The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is interested in hosting more conferences in the future following the success of its 50th Anniversary Conference, “From Birth to Boom: Asian Maritime Megastructures”. The conference which was held at the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong
Caterpillar and its German dealer, Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH, will exhibit a suite of technologies, services and equipment at the bauma 2016 (April 11-17) show in Munich, Germany. The company will showcase safety, productivity and equipment management solutions, as well as more than 60 Cat® product
HYPACK – provider of tools for the Hydrographic and Dredging Industry – will hold its 23rd annual HYPACK USA Training Event from January 4–7, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt in Tampa, FL. This 3-day training will cover all the aspects of single beam and multibeam hydrographic surveying and dredge management
The 2016 WEDA (Western Dredging Association ) Midwest Chapter meeting will be held March 23-25th, 2016 in Davenport, IA at the Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel. The Midwest Chapter of WEDA represents Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Da
The Michigan State Waterways Commission (MSWC) will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. Topics for the meeting will include; presentations from David Lorenz, Travel Michigan, Ms. Kim Fish, Department of Environmental Quality, Maia Turek, DNR – Marketing and Outreach and Krista
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) celebrated last week the 24th edition of its annual Latin American Congress of Ports in Arica, Chile. Continuing to strengthen its status as the premier port conference in Latin America, the Congress gathered from November 30th to December 3rd over
ABPmer will be presenting at Flood and Coast 2016, an event which will advance the debate about flood and coastal erosion risk, resilience and response. Organised by the Environment Agency, the event will bring together the key players in the flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) community to tac
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has begun preparations for the 21st World Dredging Congress and Exposition (WODCON XXI) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami from June 13-17, 2016. The WODCON is held once every three years by WODA, the World Organization of Dredging Associations. First formed in
Dredge Yard – producer of mining/dredging components and equipment – has had a very busy year with the launch of a new dredger, supplying equipment and upgrading TSHDs and delivery of compact and economic sediment dredger for the Gulf region. The company also visited several dredging conferences and
The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (ANERR) will host a workshop on Living Shorelines on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015, 2:00-4:30 pm. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves Office in Pensacola. Zach Schang, the Living Shoreline Program
The 13th Annual Conference on Ports in India, named ‘New Initiatives and Opportunities’, will take place on January 18-19, 2016, at the Leela, Mumbai. The mission of this conference is to highlight the new and emerging opportunities in the Indian port sector, examine the key challenges and discuss t
The Cutter Suction Dredger Simulator Course, organized by the Center for Dredging Studies, will take place from January 18-20, 2016, at the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory, Texas A&M University. The short course will demonstrate the fundamentals of hydraulic dredging using a cutter suction dre
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), along with the Port of Arica, will host the biggest port event in the last 20 years in Chile this week, gathering together Chilean ports and the most important port terminals from Latin America, USA and the Caribbean. EPA’s President, Francisco Ja
Royal IHC – engaged in construction activities for the specialist maritime sector – attended the African Mining Summit at the Hilton Bomonti Hotel in Istanbul on 25-26 November 2015. The summit was organised by GRV Global Ltd. in partnership with the Turkish government and Taner Yildiz Minister of E