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For 34 years, Kurt Erichsen has been on the front lines of northwest Ohio’s biggest water issues. Now, as he prepares for retirement on Jan. 31, officials are wondering how to fill the void he’ll leave behind. “Kurt has 34 years of experience, but about 100 years of knowledge and passion for our region,” said… Read More
The Hudson River cleanup appears to be stuck at a crossroads. In a much-anticipated response to General Electric’s request for a certificate of completion for its cleanup of PCBs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a Jan. 2 letter it is delaying judgment until it finalizes the 5-year review of the river’s recovery. The… Read More
The Environment Agency is on the hunt for contractors and consultants for its next generation flood defence framework. It expects to spend around £1.5bn through the framework over four years, and has the option to extend the pipeline to the same firms for another four years. The new panel of pretendered firms will start the… Read More
On 19th December in Southampton, Laurence Dagley, Director CEMEX UK Marine Limited signed a contract with Frank de Lange, Regional Sales Director of the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of the first Damen Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). The vessel, which will be built at Damen Shipyards Galati, in Romania, is designed to extract sand… Read More
Up to €80m is to be spent in the Louth and East Meath region on flood defences – but not a penny in the area most affected by recent damage – Dunleer. The lower part of the town was under water in 2014 but the recent allocation of funding has ignored the problem in Dunleer,… Read More
Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1885, Ellicott Dredges is the world’s oldest and largest builder of medium-sized cutter suction dredges. A leader in the dredging industry, Ellicott built all of the dredges used in the original construction of the Panama Canal, and through the years, they have been an innovative and influential source for design and… Read More
For Doug Gibson, the executive director of the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve, a Nov. 29 event was more than two decades in the making. Gibson and a throng of state, regional and local officials — including Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear and State Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) — gathered at the lagoon’s nature center… Read More
With the dredging of the “Duck Pond” wrapping up this month, City Council has signed off on improvements to the Horseshoe and Lower Shaker Lake dams. The estimated $4.1 million project will again be handled through the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, but this time through its Stormwater Management Program, with no local match. In… Read More
China’s largest shipping company has poured billions of dollars into buying seaports in Greece and other maritime nations around the world. But the location of its latest big foreign investment has given a curious twist to the expanding ambitions of the China Ocean Shipping Company: The nearest ocean is more than 1,600 miles away. The… Read More
China intends to use its “magical island maker” to expand the size of its reclaimed islands in the South China Sea following years of massive reclamations and despite continuing protests from neighboring countries. “The size of some South China Sea Islands will be further expanded in the future with more dredging vessels, such as the… Read More