IHC Merwede has received orders for the construction of two large trailing suction hopper dredges (TSHD) and eight medium-sized cutter suction dredges. The TSHDs will be delivered to the Yangtze Estuary Waterway Administration Bureau in China. Three of the cutter dredges are for the Adani Group in India and five cutter dredgers are for a Chinese client. Read More
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Remembering grade school American history classes terms and phrases stay in my mind though I don’t remember the meanings of all of them: Know Nothings Copperheads Taft-Hartley Act 54-40 or… Read More
A construction kick-off ceremony was held on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on Thursday December 11. Defense of the Greater New Orleans most vulnerable area from storm surge began Thursday December 11 with the groundbreaking of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lake Borgne Surge Barrier Project. Read More
The Eastern Dredging Association (EADA) and the China Dredging Association (CHIDA) held their Third International Congress for Dredging Technology Development in China in Tinajin China on November 18 and 19 2008.Approximately 200 delegates attended primarily from the Far East with several from Europe America and Australia/Oceania. Read More
On Wednesday January 28th the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill passed with a vote of 244 - 188 with no Republicans voting for the bill. The House bill includes $526.5 billion in spending and $275 billion in tax cuts of that spending figure only about 5% will go toward infrastructure. Read More
Letter from the Water Resources Coalition chairs to Daniel K. Inouye Thad Cochran Dave Obey and Jerry Lewis House Appropriations Committee Read More
Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. Read More
Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for Americas Infrastructure.Announced three months early in order to provide input to the Congressional debate on a hefty infrastructure stimulus bill the report card awarded an overall grade of D to the Nations infrastructure with individual grades given in 15 categories Read More
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will release its 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure on Wednesday January 28 – almost two months early. It is anticipated that the… Read More
When U.S. Airways flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River on January 15 dredging contractor Donjon Marine and industrial diving company Randive Inc. were soon on the spot to stabilize the aircraft which had begun floating downriver right after impact. Weeks Marine was later subcontracted to retrieve the plane from the water. Read More
