Page 28 JUNE 2014 | VOL 33 NO 3 International Dredging Review FEATURING: WEDA CONFERENCE, PAGES 40 - 41 Ocean Traverse Nord travels to Mexico Page 18 In This Issue PERMIT NO. 5377 NO. PERMIT Con gress Passes WRRDA 2014, pg. 14 DENVER, CO DENVER, PAID E arthquake and Tsunami in Chile, pg. 26 U.S. POSTAGE U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT S econd MARAD Strategy Symposium, pg. 20 ™ Headline Y OHN OE Neptune B J D Floats Body copy pipefloat.com Does Friction Matter? YES! Clamp Tite™ is 6x more effective! Olmsted Locks & Dam Project. How it works... Products Available Clamp Tite™ technology ensures that Neptune™ Floats will not slip on your pipeline. Pipe Floats Polyethelene Floats on HDPE pipe offers no friction. (6” to 34”) They will slip when force is applied. Our Clamp Tite™ composite inserts are measured to be up to 6 times more effective than traditional floats! Cable & Hose Call us to learn more about Clamp Tite™ and the Floats (1” to 6”) other great features Neptune™ has to offer! 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Permission its business internationally with work in the must be obtained from the publisher of IDR to copy anything contained in International Dredging Review. Port of Dos Bocas, Mexico (seen here). From there the trailing suction hopper dredge SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Includes six issues per year, plus the Annual Directory of Dredge Owners & Operators/Dredging Industry Ocean Traverse Nord traveled to the Port of Buyer’s Guide, published the first quarter of the year. Vera Cruz in Mexico, and Ocean secured two North America All Other other contracts while in Latin America, in the One year: $45 $85 Two years: $80 port of San Pedro de Macoris and the port of Rio Haina in the Dominican Republic. www.dredgemag.com | IDR JUN 14 3 Headline BY JOHN DOE Body copy BUILDING AND REBUILDING AMERICAN DREDGING CAPABILITY. Finding beach quality sand to restore barrier islands and coastal headlands in Louisiana is not easy to do. This sand reaches Caminada Headlands cost effectively by hydraulically loading barges over twenty miles from the beach. It will help protect Port Fourchon, a port that services over 90 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production. Weeks Marine’s management congratulates the entire project team for its outstanding work on this complex project. www.weeksmarine.com | 985.875.2500 EEO/M/F/V/D 4 IDR JUN 14 | www.dredgemag.com EDITORIAL After making origins of the country to find the foundation for – hadn’t passed waterways legislation in seven a blind start in the this strong federal role in transportation. years, and the tax system set up to fund the wa- dredging industry After a poor try the first time around, the terways wasn’t being used for that. without much knowl- framers of the Constitution came to under- The waterways were in need of a good P.R. edge about its intrica- stand the importance of the federal government campaign, and they got a great one – from co- cies, I was immedi- in maintaining public works for commerce. I alitions like RAMP and other members of Con- ately struck over and found it fascinating that part of the reason the gress and Congressional committees that got over at the beginning Articles of Confederation failed was because the word out about WRRDA – like the What Is by how much our they didn’t provide Congress with a means to WRRDA? booklet. Congressman Schuster even economy depends on regulate commerce between the states. In fact, put out a YouTube video about WRRDA (www. dredging and the U.S. a dispute between Maryland and Virginia re- youtube.com/watch?v=vSF7Uje6z_E). Army Corps of En- garding navigation rights on the Potomac River We, in the dredging industry, are accustomed gineers to keep the waterways open and goods was one reason for convening the Constitutional to hearing about these things. Most people that flowing, not to mention flood protection, recre- Convention. I didn’t remember that from Amer- I meet in this industry are extremely proud of ation and national security. And I’m sure I’m ican History class. what they do, and I think it is, in part, a sense of still missing some there. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution direct- being part of something bigger, something that In a conference booklet put together by the ed Congress to establish post roads and regulate feels important. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) interstate commerce, laying the groundwork for It’s not hard to preach to the choir, and we committee, entitled What Is WRRDA?, the high- the robust infrastructure network to come. often do, but bringing attention to issues in the lights emphasized not only the importance of Most people don’t think about the impor- nation at large is the responsibility of the mari- our maritime infrastructure, but the need for a tance of WRRDA everyday, or the federal re- time industry interests, espcially the dredging strong federal responsibility in keeping it sound. sponsibility to our infrastructure, or the need sector, which has done this and will continue to Until the Water Resources Reform and Devel- for dredging in their everyday lives. I didn’t do it. opment Act (WRRDA) of 2014 had been passed think about it two years ago. Most people don’t As Barry Holliday said after WRRDA was this May, Congress had been silent for years and realize how quickly the grocery shelves and passed on May 23, the legislation authorizes abandoned its role in maintaining the vital wa- gas stations would empty if that network sud- a phase-in of the HTMF money, and we must terway infrastructure. denly stopped working. Most people take it for support RAMP and the other advocacy groups In addition to numerous facts about the tril- granted that groceries and gasoline will be there. in making sure the appropriations for necessary lions of dollars of goods and millions of jobs This lack of attention to what it takes to make dredging projects are increased starting now. that are dependent on maritime transportation, those things happen is evidenced no better than and the benefit-to-cost ratio for flood protection, in the fact that Congress – the very people who Anna Townshend What Is WRRDA? also went backwards to the are supposed to be thinking about these things Editor, IDR Strategic Sediment Management Solutions Whether a project is large or small, CH2M HILL delivers strategic solutions for sediment issues that save time and money. With offi ces throughout the world, our employee-owned fi rm delivers locally with the strength and expertise of global resources to help solve your sediment challenges. 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