Dennis Wilmsmeyer president of the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals association writes: We all know the cost effectiveness of barges and that a 15-barge tow carries the same amount of product as 225 rail cars or nearly 1000 trucks in a far safer and less polluting manner. We certainly have the safest most cost-effective and least polluting transportation mode and we proudly share that with others. Why then is it so darn difficult to get ANY money directed toward maintaining or upgrading our locks and dams? Read More
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Hawaii and Texas Top List of 20 States and D.C. Adding Construction Jobs Since November 2011 as Delaware and New York Trail; Vermont and Louisiana Led 19 States with… Read More
Highlights of dredging news from 1977 1982 1992 and 2002 Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that when the third season of dredging ends in mid-November a total of more than 1.3 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment contaminated will have been removed from the Hudson River since the project began in 2009. Read More
Paraguayans are worried that their favorite resort lake could become a memory as it becomes increasingly choked with contamination and toxic algae. One of the proposed solutions to the problem is to conduct environmental dredging of the lake but leaders in Paraguay are still split about whether this is the most effective method to stop the bacteria. Read More
The National Research Council (NRC) committee on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science Engineering and Planning has released a report entitled Corps of Engineers Water Resources Structure: Deterioration Investment or Divestment? It reports that the Corps has been unable to maintain its navigation channels locks dams and levees in recent years because of constantly declining budgets. Read More
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News items about Cuba; Puerto Rico; Brazil Uruguay Nicaragua; Panama; Costa Rica; Venezuela; Colombia; Argentina; Bolivia; El Salvador; Suriname Read More
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
Local authorities in the municipality of Colta Ecuador recently purchased an IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge with 12-inch discharge newly-developed Razor Tooth Weedmaster Cutterhead aquatic plant harvester and interchangeable horizontal cutterhead. Read More
