Author: International Dredging Review

The Council for Dredging & Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) is a government/industry partnership to promote safety. The group establishes processes for resolving safety issues and provides lessons learned from all industry. Read More

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Board of Directors at its 2008 Board of Directors Meeting authorized the creation of the WEDA Annual Safety Award to be given to a WEDA member in good standing operating in the organizations jurisdiction throughout the Western Hemisphere. Read More

175Lifting Technologies Inc. exhibited their forklift and crane-suspended manbaskets at CONEXPO/CONAGG in March. eadquartered in Missoula Montana the companys systems are used by OSHA in its training program. Read More

Fifty-one attendees and presenters attended the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Midwest Chapter meeting in Detroit on April 13 15. The venue was the Doubletree Guest Suites. Read More

At the end of the first quarter of 2011 DSC reported that business had returned to what it had been before the recession. DSC has always found a sense of security in the backlog the company maintains and is thankful that it has returned to normal said a company news release. With a name that has become globally recognized the company continues to expand and is looking to exceed previous annual profits the statement continued. Read More

Damen Dredging is introducing a new-concept dredge design for mining sand far offshore and in deep waters. Mark Winkelman will describe the dredge in his paper New Approach for Deep Sea Dredging which he co-authored with E. van Duursen at the Texas A&M (TAMU) Seminar on Monday June 6. Read More

Exhibitors at the 2011 Western Dredging Association and Texas A&M Dredging Seminar held in Nashville Tennessee June 5 - 9 2011 Read More

September 13-16. Smart Rivers 2011 Westin Canal Place Hotel New Orleans Louisiana. Organized by PIANC USA and 20 other organizations. Contact: Kelly J. Barnes PIANC USA Deputy Secretary; USACE Institute… Read More

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on April 27 that it had awarded a $43 million contract to IHC Engineering Business Ltd. a part of IHC Merwede Group for the design and construction of a new backhoe dredge. Read More

Limited Leasing Company and Jotori Dredging Inc. a subsidiary of Fred Weber Inc. merged on May 1 to form Gateway Dredging & Contracting LLC. Read More