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The fundraising campaign to resurrect Bay Beach has hit a milestone. And now a real beach is on the horizon. “We won’t need to do anything out there for another 50, 75 years,” said Mayor Jim Schmitt. The Green Bay Packers put up $250,000 for the cause investing in Green Bay’s future, and the beautification… Read More
The milestone was achieved on December 18th, with members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), as well as supply chain partners, on hand to celebrate when the millionth TEU was loaded onto the COSCO Africa. During its first full year in operation, in 2008, Fairview Terminal moved approximately 183,000 TEU. Since then, a… Read More
Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limited to the extraction of coral sand for the French agricultural industry. They have previously operated a Damen Stan Tug 1, still going strong after 36 years and recently sold to a vessel operator in the Baltics. Fast delivery The… Read More
Massive ships, mind-boggling amounts of sand, and an appetite for expansionism in the South China Sea: the recipe for a land grab like no other. Fifteen miles out on the water south of Biloxi, Mississippi, below a cloudless sky, a foaming torrent of gray-black slurry gushes into a ship. Every three seconds, another truckload’s worth… Read More
Massive ships, mind-boggling amounts of sand, and an appetite for expansionism in the South China Sea: the recipe for a land grab like no other. Fifteen miles out on the water south of Biloxi, Mississippi, below a cloudless sky, a foaming torrent of gray-black slurry gushes into a ship. Every three seconds, another truckload’s worth… Read More
To complete an extensive oil pipeline dredging and installation project, Murjan Al Sharq Marine Contracting Co. Ltd. (MSMC) has taken delivery of three Damen vessels: a Stan Tug 1606, a Shoalbuster 2509, and a Stan Pontoon 4512 equipped with a Damen DOP Pump. For Damen, this marks the successful conclusion of a coordinated construction and… Read More
Michigan legislators were poised Tuesday to remove legal protections from many of the state’s wetlands and other inland waterways, which provide wildlife habitat and perform vital tasks such as preventing floods. A bill approved by a House committee would eliminate a requirement to obtain state permits before dredging, filling or otherwise degrading many waterways. A… Read More
Agartala, Dec 19 (PTI) A high-level team of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) would visit Tripura on December 26 to conduct a survey and decide on the location for a jetty for a new waterway connecting India and Bangladesh, the state government said Wednesday. The new Indo-Bangla waterway has been proposed between Ashuganj… Read More
The State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Belarusian-based CJSC Beltopenergo have agreed on the relaunch of river navigation between Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus. The relevant agreement was reached in Kyiv on Monday, December 17, according to the USPA’s press service. The project is aimed at the development of logistics and transportation… Read More
Five Wisconsin harbors will receive grants, including two in our area. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced more than $7 million in harbor grants Tuesday. St. Marys Cement Inc. in Green Bay and Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette will use the money to improve safety and efficiency. Marinette Marine will use its $5 million grant… Read More
In the wake of a recent push for the dredging of Hampton Harbor, four Seacoast state representatives are filing a bill to create a fund to cover costs of future dredging projects. The bill is being put forth by Republican Seabrook state Reps. Aboul Khan, Max Abramson, Jason Janvrin and Bill Fowler. Its language has… Read More
Now that the Comite River Diversion Canal has received the $343 million needed from the federal government to begin construction, all eyes are on a $1.2 billion pot that will pay for the next generation of south Louisiana flood control. Several projects are in the works, and officials are laying the groundwork to pitch others…. Read More
After 18 months of development, the Lake Mattamuskeet Watershed Restoration Plan has been submitted for final approval by the state. Once the state Division of Water Quality 319 Grant Program approves this plan, which was created to improve the habitats and water quality of the lake, the centerpiece of the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in… Read More
In a global industry first, MineWare’s Pegasys Dragline Monitor has extended its capability to support underwater digging. Enhanced with MineWare’s new Machine Terrain Mapping (MTM) Technology module, Pegasys can now help miners locate and recover material up to 100 feet below water. MineWare North America Regional Vice President Greg Ladewig said this is a significant… Read More
After decades of traveling the Mississippi, carving sediment out of the riverbed and reviving one of the most important commercial channels of the Midwest, the famed William A. Thompson Dredge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Paul District has been resting dormant off the coast of Prairie du Chien, Wis., for the… Read More