The Herald Tribune reports that the Commissioners on Tuesday approved a measure that will allow more sludge in the county landfill at a lower cost as a way to let work continue on the Wares Creek dredging project. This project was halted last month after the county learned the dredging was producing
According to myallcoastnota.com, a roughly 20,000 cubic metres of sand has once again been used to replenish the Deadmans Quarry. The eight week, $350,000 dredging project funded by Great Lakes Council saw sand from Yacaaba transferred by pipe to the Deadmans. The sand will act as a buffer on the Ji
At the urging of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to move forward on executing a feasibility study, a critical next step to future dredging of the Port of Ogdensburg – the northernmost port in New York State and the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seawa
The Premier’s dissatisfaction with Gladstone Ports Corporation is welcome after past breaches of Gladstone Harbour’s turbidity limits were largely ignored, but it must trigger real change to the dredging operation in the Harbour if it is to be anything more than another opportunity to install the pa
The Corps’ flawed final analysis shows that the proposed deepening of the Savannah River would be a $650 million waste of valuable public resources and leave the river forever dependent on giant mechanical lungs, according to comments submitted yesterday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by the So
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that 70 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares. As a result, 3,811,937 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam is required und
The General Assembly has passed and sent to the governor resolutions approving plans of the RI Economic Development Corporation to issue $7.5 million in bonds for maintenance dredging at the Port of Davisville. Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. William A. Walaska (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) and in the House
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing maintenance dredging/excavation of the Inner Basin shoal at the Harbor of Refuge Federal Navigation Project on Block Island, Rhode Island. The proposed work involves removal of the northeast shoal in the 15-foot-deep Mean Lower Low
The U.S. Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration, “MARAD”) has recently picked Ellicott’s Wisconsin yard for a $550,000 grant to support innovation and further enhance efficient manufacturing of dredges. Ellicott’s selection was noteworthy for two reasons: – First, in winning this awar
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is not breaching turbidity levels in the Gladstone harbour, nature is. Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project (WBDDP) Manager Peter O’Sullivan said all current data reveals the current Spring and King tides primarily drive turbidity levels in the Gladstone harb
WEDA 32nd/TAMU 43rd Annual Conference will take place June 10th – June 13th, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The theme of this conference “The Nuts & Bolts of Dredging” will focus on dredging and environmental issues associated with dredging programs that create a st
For the second consecutive time, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has selected Ellicott to supply a new dredge for its lake restoration program. The recently launched Model 460S, named “Brutus”, is being used on Grand Lake St. Marys. Bob Cumbow, Deputy Chief of Ohio State Parks, had an oppor
The Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of Interior (Burec) has a new Ellicott dredge. The Bureau’s most versatile dredge, the 860SL , is being used to maintain settling basins on the lower Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. The dredge has biodegradable oil, an engine certified by the US En
The U.S. Commerce Department awarded Ellicott Dredges the prestigious Export Achievement Certificate at the Trade Winds Forum and Business Development Conference in Singapore on May 16th, 2012. Under Secretary Francisco Sánchez presented the Certificate to Ellicott citing its successful sale of dred
