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At the A&M Simulator Course

Instructor Peter de Jong of DACS, left, talks to Shane Harris of Weeks Marine during the Texas A&M Dredge Simulator Short Course in January. They are in the classroom at the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory. Nine dredge operators participated in the course, which taught the fundamentals of cavitation, sediment in the pipeline, pipeline length limitations, pump power limitations, dredging different sediments, dealing with currents and swing winch limitations.

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Dredging in Ninilchik, Alaska

The Alaskan Eagle, owned by Portable Hydraulic Dredging, will be doing the Dillingham Harbor, Alaska maintenance dredging contract starting this year, and through 2013. The dredge is pictured here dredging Ninilchik Harbor last year. Chas Woodruff is at the controls. He switches off 12-hour shifts with company President Art Kilander.

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How to deepen an Australian Harbor

Stephen Bradford, CEO of the Port of Melbourne, Australia describes the ups and downs of getting approval to deepen the harbor, in the face of the extreme environmental awareness in Australia. Photo by Marsha Cohen.

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Chuck Hummer

Chuck Hummer, far left, and his Panama Canal Museum Team are preparing for the Tampa Bay Area Walk to De-Feat ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Hummer grew up in the Canal Zone, and was assistant chief of the Panama Canal Commission Dredging Division. He then succeeded his mentor Bill Murden as chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Dredging Division. After Chuck retired, he established the Panama Canal Museum in Tampa, supported by Americans who lived and worked on the Canal. He was diagnosed with ALS four years ago and has “beat the odds” to survive this long. “I am doing really well. I seem to be one of the lucky ones that has reached a plateau,” he said on April 14. Please donate to the Panama Canal Museum ALS Team. Go to “Resources” on this web site and click on Chuck Hummer’s ALS Page.

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