Weeks Marine announced on July 8 that it had acquired McNally Construction of Hamilton Ontario. Read More
Author: International Dredging Review
Interesting dredging events from 30 20 and 10 years ago as reported in dredging publications. Read More
At the Western Dredging Association meeting in June John Boc demonstrated the new 40-Watt L.E.D. floodlight McDermott is selling to the dredging industry. Mounted on a dredging crane in one… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has embarked on a pilot project to aid local governments in maintaining federal channels not included in the federal budget. Funds allocated by Corps headquarters were made available in February of this year and all seven projects are going forward. Read More
The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has been in existence since the mid 20th century. There diagnosis research and education to protect Americas livestock and food supply from animal diseases is conducted. The Corps of Engineers recently performed maintenance dredging revetment work and dune creation to keep this |!|staff-only|!| island off the tip of Long Island operational. Read More
Dredging operations began in mid-April on the approximately $20 million project to provide depth for the Navys nuclear powered aircraft carriers to transit from Norfolk Naval Station to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard safely at all times of the day. The Corps of Engineers Norfolk District is managing the project. Read More
Economic recovery coastal protection and environment restoration it all starts with dredging.That all-encompassing statement by Bill Hanson says it all.Hanson who is vice president of business development at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company was among several speakers emphasizing the importance of timely dredging of waterways ports harbors and coastal channels at the National Dredging Meeting May 24 and 25 in Washington D.C. Read More
Angela Y. Premo was honored by the Dredging Contractors of America on May 25 with the William R. Murden Lifetime Public Service award. She retired on March 2 2011 from a 33-year career in the Corps of Engineers devoted mainly to dredging and navigation projects and programs. Read More
Norfolk Dredging Companys 10000 horsepower dredge Charleston is deepening five miles of the Navy channel in the Elizabeth River from Lamberts Point to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth Virginia. The 24-inch discharge line which began at 21000 feet long will eventually stretch for 50000 feet from the dredge to the Norfolk Districts Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area in Portsmouth. Read More
Damen Dredging has provided DOP pumps and special cutters to dredging contractor Martens & van Oord for a dredging project in Rotterdam where the area is riddled with 2500 pilings and the material to be dredged is a heavy clay. Read More
