valley region, yesterday the House approved $29.4 million in federal funding for the deepening of the Delaware River Main Shipping Channel. U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-07) worked tirelessly, together with his colleagues including Rep. Bob Brady (PA-01), to secure
The Port of Houston Authority is considering a Galveston Bay construction project, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Port of Houston Authority proposes to use a hydraulic pipeline dredge to deepen and widen the Baypor
In collaboration with VOKA (Antwerp-Waasland chamber of commerce) the Antwerp port community organised a mission to the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Odessa. Odessa Port Authority presented current developments in its port and gave details about planned infrastructure projects. A collaboration agreem
The RESON Group are offering existing SEABAT 7125 SV2 customers the opportunity to upgrade their systems with RESONs Feature Pack 3, (FP3) totally, free of charge. Feature Pack 3 has taken all the benefits of FP2 and added two new features, TRACKER and SEABAT UI, to provide users with increased effi
The Panama Canal is meeting this week with top clients, government officials, and maritime authorities in China, Japan, and South Korea to reaffirm its relationship with customers and explain the impact of the Panama Canal expansion program in Asia. “We always keep a close communication with our cus
According to the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, the boaters in Carolina Beach can expect to cruise through the inlet in another week or two. The Corps expects its side-caster dredge Merritt to finish clearing New Topsail Inlet in Pender County by June 8. The Carolina Beach Inlet is next on the list. T
Ellicott was one of just a handful of American exporters invited on May 30th to witness President Obama sign a law expanding Ex-Im Bank’s lending capacity. Ellicott uses Ex-Im Bank to help qualified dredge buyers obtain favorable terms for their dredger purchases. Ellicott® Dredges, one of the oldes
Sonora resident Keith Walker is challenging in court new state regulations on suction dredging. He claims the state of California is overreaching its authority with the regulations, according to uniondemocrat.com. Suction dredging uses a motorized vacuum pump system to sift through gravel in streams
