As of mid-August dredges working on the protective berms along the Louisiana coast had moved six million cubic yards of sand Ancil Taylor told IDR. Taylor is part of the team from Bean Dredging Company that has been hired to manage the dredging contracts on the project. Three quarters of the sand has been deposited in offshore re-handling areas to be pumped onto the berms and three miles of berm are fully complete with others in progress and stopping oil.When there is rough weather that pushes oil onto the berms the National Guard sends soldiers or contractors to pick up the oil and dredging is stopped until the oil has been removed. The dredging project will avoid areas where oil is sighted. Read More
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Highlights from dredging news 30 20 and 10 years ago. Read More
On September 28 the Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with the Peruvian Government to deepen the Port of Callao entrance channel from the existing 14 meters (46 feet)… Read More
The WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter will meet in New Orleans at the Hotel Monteleone on November 2 and 3 (Tuesday and Wednesday). There will be a tour of the Inner… Read More
Douglas B. Mackie has stepped down as president and chief executive officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company and Johathan Berger has been appointed by the board of directros as chief executive officer. Deborah A. Wensel has resigned as chief financial officer and treasurer of the company and will assist in the transition as consultant until the end of the year. Bruce J. Biemeck has been appointed president and chief financial officer. Read More
BlueView Technologies is partnering with Maritime Security Training Consultants International (MSTCI) to provide fire department dive teams law enforcement maritime emergency response team (MERT) divers and maritime security members with working knowledge of imaging sonar technology and their applications. These skills will assist them in using BlueViews underwater vision systems to assist them in their duties. Read More
On May 19 the Corps of Engineers Portland District christened two new survey boats naming them after Jake Redlinger and Art Elton District employees who had made their mark on the dredging and hydrographic surveying missions of the District. Read More
The Trimble Heavy and Highway Division has released the Trimble SPS852 GNSS modular receiver and SPS552H GNSS heading add-on receiver for marine heavy and highway contractors. Read More
Hemisphere GPS has introduced the Crescent Vector II OEM board and a range of Crescent Vector II GPS compass products: V101 Series VS101 Series and LV101 OEM board. Read More
Tideland Signal has delivered 24 SB-138P channel marker buoys complete with SolaMAX140 lanterns to mark the newly-developed Zakum Islands 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the shore of Abu Dhabi. Read More
