If you haven’t already registered for WODCON XXI, this is a reminder that reduced rate registration for WODCON XXI ends March 31, 2016. Rates increase April 1, 2016. For questions or assistance, please contact us at info@westerndredging.org. For all up-to-date conference information, visit www.WODCON2016.org. EARLY REGISTRATION RATES | (Rates increase April 1, 2016) Registration fee includes: All technical […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the agenda for the DMMO meeting on March 9, 2016. Please review the DMMO web page at http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/DredgingWorkPermits.aspx for changes to this agenda. NOTE: The meeting will be held at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). The address is 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 10600, San Francisco. Please […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Icebreakers – Expanding the World’s Fleet By By Jim Shaw The US needs new icebreakers but they may be a long time in coming. Although President Obama proposed speeding the acquisition and building of new Coast Guard icebreakers during a visit to Alaska last year, […]
Continue ReadingMud Shortage Eroding California’s Climate Defenses Published: March 3rd, 2016 By John Upton OAKLAND, Calif. — As the birdwatchers of Arrowhead Marsh strain through binoculars for glimpses of California clapper rails, they could easily miss the warning signs of an obscure threat to the species’ survival. Grassy banks at the heart of the marsh are sloughing […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Icebreakers – Expanding the World’s Fleet By By Jim Shaw The US needs new icebreakers but they may be a long time in coming. Although President Obama proposed speeding the acquisition and building of new Coast Guard icebreakers during a visit to Alaska last year, and […]
Continue ReadingDredging News from Sand and Gravel Environmentalists argue for more dredging in Hudson River Benjamin Franklin a big ‘first’ for Port of Long Beach West Coast Hopper Dredging 2016 – Award Columbia River clamshell maintenance dredging 2016 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock sees significant increase in revenues from dredging US: Long Beach Island agreement secured […]
Continue ReadingPIANC MarCom WG 144 – ‘Classification of Soils and Rocks for the Maritime Dredging Process’ has been released today. Click here to view the press release dealing with this recently published report.
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE The Coast Guard Advances its Arctic Readiness in 2015, but Challenges Remain By By Craig H. Allen Sr. In 2015, as the United States assumed its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the high-level intergovernmental forum for the region, the US Coast Guard planned […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the agenda for the DMMO meeting on February 24, 2016. Please review the DMMO web page at http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/DredgingWorkPermits.aspx for changes to this agenda.
Continue ReadingNow accepting abstracts for Battelle’s 2017 Sediments Conference. Abstracts Due: June 30, 2016 Please review the abstract format/content requirements on the Conference website and then submit your abstract to be included in the multilevel review that will begin in July 2016. Short Course Proposals Due: July 25, 2016 Courses will be offered on topics within […]
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