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
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While driving alongside Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula Mississippi the average person would never know that just six months earlier the majority of that beach didnt exist. Its hard to imagine that a beach was just created out of nowhere but thats exactly what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mike Hooks Inc. and Gulf Sand & Gravel Inc. dba ENCO Dredging did during their collaboration on the Pascagoula Beach Boulevard project as part of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP). 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
On July 29 Barry Holliday chair of Realize Americas Maritime Promise (RAMP) announced that Chairman James L. Oberstar chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee had agreed to include the groups harbor maintenance trust fund (HMTF) language in the committees markup of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2010. Read More
In a conversation with Alec Dreyer the new executive director of the Port of Houston Authority staff writer David Murray learned that dredging is the major concern for the port. Dreyer estimated that the port is realizing only eight cents per ton in maintenance money in return for $127 million contributed to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund last year. Read More
Dredging Conferences to be Held Around the World WEDA Pacific Chapter will Gather in Monterey The annual meeting of the Western Dredging Association Pacific Chapter will be held on Wednesday… Read More
While driving alongside Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula Mississippi the average person would never know that just six months earlier the majority of that beach didnt exist. Its hard to imagine that a beach was just created out of nowhere but thats exactly what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mike Hooks Inc. and Gulf Sand & Gravel Inc. dba ENCO Dredging did during their collaboration on the Pascagoula Beach Boulevard project as part of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP). Read More
The unexpected happened in November 2009 when Rockaway Beach in Queens New York was hit hard with a series of noreasters that caused erosion and severe damage to the beach. What started out as a maintenance project for the Corps of Engineers New York District quickly turned into an emergency restoration project. Read More
On July 29 Barry Holliday chair of Realize Americas Maritime Promise (RAMP) announced that Chairman James L. Oberstar chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee had agreed to include the groups harbor maintenance trust fund (HMTF) language in the committees markup of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2010. Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE: Contract awards from April and May can be viewed on our Web site: www.dredgemag.com – Contract News entry dated August 17 2010. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
