On November 3 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation NASDAQ:GLDD) reported financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30 2009. ARRA and beach projects are cited as two reasons for an unusually good quarter and nine months ended September 30. Read More
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On November 5 Orion Marine Group Inc. (NYSE: ORN) reported net income for the three months ended September 30 2009 of $5.4 million ($0.22 diluted earnings per share). These results compare to net income of $3.8 million ($0.17 diluted earnings per share) for the same period a year ago. Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. realized a net profit of 102.7 million in the first half of 2009 compared to 110.0 million in the first half of 2008 excluding a non-recurring gain relating to the hopper dredge W.D. Fairway ( 92.0 million). Read More
Cal Collins has been promoted to president of ESCOs Engineered Products Group. The announcement was made on September 3 by Larry Huget ESCOs president and chief operating officer. Read More
David C. Sanborn has joined Moffatt & Nichol as senior port consultant the company announced on November 2. Read More
The University of Texas at El Paso announced that Jorge Gardea-Torresdey Ph.D chair of the Department of Chemistry has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. Read More
The Board of the International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has presented its 2009 Safety Award to DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC) for its safety performance on the project Remediation of the Acid Tar Lagoons in Rieme Belgium. Read More
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced on October 16 that Major General Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple will become the Deputy Commanding General (DCG) of the Corps of Engineers in January 2010. Read More
On September 30 the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved the San Pedro Waterfront Project. The 400-acre waterfront infrastructure and revitalization initiative will extend from the Ports inner harbor cruise facilities to Cabrillo Beach in the outer harbor. Included in the plans are the creation of three new small harbors for visiting and commercial boats along the waterfront requiring 605000 cubic yards of dredging. Read More
Descriptions of new concrete docks a small multi-functional dredge and a specialized excavator equipped with a Liebherr excavator. Read More
