NEWS

Current Work in Progress:

                                                                                            

 

 

Duluth-Superior Harbor:  Winter work includes Erie Pier Site Improvements.  Harbor Maintenance Dredging to be completed Spring 2012. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Radio Tower Bay, St. Louis River:  This winter Marine Tech will complete the demolition and removal   of concrete radio tower foundations and log pilings from an abandoned railroad trestle for a marine debris clean-up and habitat restoration project located within the Radio Tower Bay site on the St. Louis River, near Duluth, MN.

 

 

 

 

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Marine Tech in the news! 

DNT DECC Dredging  Dredging off of the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, this shot was caught by the Duluth News Tribune on August 17, 2011. 

 

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News of interest:

Frank Johnson, long time employee of Marine Tech and previously Zenith Dredge, retired at the end of the 2011 season.  His latest position was as Marine Tech's Safety Manager.

Marine Tech received a very positive evaluation from the Rock Island District of the US Army Corps of Engineers for a hydraulic dredging project on the Mississippi River at Sunset Marina, IL.  To review the evaluation, click the link that follows: Evaluation

Marine Tech has expanded its equipment inventory by adding a 40 x 40 sectional spud barge.  Each section measures 10 x 40 x 6 and comes with 2-24" spuds plus deck engine.  This will expand our ability to respond to remediation/marine work in a more timely manner with this portable capability.

In addition, Marine Tech has added a D8 Dozer to its equipment inventory for work at the Erie Pier Disposal Area to work during dredging operations on the Duluth-Superior Harbor Dredging project.

 

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2012 Conferences/Continuing Education:

Nick Patterson, Project Engineer, will be attending the Hypack Hydrographic Training Conference to be held January 29-February 1, 2012 in San Diego, CA.  In addition, he will attend the Transportation of Solids Using Centrifugal Pumps course sponsored by Augusta State University & The GIW Hydraulic Test Laboratory being held March 5-9 in Augusta, GA. 

Tom Johnson, Project Engineer, will be attending the Great Lakes Navagation Stakeholder Workshop on February 21, 2012 and the Great Lakes Waterways Conference February 22-23, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Marine Tech LLC will be an exhibitor at the GEAPS Exchange 2012 to be held in Minneapolis, MN March 3-6, 2012.

Ted Smith, President, will be attending the Dredging Contractors of America's annual meeting to be held March 20-22, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

In addition, Marine Tech will again be exhibiting at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Trade Show 2012, to be held in Duluth, MN April 17-18, 2012.

Tom Johnson, Project Engineer with Marine Tech LLC, Guy Partch, Sr Environmental Consultant with Barr Engineering, and John Lindgren, Duluth Area Fisheries with MN DNR, have submitted an abstract that was selected to be presented at the Western Dredging Association and Texas A&M University Convention.  The abstract is entitled "Dual Beneficial Outcomes from Hydraulic Dredging".  The WEDA/TAMU Convention will be held June 10-13, 2012 in San Antonio, TX.  Check back soon to read the entire presentation under our "Industry Papers" heading. 

 

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