A construction kick-off ceremony was held on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on Thursday December 11. Defense of the Greater New Orleans most vulnerable area from storm surge began Thursday December 11 with the groundbreaking of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lake Borgne Surge Barrier Project. Read More
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Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) announced on June 3 2008 that it had acquired industrial hose manufacturer Titan Industries now known as Parker Titan. Headquartered in South Gate California Parker Titan manufactures custom and composite hoses for the dredging industry and other industrial applications. The company has another manufacturing facility in Salisbury North Carolina and sales offices in Houston Texas and Arvada Colorado. Read More
The Eastern Dredging Association (EADA) and the China Dredging Association (CHIDA) held their Third International Congress for Dredging Technology Development in China in Tinajin China on November 18 and 19 2008.Approximately 200 delegates attended primarily from the Far East with several from Europe America and Australia/Oceania. Read More
“Connecting the World through Dredging” is the theme of a joint CEDA and WEDA seminar on March 2 at the Panama Canal Authority’s Ascanio Arosemena Complex Panama City. Session topics… Read More
November 4 – 6. WEDA Pacific Chapter annual conference Embassy Suites Hotel San Diego Bay-Downtown 601 Pacific Highway San Diego. The program will include a harbor tour. A call for… Read More
On Wednesday January 28th the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill passed with a vote of 244 - 188 with no Republicans voting for the bill. The House bill includes $526.5 billion in spending and $275 billion in tax cuts of that spending figure only about 5% will go toward infrastructure. Read More
Letter from the Water Resources Coalition chairs to Daniel K. Inouye Thad Cochran Dave Obey and Jerry Lewis House Appropriations Committee Read More
On Wednesday January 28th the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill passed with a vote of 244 - 188 with no Republicans voting for the bill. Read More
A listing of all members of the House of Representatives and how they voted on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1)is on the following web site: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll046.xml…… Read More
Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. Read More
