Last year Quebec-headquartered Ocean performed a maintenance contract for the Port of Sept-les using its clamshell dredge Ocean Borrome Verreault. Sept-les is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River 325 miles east of Quebec City. The project included dredging the multi-users wharf #35 at Pointe Noire. 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.
Last year Quebec-headquartered Ocean performed a maintenance contract for the Port of Sept-les using its clamshell dredge Ocean Borrome Verreault. Sept-les is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River 325 miles east of Quebec City. The project included dredging the multi-users wharf #35 at Pointe Noire. Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock will begin work soon on a contract to deepen reach S-AK-3 of the Arthur Kill Channel in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The New York Engineer District awarded a contract for $41368100 to Great Lakes on January 31. The contract is to deepen the channel from the existing depth of 43 and 47 feet to 52 feet plus 1.5 feet of overdepth. Great Lakes will use its clamshell Dredge 55 and drill boat Apache on the project. Read More
Geodynamics LLC based out of Morehead City / Beaufort North Carolina took delivery of a 30-foot Armstrong catamaran in the 3rd quarter of 2012. The boat the R/V Benthos was custom designed for hydrographic survey operations and configured to be rapidly trailered which reduces cost to clients according to Chris Freeman company president. Read More
Geodynamics LLC based out of Morehead City / Beaufort North Carolina took delivery of a 30-foot Armstrong catamaran in the 3rd quarter of 2012. The boat the R/V Benthos was custom designed for hydrographic survey operations and configured to be rapidly trailered which reduces cost to clients according to Chris Freeman company president. Read More
Representatives from the five institutions that have signed agreements for financing the Panama Canal Expansion Program took part in the annual visit to the Canal in January. Read More
Representatives from the five institutions that have signed agreements for financing the Panama Canal Expansion Program took part in the annual visit to the Canal in January. Read More
After 20 years operating installing trouble-shooting and repairing hydrographic survey equipment Michael Higgs through Higgs Hydrographic Tek has begun a new track of helping several companies adapt and create new equipment to fill niches in the industry. He has signed as sales representative for a number of companies and is helping several of them to develop and modify their equipment for the dredging and shallow water hydrographic survey industries. Read More
After 20 years operating installing trouble-shooting and repairing hydrographic survey equipment Michael Higgs through Higgs Hydrographic Tek has begun a new track of helping several companies adapt and create new equipment to fill niches in the industry. He has signed as sales representative for a number of companies and is helping several of them to develop and modify their equipment for the dredging and shallow water hydrographic survey industries. Read More
The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has called for abstracts for its 2013 conference to be held October 23 through 26 at the Isla Grand Resort in South Padre Island Texas. One-page abstracts are due by May 17 and should be submitted to abstracts@asbpa.org. See www.asbpa.org for additional requirements. Read More
