Due to dredging cutbacks by the Corps of Engineers Hickman harbor closed October for four days beginning October 14 but reopened October 18 after Mississippi River levels rose again according to Amy Williamson assistant director of the Hickman-Fulton County Riverport Authority.The Corps of Engineers claiming the ports cargo tonnage does not meet its minimum requirement for new dredging cutoffs has not dredged the ports Elvis J. Stahr Harbor for two years and recently told the port it could not expect dredging this year either. Read More
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30 Years Ago – 1981 The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association met in New Orleans on November 12 and 13 in conjunction with the Texas A&M Annual… Read More
A year ago LightSquared LLC (LS) applied for and received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an unprecedented use of LSs mobile satellite system (MSS) spectrum. If approved the plan would cause the end of the GPS system in the U.S. LS has proposed to use its spectrum centered at 1552.5 megahertz and 1528.7 megahertz adjacent to the GPS L1 spectrum to transmit signals to a proposed 40000 terrestrial towers to be built throughout the United States. Read More
On Friday October 21 President Barack Obama signed into law free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea Colombia and Panama. They are the United States-Korea Free Trade Implementation Act the the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.These acts will have a positive effect on the ability of U.S. dredge manufacturers to export their equipment according to the presidents of two dredge manufacturing companies Robert Wetta of Dredging Supply Company and Peter Bowe of Ellicott Dredges. Read More
U.S. dredging contracts awarded from September 14 - October 28 2011 Read More
A year ago LightSquared LLC (LS) applied for and received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an unprecedented use of LSs mobile satellite system (MSS) spectrum. If approved the plan would cause the end of the GPS system in the U.S. LS has proposed to use its spectrum centered at 1552.5 megahertz and 1528.7 megahertz adjacent to the GPS L1 spectrum to transmit signals to a proposed 40000 terrestrial towers to be built throughout the United States. Read More
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On Friday October 21 President Barack Obama signed into law free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea Colombia and Panama. They are the United States-Korea Free Trade Implementation Act the the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.These acts will have a positive effect on the ability of U.S. dredge manufacturers to export their equipment according to the presidents of two dredge manufacturing companies Robert Wetta of Dredging Supply Company and Peter Bowe of Ellicott Dredges. Read More
At the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Pacific Chapter meeting on October 28 Allen Churchill announced that the chapters 2012 meeting dates had changed from the traditional end-of-October timeframe to September 5-7. Read More
U.S. dredging contracts awarded from September 14 - October 28 2011 Read More
