On December 18 the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District signed the Preconstruction Engineering and Design (PED) Agreement which marked the official… Read More
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In December the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District held a public hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA)/Port of Gulfport… Read More
Starting in January Manson Construction Co. began work on the Mile Point Training Reconfiguration Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $39520500 contract in April 2015 for dredging… Read More
The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works visited the Charleston District in October. Her visit included a trip to Charleston Harbor where she announced that… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has released a request for proposals for the maintenance of Atchafalaya River Bar Channel leading from the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Morgan… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District announced a 12-month pause in the feasibility study for the Alaska Deep-Draft Arctic Port System in order to revalidate the potential economic… Read More
In 2015 final Tier 4 standards for regulating diesel engine emission standards went into effect. The standards affect all diesel engine applications including dredges and Tier 4 requirements should be… Read More
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) chose the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in Maryland as the winner of the 2015 Innovation in Sustainable Engineering… Read More
Streamside Technology LLC has introduced and is testing the Bedload Collector – a passive structure that traps coarse-grained sediment removing it from the bedload of a river stream or ocean… Read More
On November 16 Damen Dredging Equipment held a naming ceremony in Nijkerk the Netherlands for the second of Van Oord’s Model 650 cutter suction dredges the Mangystau. The naming ceremony… Read More
