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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

Hemisphere GPS has launched the Earthworks Business Unit to design and manufacture products for the construction market. The Earthworks product line is focused on machine guidance and control of earth-moving machinery. 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

Text of Barry Holiday's testimony on April 15 2010 Read More

U.S. Dredging Contract awards from February 3 through March 25 2010 Read More

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

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

On May 21 Ken Holder public affairs chief at the New Orleans District Corps of Engineers issued this statement regarding the dredging permits to create protective berms along the Louisiana… Read More

May 21 2010 Grand Isle: Governor Jindal along with coastal parish officials viewed the impact of the oil along the coast in Grand Isle Thunder Bayou and Fourchon Beach. The… Read More