Customer of IHC Beaver Dredgers in Bangladesh gives his opinion about IHC Merwede and its dredgers. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, February 5, 2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Public Affairs Office was recognized with a Gold Award from the AVA Digital Awards competition for the “Dig This: 2012 Dredging Along the Texas Coast” video. The four-minute video infographic, created to educate the public about the importance of k
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that it has acquired 28,340 ordinary shares in Dockwise (the Shares) in the course of trading yesterday. All these Shares were acquired through Euronext Amsterdam and were purchased at an average price of EUR 18.49 per Share with a maximum price of EUR 18.50
U.S. Representatives Janice Hahn (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) will be honored on March 19 as the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2013 “Port Persons of the Year” during the association’s annual Spring Conference event, March 18-19, at The Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. Marki
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., yesterday joined her colleagues to introduce the Harbor Maintenance Act. This legislation would ensure that funds in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) are used for the intended purpose of dredging and maintaining coastal ports, harbors and waterways. The
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for $41,368,100.00 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC on January 31, 2013 for deepening the Arthur Kill Federal Channel to 50 feet. The contract area for this project is along Newark Bay, New Jersey and the Arthur Kil
The Great Lakes Governors applauded recently introduced legislation in Congress that would permanently fix the nation’s dysfunctional funding program to maintain ports and harbors. Specifically, the Governors pledged their support for the Realize America’s Maritime Promise (RAMP) Act, H.R. 335, and
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has a long and respected history of successfully delivering dredging projects at its various ports. For over three decades NQBP has been undertaking dredging programs to ensure the safe navigation of ships and port efficiency. This highly regulated proc
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XX, in a ceremony on 2 February 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI). The ceremony was pe
Lucena City Mayor Roderick “Dondon” Alcala pledged his full support Tuesday to intensify the city’s Rivers Resuscitation Program to make Lucena’s major tributaries ecologically sustainable and “alive.” At the project committee hearing Tuesday, Mayor Alcala assured city folks on the existing funds fo
Mr. Attaollah Sadr, the Managing Director of the Port and Maritime Organization(PMO) said that currently as many as 150 projects are underway in Iranian ports worth $ 1.6 billion. He also added that the fund for running these projects have been procured by the PMO. He also noted that there are numer
The New Jersey beach project protects freshwater wetlands. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The Army Corps of Engineers and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently completed a renourishment of the beach in front of Lowe
The Portneuf River Flood Reduction Project, Systems 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, which is operated and maintained by the City of Pocatello, received overall system ratings of “unacceptable” following their most recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers periodic inspection reports finalized on Nov. 16, 2012. This pro
Gougsar Port, located in Hormozgan province in the south of the country with fishing capacity of 253 t, is to be put into operation in 2013. Mr. Beheshtian, Director General of Construction of Fishing Port Department of Iranian Fisheries Organization said that continuation of yard preparation, const
