VOSTA LMG has announced that effective on November 12 a conditional sale and purchase agreement of VOSTA LMG Group of Companies and CFT International GmbH by a company of ASL Marine Group has been agreed upon. Read More
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Ongoing dredging difficulties at the port of Kochi (Cochin) are threatening the performance of one of Indias showcase projects the Vallarpadam Island container transshipment terminal. As a result the port is studying the feasibility of opening bids for an unprecedented 20-year dredging contract. Read More
October 4 2012. The water levels on the Great Lakes have begun their seasonal decline so the impacts of the dredging crisis will become even more pronounced in the fourth quarter. Even before the lakes began their dip the largest ships were forfeiting more than 6200 tons of cargo each trip. In the weeks and months ahead each inch that the lakes decline will slash another 50 to 270 tons from the already deflated totals. Read More
Your economy depends on cruise ship tourism. The cruise ship industry demands you dredge your port deeper to prepare for a new class of larger ships on an extremely tight timeline. But your the ports doesnt really have the financing to pay for such an ambitious project especially on short notice. What do you do? Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District has awarded a contract to Ross Laboratories Inc. of Seattle Washington to provide a turn-key multi-channel sweep system installed on a 24-foot Armstrong Marine aluminum work boat. Read More
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reports that the 2013 World of Asphalt and AGG1 expositions to be held March 19 – 21 2013 have both already achieved record… Read More
1570 Words Dredging 2012 the fourth in a series of international conferences held every ten years gathered in San Diego California on October 22 through 25. The conference was a look back at 40 years of dredging and environmental innovation and the future of the industry. Read More
Craig Vogt represented the World Organization of Dredging Associations (WODA) at a meeting of contracting parties to the 1972 London Convention and its 1996 Protocol (LC/LP) held October 29 through November 2. The meeting was held at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and included a reception to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the LC which was signed on Nov. 13 1972. Read More
After years of study the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated river sediment at the Grasse River Superfund site in Massena New York downstream of where Alcoa Inc. has operated an aluminum smelting and manufacturing plant since 1903. The Grasse River flows northeast and empties into the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read More
Secretary Darcys keynote address at Dredging 2012 describes the Obama Administrations initiatives and policies regarding dredging and waterborne transportation which will continue in the Presidents second term. During Dredging 2012 in San Diego on October 23 Assistant Secretary of the Army (CW) the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy spoke at the Opening Plenary Session about the mission of the Army Secretariat Civil Works under the Obama Administration the current initiatives for navigation and how to move the nations waterways into the future. Our challenge is to carry out these missions balancing the engineering the economy and the environment Secretary Darcy said. Read More
