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Dredging Market: Overview Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater, in harbors, shallow seas, and freshwater areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments to deepen or widen the sea bottom or sea channel. The dredging technique is often used to keep waterways and ports navigable and create an anti-sludge pathway for boats. It is also used as a way… Read More
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has accredited two dredging firms for any minerals, which may be discovered to be of value during the rehabilitation of the Cagayan River to mitigate massive flooding. Engineer Mario Ancheta, MGB-Region 2 director, said a Certificate of Accreditation or CoA was… Read More
American maritime and supply chain trade associations and organizations last week sent letters to Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Congressional leaders asking for help in coping with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One letter, signed by a notably broad industry coalition asks for $3.5 billion in aid to the industry. A separate… Read More
After more than a century of toxic pollution, Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal is finally being cleaned up. This November, the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off the first phase of its plan to dredge the entire length of this industrial waterway, scooping out the thick layer of “black mayonnaise” which has settled at its bottom. A… Read More
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued another report Friday favoring agribusinesses over environmentalists in a decades-long battle over a massive flood control project in the south Mississippi Delta. The Corps published a final supplement to a draft environmental impact statement it released in October. Both reports reverse the Corps’ own… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public input from now until Feb. 16, 2021, on its recently completed draft disposition study for the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam. After evaluation and comparison of alternatives, the tentatively selected plan is the complete disposal of the property… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is pleased to make the Call for Abstracts for our annual Dredging Summit & Expo ’21. The conference is scheduled to take place at the brand new JW Marriott in downtown Tampa, FL from June 14-17, 2021. At this time, we are optimistic this conference will not have to be… Read More
Aid for the more affected sectors in the maritime industry will be extended under the MaritimeSG Together Package to tide them over the Covid-19 pandemic, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Tuesday (Dec 8). With various relief measures under the package set to expire after Dec 31, MPA said it will… Read More
Dredging Market: Overview Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater, in harbors, shallow seas, and freshwater areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments to deepen or widen the sea bottom or sea channel. The dredging technique is often used to keep waterways and ports navigable and create an anti-sludge pathway for boats. It is also used as a way… Read More
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: Two dredging companies have forged an agreement with the Philippine government on Thursday to rehabilitate the heavily silted Cagayan River for free and without any expenses to be incurred by the government, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Signatories to the memorandum of agreement (MoA) on the Cagayan… Read More