Don King was honored with the WEDA Lifetime Achievement Award at the group’s annual meeting this week in Nashville. His career in dredge sales and manufacture started in 1959 and… Read More
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Ancil Taylor was named the 2011-2012 Dredger of the Year during the annual Western Dredging Association meeting this week. Taylor’s long career in dredging management and equipment design with Bean… Read More
As our most recent annual meeting in Nashville concludes I wanted to say thank you for allowing me to serve you as President and then Chairman for the last four… Read More
Don King was honored with the WEDA Lifetime Achievement Award at the group’s annual meeting this week in Nashville. His career in dredge sales and manufacture started in 1959 and… Read More
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
Sean Duffy Big River Coalition administrator and maritime advocate for the Mississippi River Maritime Association issued a statement on May 6 describing the effects of the historic flooding on the river and tributaries this Spring.He told IDR on May 10 The only thing that has changed since this was drafted is that flooding is becoming more of a threat and people must come before the economy but of course they are intimately related. 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
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
The Mississippi River and tributaries are experiencing record flooding this year surpassing the flood of 1927 which changed the thinking of the federal government and the Corps of Engineers regarding flood control and funding of scientific research on rivers. From ERDCs Hydraulic Lab History: 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
