IHC Merwede held a naming and launch ceremony for the 12000 cubic meter hopper dredge Gateway on September 26. The event took place at the companys yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam the Netherlands. Read More
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The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) and the Texas A&M Center for Dredging Studies honored Larry Patella with two separate awards in June. Both awards were given in the course of the WEDA 29th annual meeting and Texas A&M 40th Dredging Seminar in Tempe Arizona. Read More
On August 29 Manson Construction Company christened the EP Paup at the companys Houma Louisiana yard. The new vessel is a 1000-ton derrick barge that will serve the Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Industry. Read More
The Western Dredging Association 29th Annual Meeting and Texas A&M 40th Dredging Seminar were held at the Buttes Resort in Tempe Arizona on June 14 through 17. The theme was The Importance of Dredging and 35 technical presentations on this theme were given. Read More
Ten months after 5.4 million cubic yards of wet fly ash burst an earthen containment pond owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority and spilled into the Emory Clinch and Tennessee Rivers and across 300 acres of land at Kingston Tennessee the cleanup is making good progress and has removed more than 1.5 million of the three million cubic yards of ash from the Emory River. The effort is headed for a target date of having all ash out of the river by April 2010. Read More
On November 3 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation NASDAQ:GLDD) reported financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30 2009. ARRA and beach projects are cited as two reasons for an unusually good quarter and nine months ended September 30. Read More
On November 5 Orion Marine Group Inc. (NYSE: ORN) reported net income for the three months ended September 30 2009 of $5.4 million ($0.22 diluted earnings per share). These results compare to net income of $3.8 million ($0.17 diluted earnings per share) for the same period a year ago. Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. realized a net profit of 102.7 million in the first half of 2009 compared to 110.0 million in the first half of 2008 excluding a non-recurring gain relating to the hopper dredge W.D. Fairway ( 92.0 million). Read More
Cal Collins has been promoted to president of ESCOs Engineered Products Group. The announcement was made on September 3 by Larry Huget ESCOs president and chief operating officer. Read More
David C. Sanborn has joined Moffatt & Nichol as senior port consultant the company announced on November 2. Read More
