The unexpected happened in November 2009 when Rockaway Beach in Queens New York was hit hard with a series of noreasters that caused erosion and severe damage to the beach. What started out as a maintenance project for the Corps of Engineers New York District quickly turned into an emergency restoration project. Read More

The Environmental Panel at the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) conference in Puerto Rico was presented on June 8 by four dredging professionals who have dealt with environmental issues in their careers. Chaired by Craig Vogt formerly with the Environmental Protection Agency and now heading his own consulting company Craig Vogt Inc. the panel included Dr. Robert Engler Senior Environmenal Scientist at Moffatt & Nichol; Paul Quinn vice president of Ellicott Dredging Inc. and president of WEDA; Tom Wang senior partner Anchor Environmental QEA and Norman R. Francingues Senior Project Engineer OA Systems Corporation. The following are synopses of the talks. Read More

Tom Koenig has been operating a tug on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers for the past two decades moving barges and dredging equipment for Limited Leasing Company. Read More

Comments by Barry Holliday when presenting the award at the Congressional Reception on May 26 in Washington D.C.The Dredging Contractors of America has presented the William R. Murden Lifetime Public Service Achievement Award for many years to an individual usually from the Corps of Engineers - who over their career has made an outstanding contribution to the nations dredging and navigation program. Read More

Speakers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Dredging Meeting May 26 in Washington D.C. devoted a great deal of time on funding future dredging quality management communication navigation and a number of other related areas. But topping the list of concerns expressed by dredgers had to be safety. Read More

On June 30 Ellicott Dredges was awarded a $3247000 contract by the Bureau of Reclamation of the US Department of Interior to provide a 14-inch cutterhead dredge 20000 feet of pipeline two booster pumps and a dredge tender. The dredge will be used to clear silt from upstream of the Imperial Dam and other areas and will pump 16000 feet to the 1500-acre Laguna settling basin. Read More

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