This Japanese dredge is one of three identical dredges working side by side on maintenance dredging in Kobi Japan. They are all using 32-cubic-yard Cable Arm environmental buckets with overlapping… Read More
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Singapores growth is literally built on sand.For more than ten years sand has been dredged all over Asia to feed Singapores construction and reclamation boom. Building out into the sea Singapore has increased its land area an estimated 20 percent over the past five decades. The city-state uses sand both to reclaim land from the sea and for cement. Read More
Chris Nelson has joined Thaman Rubber Company as vice president as of November 25. Read More
Last summer Dutch dredging company Geluk contracted Damen Dredging Equipment to replace the hydraulic drive on its sand mining dredge Maas with an electric drive for an efficiency gain of more than 28 percent. Geluk specializes in aggregate dredging as well as construction reclamation maintenance and other dredging projects. Read More
International dredging-related contracts and events of recent months. Read More
Singapores growth is literally built on sand.For more than ten years sand has been dredged all over Asia to feed Singapores construction and reclamation boom. Building out into the sea Singapore has increased its land area an estimated 20 percent over the past five decades. The city-state uses sand both to reclaim land from the sea and for cement. Read More
Bill Hansons talk Its Not the Steel Its the Paper was more a reference to the fact that there was always more than enough equipment (steel) in the U.S. to do what was needed (despite pronouncements to the contrary) he explained. The question was how quickly the engineering permitting and contracting could be prepared. They were equally challenged but in the American tradition of teamwork and cooperation in a crisis we all excelled in our own areas of expertise he said. Read More
This project was a successful application of a total cleaning system (TCS) where the particular type of solids of the sediments permitted the dredger to avoid the costly construction of a dredged material maintenance area (DMMA) or the transportation and tipping fees for a municipal landfill. The surface waters were cleaned in tandem and contributed to a higher quality benthic environment in the canals. Read More
International dredging-related contracts and events of recent months. Read More
On Oct. 29 2010 representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers joined Rep. Jos Serrano Rep. Joseph Crowley New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia Greene District Manager Kenneth Kearns Bronx Borough Commissioner Hector M. Aponte and Community Board 10 Chair Virginia Gallagher in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Orchard Beach Shoreline Protection Project. Originally constructed by the City of New York in the 1930s Orchard Beach is a major draw for residents of the Bronx and its surrounding communities. Last year more than 1.4 million or close to 14000 residents per day visited the beach. The beachs last re-nourishment occurred in 1964. Read More
