The WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter will meet in New Orleans at the Hotel Monteleone on November 2 and 3 (Tuesday and Wednesday). There will be a tour of the Inner… Read More
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Douglas B. Mackie has stepped down as president and chief executive officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company and Johathan Berger has been appointed by the board of directros as chief executive officer. Deborah A. Wensel has resigned as chief financial officer and treasurer of the company and will assist in the transition as consultant until the end of the year. Bruce J. Biemeck has been appointed president and chief financial officer. Read More
BlueView Technologies is partnering with Maritime Security Training Consultants International (MSTCI) to provide fire department dive teams law enforcement maritime emergency response team (MERT) divers and maritime security members with working knowledge of imaging sonar technology and their applications. These skills will assist them in using BlueViews underwater vision systems to assist them in their duties. Read More
On September 28 the Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with the Peruvian Government to deepen the Port of Callao entrance channel from the existing 14 meters (46 feet)… Read More
On May 19 the Corps of Engineers Portland District christened two new survey boats naming them after Jake Redlinger and Art Elton District employees who had made their mark on the dredging and hydrographic surveying missions of the District. Read More
The WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter will meet in New Orleans at the Hotel Monteleone on November 2 and 3 (Tuesday and Wednesday). There will be a tour of the Inner… Read More
On September 9 2009 I met with a group of planners and project managers from the New York District Corps of Engineers for a boat tour of some of the area encompassed by the Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan. Read More
The Corps of Engineers Memphis District Ensley Engineer Yard (EEY) and the Corps Marine Design Center (MDC) have completed the lengthening of the Corps of Engineers dustpan Dredge Hurley by 48 feet. The project increased the dredges length from 305 feet to 353 feet making it one of the largest vessels on the Mississippi River and increased the dredges dredging depth from 40 feet to a maximum of 75 feet. Read More
Ministers from the southern African countries of Malawi Mozambique and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop the long-envisioned Shire-Zambezi Waterway project the online publication Africa Water News reported on July 6. Read More
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2010 is moving forward with bi-partisan support in both the House and Senate. Good news came in August when Barry Holliday announced that… Read More
