DREDGING ROUNDUP Latin America

December 10, 2012

News items about Cuba; Puerto Rico; Brazil Uruguay Nicaragua; Panama; Costa Rica; Venezuela; Colombia; Argentina; Bolivia; El Salvador; Suriname Read More

2012 Index of Articles

December 10, 2012

A listing of all articles appearing in IDR in 2012. Key to issue numbers: #1 - January/February; #2 - March/April; #3 - May/June; #4 - July/August; #5 - September/October; #6 - November/December Read More

After years of study the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated river sediment at the Grasse River Superfund site in Massena New York downstream of where Alcoa Inc. has operated an aluminum smelting and manufacturing plant since 1903. The Grasse River flows northeast and empties into the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read More

On The Today Show on October 1 Popular Mechanics magazine awarded Elastec/American Marine a 2012 Breakthrough Award for its patented Grooved Disc oil skimmer technology. The awards now in their eighth year recognize innovators and products that have dramatically advanced the fields of technology medicine space exploration automotive design environmental engineering and more. Read More

Ongoing dredging difficulties at the port of Kochi (Cochin) are threatening the performance of one of Indias showcase projects the Vallarpadam Island container transshipment terminal. As a result the port is studying the feasibility of opening bids for an unprecedented 20-year dredging contract. Read More

Your economy depends on cruise ship tourism. The cruise ship industry demands you dredge your port deeper to prepare for a new class of larger ships on an extremely tight timeline. But your the ports doesnt really have the financing to pay for such an ambitious project especially on short notice. What do you do? Read More

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