Due to dredging cutbacks by the Corps of Engineers Hickman harbor closed October for four days beginning October 14 but reopened October 18 after Mississippi River levels rose again according to Amy Williamson assistant director of the Hickman-Fulton County Riverport Authority.The Corps of Engineers claiming the ports cargo tonnage does not meet its minimum requirement for new dredging cutoffs has not dredged the ports Elvis J. Stahr Harbor for two years and recently told the port it could not expect dredging this year either. Read More

30 Years Ago – 1981 The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association met in New Orleans on November 12 and 13 in conjunction with the Texas A&M Annual… Read More

A year ago LightSquared LLC (LS) applied for and received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an unprecedented use of LSs mobile satellite system (MSS) spectrum. If approved the plan would cause the end of the GPS system in the U.S. LS has proposed to use its spectrum centered at 1552.5 megahertz and 1528.7 megahertz adjacent to the GPS L1 spectrum to transmit signals to a proposed 40000 terrestrial towers to be built throughout the United States. Read More

On Friday October 21 President Barack Obama signed into law free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea Colombia and Panama. They are the United States-Korea Free Trade Implementation Act the the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.These acts will have a positive effect on the ability of U.S. dredge manufacturers to export their equipment according to the presidents of two dredge manufacturing companies Robert Wetta of Dredging Supply Company and Peter Bowe of Ellicott Dredges. Read More

Due to dredging cutbacks by the Corps of Engineers Hickman harbor closed October for four days beginning October 14 but reopened October 18 after Mississippi River levels rose again according to Amy Williamson assistant director of the Hickman-Fulton County Riverport Authority.The Corps of Engineers claiming the ports cargo tonnage does not meet its minimum requirement for new dredging cutoffs has not dredged the ports Elvis J. Stahr Harbor for two years and recently told the port it could not expect dredging this year either. Read More

30 Years Ago – 1981 The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association met in New Orleans on November 12 and 13 in conjunction with the Texas A&M Annual… Read More

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