In April the construction consortium PUMA moved and placed 3.8 million cubic meters of sand in one week during the Maasvlakte 2 land reclamation project in the North Sea. Eleven Boskalis and Van Oord hopper dredges are working on the project. Read More
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McElroy University the training division of McElroy has added a productivity-focused class to the 2010 class schedule. For more than 30 years pipe fusion machine manufacturer McElroy offered advanced training… Read More
A new company DSC Dredge LLC has been created as an umbrella company to encompass Dredging Supply Company Inc. and all its subsidiaries. These include: Best Equipment M&S Equipment Better Dredges Inc. W&S Dredge Manufacturer Reliable Gulf South LLC Dredge Surplus and Dragados Sud-America (DSA). Read More
The waterway extends from Norfolk Virginia to the Florida Keys and includes scores of shoaling areas that are a hazard to navigation.Approximately 75 users and stakeholders in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway assembled in Savannah Georgia last November for the 10th anniversary meeting of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA). Read More
On April 15 U.S. Sen. Carl Levin D-Mich. introduced S.3213 - the Harbor Maintenance Act of 2010 a bill to ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance and ensure funding for federal ports and harbors across the nation. Read More
The Corps New York Districts beneficial re-use program takes dredged sand from the harbor deepening program and uses it to rebuild habitats. One of these projects is nearing completion in Jamaica Bay. Travelers using the John F. Kennedy Airport can see the bay as they take off or land. Read More
On April 20 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announced that the position of chief operating officer had been eliminated effective immediately. A new position president of Dredging Operations was created with responsibility for all aspects of domestic and international dredging operations. Read More
The federal budget request for FY2011 released by President Obama Feb. 1 is a “discouraging step backward for one of the nation’s most critical waterways” according to the Atlantic Intracoastal… Read More
Cavache Dredging is midway through removing a thick layer of muck from Lake Trafford in South Florida. The project is the third and final phase of a decades-long effort to rid the 1600-acre recreational lake of a layer of composted vegetation eight feet thick in places that caused a massive fish kill in 1996. Read More
