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
Author: International Dredging Review
265 BMT JFA Consultants (BMT) of Western Australia a subsidiary of engineering and risk management consultant BMT Group Ltd. has been commissioned by Pilbara Iron Company Pty. Ltd. (part of the Rio Tinto Group) to provide specialist dredging consultancy services. The objective is to prepare a maintenance dredging plan (MDP) for Rio Tintos iron ore export operations at the ports of Dampier and Cape Lambert on the northwest coast of Western Australia. Read More
Philip Spadaro has joined The Intelligence Group as a managing director in the companys Environmental Services Practice. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked Congress to give it a formal exemption from the need to get permit approval from South Carolina to dredge Savannah Harbor. Read More
VOSTA LMG has announced that effective on November 12 a conditional sale and purchase agreement of VOSTA LMG Group of Companies and CFT International GmbH by a company of ASL Marine Group has been agreed upon. 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
October 4 2012. The water levels on the Great Lakes have begun their seasonal decline so the impacts of the dredging crisis will become even more pronounced in the fourth quarter. Even before the lakes began their dip the largest ships were forfeiting more than 6200 tons of cargo each trip. In the weeks and months ahead each inch that the lakes decline will slash another 50 to 270 tons from the already deflated totals. 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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District has awarded a contract to Ross Laboratories Inc. of Seattle Washington to provide a turn-key multi-channel sweep system installed on a 24-foot Armstrong Marine aluminum work boat. Read More
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reports that the 2013 World of Asphalt and AGG1 expositions to be held March 19 – 21 2013 have both already achieved record size… Read More
