The Dredging Contractors of America yesterday released the following statement endorsing the Sandy Supplemental and urged the Senate to approve the legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sandy Supplemental bill last week. “The Hurricane Sandy Supplemental legislation provides much
This is part of the Dredge Yard’s expansion plan for the production and assembly of several dredging components like ball joints, pumps, valves, turning glands, bow couplings and a lot of other dredging equipment needed for the dredgers and dredge pipe lines. The new production facilities are manage
The Department of Defense announced it has added C.F. Bean to a list of 12 other contractors that are recipients of a $500 million firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract to conduct “miscellaneous dredging projects.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be responsible for the projects, the locati
The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Lower Snake River Programmatic Sediment Management Plan (PSMP) to March 26, 2013. This extends the previous comment deadline of Feb. 8. An op
Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after introducing the Realize America’s Maritime Promise (RAMP) Act, H.R. 335, in the 113th Congress: “As we begin the 113th Congress, I want to highlight the need to fully allocate funding to keep America
On January 14, the launch ceremony of the integrated development project of Hengqin New Area & the inaugural ceremony of CCCC South Investment Development Co., Ltd. with a total investment of 38 billion yuan took place in Zhuhai. With a total investment of 38 billion yuan, as CCCC’s largest single i
Deficiency in transport and communications infrastructure is one of several supply chain barriers that act as obstacles for speeding up global economic growth. That is the conclusion of a report entitled “Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities”, prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in co
Recently, CHEC has signed an EPC contract for Abidjan port extension with the Abidjan Port Authority, Cote d’Ivoire, with a contract value of 933 million US dollars. As Abidjan’s integral economic part and a major project in the post-war economic reconstruction project of Cote d’Ivoire, the project
At the beginning of the New Year, CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. won the bid for the backfill works (Zone 4) of the Phase 1 reclamation area in Xiaoguoju, Liuheng, Zhejiang Province, with a contract value of 180 million yuan and a construction period of 180 days. Located in Putuo District, Zhousha
Avalon’s major beach fill project is expected to conclude sometime during the upcoming weekend of January 26th-27th. During a progress meeting held in Avalon on Wednesday, January 23rd the contractor for the project announced that the actual pumping of sand could wrap up during the u
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended five permits to extract sand from the Kansas River for one year while a thorough evaluation of potential impacts from the proposed reauthorization continues. Five dredging companies authorized in 2007 to extract sand and gravel for commercial sale from 1
China Growth Equity Investment Ltd., a special purpose acquisition company, announced yesterday that its general meeting of shareholders will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at 11 am local time, at the law offices of Reed Smith LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10022. Share
The Panama Canal Expansion is moving forward to reach its goal of bolstering the waterway’s capacity in order to provide a better service to customers. To date, the program is 50 percent complete. “The program continues to progress and reach milestones while we focus the next phases on building the
The dredging crisis on the Great Lakes will again dominate Lake Carriers’ Association’s efforts in 2013. LCA’s 2012 Annual Report released yesterday stressed that inadequate dredging took a real toll on Great Lakes shipping in 2012. “The drought has pushed water levels on Lake Michigan and Huron to
