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Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc. with offices in Jacksonville and Melbourne Florida, and Memphis Tennessee, was one of the presenters at the Western Dredging Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the WEDA conference, Arc presented the results of an electrical resistivity geophysical survey performed at Port Canaveral, Florida. Electrical resistivity is an innovative and highly… Read More
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), which won a tender to carry out dredging works at the Yuzhny port, has sent first vessels to Ukraine, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. “In the middle of July works will start and will last until late March 2018,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “Who forgets… Read More
After an intensive tendering procedure the Flemish-Netherlands Scheldt Committee is planning to award the contract for the construction of the New Lock in Terneuzen to the Sassevaart consortium. The following parties belong to this consortium: BAM Infra B.V., DEME Infra Marine Contractors B.V., Dredging International N.V., BAM Contractors N.V. and Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere N.V…. Read More
Van Oord has won a contract to keep the approach channel to the port of Kandla, India, up to depth, for the next three years. The approach channel is a crucial gateway to the port of Kandla, which is one of the major ports in western India. The contract was awarded by the Client Kandla… Read More
A contract to determine which company will oversee beach renourishment in the Grand Strand has been finalized, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, announced Wednesday. The contract is worth $26.3 million. The company overseeing the project will be Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC, based out of Illinois. Construction will begin July… Read More
Opposing the central government move of disinvestment of 51 per cent share of Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL), the company employees union and officers association jointly demanded the NDA government to roll-back the decision. The DCIL, a mini navaratna company is attending to all the dredging needs of the Indian ports and also bagging… Read More
Ellicott parent Markel Corporation moves up on Fortune 500 list The $1,000 stock club just welcomed another member. On the heels of Amazon.com and Alphabet passing the $1,000 mark, a far-less prominent company called Markel just crossed the threshold too. It hit a new all-time high of $1,000.06 early in Monday trading. For the year,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District welcomed a new commanding officer during a Change of Command ceremony Friday at the St. Louis City Center Hotel. Col. Bryan K. Sizemore succeeded Col. Anthony P. Mitchell as District Engineer in the Change of Command ceremony, Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr, commander of the Corps’… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is starting a share buyback program to reduce the capital outstanding with the intention to neutralize the dilution resulting from the distribution of the 2016 stock dividend. On 6 June Boskalis issued over 3.2 million new shares as stock dividend which at that time represented a value of over EUR… Read More
Anaklia Development Consortium today announced that it has decided to appoint SSA Marine as the terminal operator for the Anaklia Deep Sea Port. The appointment follows a rigorous selection process, in which seven major international companies took part. SSA Marine is one of the largest terminal operators in the world and is headquartered in Seattle,… Read More
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world on Tuesday. The attack came as computer servers across Europe and in India were hit by a major ransomware attack. “Global cyber-attack Petya is affecting multiple… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and infrastructure services, announced today the receipt of a $26 million award for the Myrtle Beach Storm Damage Reduction Project. The scope of work includes placement of approximately 1.2 million cubic yards… Read More
Around the world, Cat® customers are hard at work protecting coastlines, deepening and widening ports, creating and maintaining ports and shipping channels, remediating contaminated rivers and restoring natural habitats and wetlands. This is critically important work and Caterpillar is very proud to be their partner in providing solutions for these considerable global challenges. Caterpillar provides… Read More
The Dutra family’s involvement in the construction industry started with side draft clamshell dredging, more than a century ago which includes the companies’ historic association with the construction and maintenance of the California Delta levee system in 1904. According to the company, “Since then, members of the family have been continuously engaged in this highly… Read More
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2017 Pacific Chapter Meeting to be held October 25-27, 2017 in Portland has been extended to July 7, 2017. Presentations on all aspects of dredging and disposal, navigation structures, environmental restoration, and related topics are welcome and presentations specifically relevant to West Coast issues or projects are encouraged…. Read More