At the Western Dredging Association meeting in June John Boc demonstrated the new 40-Watt L.E.D. floodlight McDermott is selling to the dredging industry. Mounted on a dredging crane in one… Read More
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Weeks Marine announced on July 8 that it had acquired McNally Construction of Hamilton Ontario. Read More
Interesting dredging events from 30 20 and 10 years ago as reported in dredging publications. Read More
At the Western Dredging Association meeting in June John Boc demonstrated the new 40-Watt L.E.D. floodlight McDermott is selling to the dredging industry. Mounted on a dredging crane in one… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a number of contracts in Nigeria with a total value of approximately 90 million. Read More
The Corps of Engineers has embarked on a pilot project to aid local governments in maintaining federal channels not included in the federal budget. Funds allocated by Corps headquarters were made available in February of this year and all seven projects are going forward. Read More
On July 12 the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) of Kenya stopped the dredging of Likoni channel because of alleged breach of environmental constraints.Iddi Mambo chairman of the Coast Development Transparency Initiative (Codeti) informed NEMA that waste that was to have been discharged 50 miles at sea by Contractor Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors was seen floating near shore. Read More
On Friday June 17 Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed legislation that will allow the Corps of Engineers to dredge the Kennebec River and place dredged material in an offshore site near Popham Beach. Read More
The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has been in existence since the mid 20th century. There diagnosis research and education to protect Americas livestock and food supply from animal diseases is conducted. The Corps of Engineers recently performed maintenance dredging revetment work and dune creation to keep this |!|staff-only|!| island off the tip of Long Island operational. Read More
Elastec/American Marine (USA) has delivered two custom oil and debris skimming boats manufactured in Europe to a major client in Asia. The 32-foot (10 meter) craft is capable of collecting storing and transporting recovered oil and debris. Read More
