Faced with having to build a parking garage below the water table a contractor in Copenhagen Denmark turned to watering and dredging as a cost-effective alternative to dewatering and excavating. The building project in… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
TULSA DISTRICT DREDGES LAKE FOR WATER STORAGE The U.S. Corps of Engineers Tulsa District announced November 3 that dredging commenced at Waurika Lake to reclaim water storage for six southwestern Oklahoma municipalities. The dredging operation… Read More
Matt Houston market manager for marine construction for RSC Bio Solutions discussed the 2013 vessel general permit and Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants at PIANC’s Dredging 2015. His presentation was entitled “New EPA Regulations for Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants… Read More
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released “Beyond Sand & Sea” a book describing in text and highquality photos the achievements of its members in the 50-year history of the organization. Photos and… Read More
The three agencies responsible for the fate of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) will post their decision in the Federal Register as soon as it is signed by all representatives Capt. Scott Smith… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reopened the door to further dredging in the Hudson River at least a little bit. Five weeks after giving General Electric Co. permission to close and… Read More
Pinole Shoal Channel Maintenance Dredging Project Contra Costa County California. To Curtin Maritime Corporation for $1149150 line item 1 2AA and 2AB on August 4 2015 by the San Francisco Engineer District. W912P7-15-C-0012/ W912P7-15-B-0001 Suisun… Read More
At the end of the year the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the fiscal year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill H.R. 2029 halting a government shutdown at the end of the year but this… Read More
To complement its Stella Maris environmentally acceptable stern tube lubricant Panolin introduced Stella Maris NRT for older vessels. The company’s stern tube lubricant is based on its 100 percent saturated synthetic ester technology which it… Read More
Arc Surveying & Mapping Inc. has been selected by the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to perform hydrographic surveys at several JEA facilities along the St. Johns River in Florida. The three-year contract involves multibeam swath… Read More
