Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after Vice President Joe Biden attended a ceremony yesterday at the Port of Baltimore discussing the need to invest in America’s waterway infrastructure: “I am pleased Vice President Biden acknowledged the
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Chicago District, awarded a contract in the amount of $2.4 million on Aug. 31, 2013, to Fuel Tank Maintenance Company LLC to fill in levee gaps in Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights, Ill. Fuel Tank Maintenance Company LLC is certified as a small business co
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., co-chairs of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, yesterday commended the nearly 700 people who have gathered in Milwaukee, Wis., for Great Lakes Week. Great Lakes Week participants will collaborate on strategies and focus efforts to restore and pr
The HYPACK® 2014 USA Training Event will be held in Mobile, AL, from January 13th-16th. The Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel will be providing accommodations and hosting this annual event. This downtown hotel is located in the heart of Mobile, near the Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile Carniv
BOEM announced that it will brief members of the Northeast Sand Management Working Group at the Northeast Shore and Beach Preservation Association Conference on September 11, 2013, at Richard Stockton College in Galloway, N.J. BOEM’s objectives for the meeting are to: 1) create a forum to discuss co
CEDA announced the details of the highly interactive, case-study led forum (7th November 2013, Ahoy Rotterdam), with great ambiance and engaging topics held in conjunction with Europort 2013. “At this year’s CEDA event we are aiming to engage you and interact on a higher level. The workshops, table
The Rohr division of Rohr-Idreco has announced the successful startup of its first Land-based Mobile Bucketladder, a K 125 R dredger in Canada. This dredger is being used in a new pit in lieu of a long arm single bucket excavator due to its deeper digging depth, dewatering & oversize separation scre
CEDA Corporate Member Rabobank has published its newest outlook for the dredging sector, and for the first time, made it available to the general public. Introduction The dredging sector is an important market segment in Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands 160 companies with total annual
The Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project (WBDDP) is inviting Gladstone locals to the final WBDDP community update BBQ on Wednesday 25 September, to ask questions about dredging in the Gladstone harbour. Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project Leader Peter O’Sullivan who will be at the BBQ
On behalf of the Canal & River Trust, the Land & Water crews are dredging the River Trent between Marton Mill and Cromwell Lock. The scope of the dredging will also include Torksey Cut. Craft operators should be aware of the likelihood of passing the dredger and follow any instructions from the crew
VSMC client London Array Limited has instructed the company to demobilize following completion of the last remaining part of the project, the shallow water trenching program. VSMC started working at the wind farm site in 2009. For VSMC, the London Array project consisted of the installation and buri
The Army Corps of Engineers has commenced dredging operations in South Haven Channel. The dredging will take place in the Lake Michigan approach and between the pierheads near the Lighthouse. Dredge spoil will be placed south of South Beach as a beach replenishment process. The project is a hydrauli
The clean-up has begun of a section of Pukekura Park’s lake system. Last week the dredging of sediment from the Main Lake was stopped when the upper part of the Serpentine, between the main and lily lakes, was clogged with fresh sediment. Manager Parks Mark Bruhn says a sucker truck is being used to
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has introduced a plan for the Port Orford maintenance dredging program. This deepening project, located in Curry County, Oregon, will include removal of approximately 7,000 cubic yards of material from the mentioned area. The U.S. Army Corps of En
