The Department of Interior announces 6 lease winners of the record-breaking 3-day lease auction for offshore wind development New York Bight BALTIMORE – The U.S. Department of Interior today completed its highly anticipated New York Bight lease auction, the first offshore wind auction to take place in nearly four years. The roughly 480,000-acre are off… Read More
2022 Weda Eastern Save the Date
On March 30—Day 2 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—Matt Fuhrman, CEO of Core Group Resources based in Houston, Texas, will present on tug crewing and salary surveys for the industry. Core Group Resources provides recruitment and crewing services to the maritime industry, including shipbuilding, standards and safety,… Read More
Join us next Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 1 PM EST for WEDA’s Safety Commission Webinar ‘From Pandemic to Endemic: Sustaining a Safe Working Environment in The COVID Era’ When: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Time: 1 PM EST Add event to calendar General Webinar Overview: As Covid-19 and its variants continue to impact daily safe operations,… Read More
A DredgeWire exclusive By Jorge Castellanos, President, Castec, Colombia Congresso Latinoamericano de Puertos –American Association of Port Authorities Cartagena, Colombia, December 2021 MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES DURING THE EVENT The recent “LATAM Congress 2021” had a huge participation with more than 600 participants from 37 countries in face-to-face meetings. It was a good opportunity for new businesses to update themselves on the latest trends within… Read More
Due to the overwhelming demand to exhibit and attend the upcoming Dredging Summit & Expo ’22 in Houston this July, we have been approved to add several more booths. If you would like to secure one of these booths, please make a reservation ASAP. Please provide your 1st and 2nd booth selections at the reservation check out. View… Read More
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 2, 2022—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) has opened its Call for Speakers for the Trimble Dimensions+ 2022 User Conference, which will be held November 7-9 at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. With emphasis on education, technology and networking, this event will serve as an unmatched opportunity for speakers to share their real-world… Read More
SOUTHPORT – Steve Stone wasn’t buying it. “That doesn’t convince me of anything,” Stone said Friday while staring at what could have passed for a solid black sheet of paper during an event in Southport hosted by the advocacy group Offshore Wind for North Carolina. Stone was studying a visual simulation of what was identified… Read More
In 7 weeks WEDA’s Midwest Chapter Meeting will be held at Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, WI from March 22-24, 2022. The draft agenda for the meeting can be viewed online by clicking here. The meeting will be an exciting educational and social event, with a great lineup of presentations and amazing speakers that are excited to… Read More
The Business Network for Offshore Wind is hosting its inaugural Summit, bringing together industry stakeholders to discuss critical safety needs to support the growing offshore wind industry For Immediate Release: February 2, 2022 Media Contact: Melinda Skea | melinda@offshorewindus.org | 202-709-9793 BALTIMORE – The Business Network for Offshore Wind is hosting its inaugural O&M/… Read More
Mark your calendar and join us on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at 11 AM EST for WEDA’s next webinar: ‘Rotary Drive Alternatives for Dredge Machinery’ When: Thursday, February 3, 2022 Time: 11 AM EST to 12:30 PM EST Add event to calendar General Webinar Overview: Describe the typical Rotary drive machineries on dredges e.g. winches, dredge pump, cutterhead,… Read More
Ensuring that safety remains a high-level priority as projects get underway For Immediate Release: January 26, 2022 Media Contact: Melinda Skea | melinda@offshorewindus.org | 202-709-9793 BALTIMORE – The Business Network for Offshore Wind is hosting its inaugural O&M/ Health & Safety Summit next week, February 3-4, in New Orleans. As the offshore wind industry continues… Read More
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 1 PM EST, join us for WEDA’s next webinar on Human Capital titled “Dredging for Talent“. When: Thursday, January 20, 2022 Time: 1 PM EST Add event to calendar General Webinar Overview: Dredging for Talent This webinar will take a look at acquiring talent in the Dredging industry. … Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission invites you to submit nominations for the annual 2022 Safety Excellence Awards. The awards will recognize individual organizations or project teams for outstanding contributions to meeting the goals of WEDA and for exceptional safety performance that exhibits a proactive approach to raising safety awareness in the dredging workplace. One award will… Read More
Great Lakes Dredging Team and Interested Parties, Please join us Feb. 9, 2022 for an informational webinar covering best management practices for addressing turbidity during aquatic placement of dredged material. We have several excellent speakers from multiple different agencies lined up to discuss this topic. In addition, to hearing from the speakers, there will be… Read More