On April 1 President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jo-Ellen Darcy as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Public Works a position that oversees the Army Corps of Engineers. Read More
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The last issue of IDR listed the venue for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association’s 2009 meeting incorrectly. The meeting will be held November 18 through 20 at the Hyatt Regency… Read More
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation’s inland waterways system a grade of D-minus in its recently-released Infrastructure Report Card. The low grade is because of the poor… Read More
In April 2009 the Port of Seattle will take delivery of a new Ross Laboratories Inc. Model 960 survey system. The system will replace the ports 950 Surveyor which has been in use since 2002. The Model 960 adds side scan and sub-bottom profiling to the Ports surveying capabilities. Read More
and pictureThe Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 30-inch cutter dredge Illinois is working on a beach renourishment and maintenance dredging project on the south shore of Long Island New York. Read More
On December 14 2008 the keel was laid for the new Jan de Nul dredge Ibn Battuta at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. Shipyard in Pula Croatia. Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has acquired three oil- and gas-related contracts for projects in Europe and the Middle East. The total contract value amounts to approximately 100 million. Read More
Contract Awards December 8 2008 through February 2 2009 Read More
When U.S. Airways flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River on January 15 dredging contractor Donjon Marine and industrial diving company Randive Inc. were soon on the spot to stabilize the aircraft which had begun floating downriver right after impact. Weeks Marine was later subcontracted to retrieve the plane from the water. Read More
IHC Merwede has received orders for the construction of two large trailing suction hopper dredges (TSHD) and eight medium-sized cutter suction dredges. The TSHDs will be delivered to the Yangtze Estuary Waterway Administration Bureau in China. Three of the cutter dredges are for the Adani Group in India and five cutter dredgers are for a Chinese client. Read More
