On July 10 Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisianas 2nd District introduced the DREDGE Act of 2012 - Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports. The bill would authorize deepening the present 47-foot Mississippi River channel to 50 feet and create a pilot project to promote the rebuilding of wetlands using maintenance material from the river. Read More
Author: International Dredging Review
A roundup of maintenance dredging information for the following Latin American ports: Port of Santos Brazil; Puerto Buenos Aires Argentina; Puerto Callao Peru; Baha Blanca Argentina; Puerto Valparaiso Chile; Puerto Montevideo Uruguay; Rio Grande Brazil; Sa Luis Brazil; Panama Canal Read More
Pump designer and manufacturer GIW Industries has announced that its installation of MDX (Mill Duty Extra Heavy) pump technology at a major Chilean copper mine has resulted in a dramatic reduction of total cost of ownership (TCO) for those pump applications amounting to millions of dollars in savings for the customer. Read More
Italian dredge builder Metalmeccanica Strobietto has installed a Metso Thomas TU46WD underwater dredge pump on the aggregate dredge Nessie. Read More
Neptune Flotation has released its line of cable hose and pipe floats with Clamp Tite a patent pending closing system that prevents the floats from slipping on the pipe. Read More
Weir Minerals of Madison Wisconsin has introduced the Isogate WS Series knife gate valves and valve sleeves.The sleeves incorporate Linatex wear resistant lining which is used in abrasive and corrosive environments. Read More
Congress passed the MAPS-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century) bill on June 29. This bill provides $105 billion in transportation funding plus authorization of highway transit and… Read More
The Dredging Contractors of America presented graphic and chilling evidence of the danger dredgers are in from un-located and mis-located pipelines; General Walsh outlined the new fast-track plan for planning and finishing projects; and Gary Loew received the 2012 William R. Murden Lifetime Public Service Achievement Award. Read More
The Corps of Engineers is proposing to use up to 10 million cubic yards of Mississippi River mud from upriver every two years to shore up the mouth of the Mississippi River delta on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico instead of depositing it in traditional areas reserved for dredged material the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on June 19. In a plan released in May the Corps said it wanted to use mud from routine dredging operations along the river to build up the Plaquemines-Balize delta also called the Birds Foot delta in West Bay at the western edge of rivers mouth as it extends into the Gulf of Mexico. It was given that name because its alluvial spread looks like a birds foot from the air. It is sinking about an inch a year. Read More
On July 10 Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisianas 2nd District introduced the DREDGE Act of 2012 - Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports. The bill would authorize deepening the present 47-foot Mississippi River channel to 50 feet and create a pilot project to promote the rebuilding of wetlands using maintenance material from the river. Read More
