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Bangladesh Determined to Save Dhaka
Bangladesh Water Resources Minister, Anisul Islam Mahmud, has called for keeping the surrounding rivers running by freeing the banks from encroachment to save Dhaka city from floods. According to him, the rivers could not be freed from encroachment without cooperation of the people. The minister was
New Coastal Resiliency Research Partnership
The University of Rhode Island has been selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be one of two primary partners, along with Jackson State University, in the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The selection, which could result in
Picture of the Day: Dredger McFarland at Work
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has posted this beautiful photo of their hopper dredger McFarland, working on the Mississippi River. “Our own dredger McFarland has been busy conducting emergency dredging on the Lower Mississippi River for the past month. The dredger was call
Italy Hosts 3rd Coastal & Maritime Conference
Following up very successful second Coastal & Maritime Mediterranean Conference that was organized in Tangier (Morocco) in 2011, the third Conference will be held on 25-27 November 2015, in Ferrara, Italy. The conference, organized together by the Pôle Mer Méditerranée (Sea Innovation and Business C
VIDEO: Bell Equipment at Intermat
Bell Dredging Pumps, a Dutch company highly specialized in manufacturing and engineering of dredging equipment, has released a short video about their Bell 250 dredging pump with the cutter unit. Also shown in the video is their brand new Caterpillar 336E LRA long reach amphibious excavator with a 1
Murray Mouth Project to Enter Final Phase
After five months of dredging, the Murray Mouth project is about to reach 400,000 cubic meters mark as it enters the final phase of works. The project, aimed to maintain connectivity between the Murray River and the Southern Ocean, is set to be completed by the end of June 2015. According to the lat
Grassy Flats Restoration Project Completed
A dedicated and collaborative effort between numerous local, state, federal and private organizations is providing essential benefits to the Lake Worth Lagoon through the completion of the Grassy Flats Restoration Project in Palm Beach County, Florida. The 22-acre Grassy Flats Restoration Project wa
Isla Grande Terminal Dredging Contract Inked
Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc. has further solidified its commitment to Puerto Rico with the execution of a $48.5 million construction contract for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The construction contract was awarded to L.P.C.& D. Inc., of Las Piedras, Puerto Ri
Infrastructure Week Kicks Off Today
Thousands of stakeholders in Washington D.C., and across the country are coming together for Infrastructure Week, May 11-15. They will highlight the critical importance of investing in and modernizing America’s infrastructure, including its seaports and their land- and water- side connections. Ameri
Corps Introduces St. Paul Island Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is proposing to conduct repairs to federal navigation features at St. Paul Harbor on St. Paul Island. The Corps plans to repair the 1,000-foot-long detached rubble mound breakwater; repair scour holes in the harbor’s entrance channels and adjacent to
I.S. RIVERS Set for June 22
I.S. RIVERS, the 2nd international conference on integrative sciences and sustainable development of rivers, will take place on 22-26 June, 2015, in Lyon, France. This event, organized by the GRAIE and ZABR, is an international conference dedicated to research and practices on natural and human-impa
Large Reef “to do” List Presented
With just 50 days before the World Heritage Committee meets in June, WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) today released an urgent Reef “to do” list for the Queensland and Federal Governments. That meeting, in Bonn, Germany from June 28 to July 8, will decide if the Re
Another Prestigious Award for DSC Dredge
DSC Dredge, LLC, based in Reserve, Louisiana, was recently awarded the inaugural Gulf Coast Trade Alliance Export Achievement Award for the state of Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Trade Alliance honored DSC with the award on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at a luncheon during the 15th Annual Gulf Coast Trade A
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
New Suez: 62.9 Pct of Dredging Finalized Up to 157.260 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said executive director supervising the dredging process Wagdi Zaki. Belgian Business Delegation Visited Managua HKND Group an