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- $18.1 -Million Dredging Contract Awarded To T.L. James & Company Maritime Reporter, Dec 1980 #42
A contract to enlarge Bayou Chene and the Avoca Island Cutoff channel has been awarded to T.L. James & Company, Inc. of Ruston, La., by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Col. Thomas A. Sands, New Orleans District Engineer, noted in making the award that the work will enable shipyards at Morgan City to more easily move huge mobile offshore oil rigs into the Gulf.

The $18.1-million contract calls for a 22-foot-deep, 400-foot-wide channel from near the junction of Bayous Chene and Black and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway southwest through Bayou Chene and the Avoca Island Cutoff to the Lower Atchafalaya River near its mouth.

More than 2 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 cubic yards of material will be removed by two hydraulic cutterhead dredges working simultaneously.

In the disposal area on Avoca Island opposite Bayou Penchant, the material will be used to create new marshland, with gaps left between the disposal mounds to create a waterfowl habitat.

The upper reaches of the project in Bayous Boeuf and Black, and the section of the Intracoastal Waterway between the two, have already been completed, as has the lower reach in Atchafalaya.

T.L. James Company was the apparent low bidder in a field of three. Under contract terms, it has 22 months to complete the work. The construction is being done under the Congressionally authorized Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and Black Project.
- A W O Acclaimed For Quick, Decisive Action To Combat Drought Effects Maritime Reporter, Mar 1989 #44
executives from the barge and towing industry to interface with federal agencies involved in drought management is on target." Similarly, Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Sands wrote that "the group will be of much benefit to the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard ... and I particularly applaud the

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Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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THE PATH TO ZERO Methanol’s Superstorage Solution Technical inquiries to SRC Group ramped up after it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a concept which ‘reinvented methanol fuel storage’ on board ships. Delivering the answers has seen technical talk converting into project discussions
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. The twin weight of 29.5 tonnes. US Virgin Islands Ferry foot vessel will service the tourist and commuter route be- tween Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, with capacity for up to 300 passen- gers. Incat Crowther said it designed the simple yet stylish new ferry
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loads, and an upgrade of the structure of ist and commuter route between Red Hook on the island of St. the vessel to accommodate the latest hammer size. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John. Currently, two other Incat Crowther-designed 28-m vessels service this AiP: World’s Largest Car Carrier
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“In keeping with that spirit, Arctic Storm challenged us with delivering an integrated package that would allow the crew to maximize catch ef? ciency – reducing both time on the water and vessel emissions – while working seamlessly within the ship’s Brett Johnson, Jess Woodruff, wider operation
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UNDERWATER NOISE ABB’s DynaFin propulsor will be designd to allow for the use of optimized ABB trajectories to reduce propeller noise. There are many technologies available to reduce URN, some of which may also reduce fuel consumption. However, Spence says it’s not just a case of picking out a
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heat transfer material behind the PCB letters are bare aluminum. components, and do lots of testing pre- to carry the heat away from the LEDs deployment. Cree LEDs produce more (google “CREE LED Luminaire Design Many parts can be purchased by an light per watt, so less heat, and their Guide”). LEDs
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Our expectations for global demand is a little bit down [1-2%] this year and it's a little bit up [2-3%] next year. But you have to set that against a ? eet which grows 6% this year in nominal terms and 5.5% next year. Peter Sand,Chief Analyst, Xeneta tive, I think what makes this downturn special
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al laser systems are increasingly being used at shipyards, million U.S. workers are at risk of developing silicosis shipbuilding berths and even aboard ships. Technicians and that more than 100,000 of these workers are em- can use mobile handheld units, or if needed the systems ployed as sandblasters.
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Sandy’s devastation also included extreme erosion of the shore putting the Coney Island community vulnerable to future storms. Coney Island Beach lost 600,000 cubic yards of sand. The Army Corps received funding and authority to restore Co- ney Island with the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropria- ti
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USACE & WATERFRONT PRESERVATION Above: The original Source: Heart of Coney Island Luna Park in 1903. Bottom Right: Entrance to Steeplechase Park c. 1904. Bottom Left: The boardwalk being constructed along Coney Island Beach in 1922. Source: Heart of Coney Island. Photographer: Edward E. Rutter. Source:
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gineer for the Army Corps. He said, “In the 1980’s I was responsible for feeding the aquarium’s Osborne Laboratory tanks and cleaning them on the weekends and during the summer.” He’s has worked for the Army Corps for 35 years and today is the Chief of Civil Works After Hurricane Sandy in 2013, the U.S.
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USACE & WATERFRONT PRESERVATION Then & Now: [Left] Rifat Salim, far left, and some of her siblings visiting Coney Island Beach for the ? rst time. [Right] Rifat Salim with her teenage daughter on the Coney Island boardwalk on the Fourth of July. and most visited seaside resort and amusement park
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Preserving an iconic beach for future generations By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. hen Rifat Salim came to the United States from Pakistan as a young girl with her mother and siblings to reunite with her father after years of W being a part, one of the ? rst places he suggested they visit is Coney Island
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