A year ago LightSquared LLC (LS) applied for and received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an unprecedented use of LSs mobile satellite system (MSS) spectrum. If approved the plan would cause the end of the GPS system in the U.S. LS has proposed to use its spectrum centered at 1552.5 megahertz and 1528.7 megahertz adjacent to the GPS L1 spectrum to transmit signals to a proposed 40000 terrestrial towers to be built throughout the United States. Read More

On Friday October 21 President Barack Obama signed into law free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea Colombia and Panama. They are the United States-Korea Free Trade Implementation Act the the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.These acts will have a positive effect on the ability of U.S. dredge manufacturers to export their equipment according to the presidents of two dredge manufacturing companies Robert Wetta of Dredging Supply Company and Peter Bowe of Ellicott Dredges. Read More

At the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Pacific Chapter meeting on October 28 Allen Churchill announced that the chapters 2012 meeting dates had changed from the traditional end-of-October timeframe to September 5-7. Read More

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and the National Port Commission of Guatemala (CPN) will present the 21st Latin American Congress of Ports – “Present and Future of the… Read More

At the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Pacific Chapter meeting on October 28 Allen Churchill announced that the chapters 2012 meeting dates had changed from the traditional end-of-October timeframe to September 5-7. Read More