IHC Merwede has recently opened a new yard facility in Broussard, Louisiana, USA. The yard at 206 Cummings Road will operate under the name of Hydro-Ram, Inc. With this expansion IHC Merwede now has a regional office in North America. Hydro-Ram, Inc., consisting of IHC Hydrohammer®, IHC Handling Sys
Yesterday, a consortium made up of Zhonghong Holding Co., Ltd. and China Railway Group Limited won Ruyi Island project in Haikou City with CNY 3 billion. The consortium made up of Zhonghong Holding and China Railway Group participated in bidding for equities of Ruyi Island project located on the eas
The Collier County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved spending $2 million for the Marco Island’s South Beach renourishment project. According to news-press.com, the project includes: • Adding at least 77,000 cubic yards of sand; • Extending the beach about 80 feet into the Gulf of Mexico; •
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting of the Housatonic River Citizens Coordinating Council tonight at 6:30 at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School. EPA officials are expected to review a document released last Friday that gives a broad vision for using dredging, excav
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, intends to solicit for navigation channel dredging and construction of an offloading platform at Duluth Superior Harbor, Minnesota. This project consists of dredging in the Duluth-Superior Harbor federal navigation channel and constructing an offload
The dredging work is underway to remove up to 30,000 tonnes of sand and silt from Burry Port Harbour, according to thisissouthwales.co.uk. This dredging programme is being carried out for the third year in a row to keep the marina open. The level of silts building up in the marina each year is said
WESTREC Marinas’ Fernandina Harbor Marina, announces that its Manager, Joe Springer, has received the designation of Certified Marina Manager (CMM) from the Association of Marine Industries at their International Marina and Boatyard Conference in January. “CMMs represent the elite in the marina and
“The longer the District of Squamish waits to dredge the Mamquam Blind Channel, the more money downtown misses out on,” says Coun. Doug Race. Although the long-discussed and environmentally controversial project is not in this year’s budget, the municipality needs to push it forward sooner rather th
On or around 14 June 2012, the US Army Corps of Engineers will issue an invitation for bid for dredging of the Oahe Emergency Spillway Inlet Channel at Pierre, South Dakota. This work includes the construction of two settling ponds with drop inlet structures and dredging of the inlet channel to the
According to The Journal of Commerce, Indonesia has unveiled a plan to build a major new container transshipment terminal designed to offer lines as alternative to Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. Work on the new Tanjung Sauh facility near Batam across the Singapore Strait from PSA’s Singa
A plan to make room for bigger ships in the Bayport Ship Channel isn’t sitting well with nearby residents, all because of what the port plans to do with tons of dirt it will soon be digging up, according to KTRK. Residents near the Bayport Ship Channel are fighting a proposal to deepen the waterway.
Ocean Trenching Technologies Pty Ltd.’s Board of Directors confirms current market speculation that the company is looking for a buyer. Director of OTT Mr. Tom Wilson said “Due to unforeseen personal circumstances OTT, Australia’s largest registered and wholly Australian owned subsea trenching compa
Another significant step for the Mile Point project was achieved as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) signed the Project Design Agreement on May 23 during a ceremony at JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal. The joint signing of this agreement will allow t
Local, state and federal officials met with commercial fishermen on the small island May 8 to discuss the best way to keep the channel and harbor open and safe for all vessel traffic that uses the waterway. Hosted by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Chincoteague navigation par