After years of study the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated river sediment at the Grasse River Superfund site in Massena New York downstream of where Alcoa Inc. has operated an aluminum smelting and manufacturing plant since 1903. The Grasse River flows northeast and empties into the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
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
1570 Words Dredging 2012 the fourth in a series of international conferences held every ten years gathered in San Diego California on October 22 through 25. The conference was a look back at 40 years of dredging and environmental innovation and the future of the industry. Read More
Secretary Darcys keynote address at Dredging 2012 describes the Obama Administrations initiatives and policies regarding dredging and waterborne transportation which will continue in the Presidents second term. During Dredging 2012 in San Diego on October 23 Assistant Secretary of the Army (CW) the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy spoke at the Opening Plenary Session about the mission of the Army Secretariat Civil Works under the Obama Administration the current initiatives for navigation and how to move the nations waterways into the future. Our challenge is to carry out these missions balancing the engineering the economy and the environment Secretary Darcy said. Read More
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
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
1570 Words Dredging 2012 the fourth in a series of international conferences held every ten years gathered in San Diego California on October 22 through 25. The conference was a look back at 40 years of dredging and environmental innovation and the future of the industry. Read More
Philip Spadaro has joined The Intelligence Group as a managing director in the companys Environmental Services Practice. Read More
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
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
