Willamette Locks to Close due to Corrosion

Corrosion has forced the closure of the locks at Willamette Falls, and Congress doesn’t have the money to fix them. Diana Fredlund, with the Army Corps of Engineers says they’re not used often enough by commercial river traffic. The federal government sank more than $2 million of stimulus money into attempts to salvage the 138-year-old [...]

Stopping Corrosion in our Harbors – Duluth/Superior Harbor

Every ship that passes under the Duluth/Superior harbor lift bridge is a sign of a healthy, working, international port. but for this to exist, requires steel. Nearly 14-miles of underwater metal. Loading facilities, docks and shorelines, the shipping canals; the very foundation of industry here is built on an underwater steel infrastructure. But it’s corroding, and [...]

Pipeline with Coating Degradation benefit from Deep Well Anode Solution

An International Petrochemical Company contracted with MATCOR to review assessment data gathered more than 10 years earlier.  MATCOR’s initial findings showed the existing Cathodic Protection System was struggling to maintain criteria.  To determine the exact cause of the problems MATCOR launched a comprehensive survey of 20 miles of 26 inch pipeline. From the initial review [...]

Galveston’s tall ship Elissa no longer seaworthy…corrosion issue

GALVESTON, Texas — The official tall ship of Texas is in trouble. The iron and steel bottom of the three-masted 1877 Elissa is nearly rusted through in places, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to declare that the vessel is not seaworthy. Officials at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston where the Elissa is berthed were [...]

MATCOR Announces Next Generation Connection Technology for its Mixed Metal Oxide Products

Doylestown, PA (July 5) – MATCOR, Inc. a full-service provider of proprietary and proven cathodic protection systems and solutions, today announced the introduction of a new connection technology known as “Kynex™”, and MATCOR will begin manufacturing its signature Linear Anodes and Deep Well Anode Systems with this next generation patent-pending connection technology. Cathodic protection experts agree [...]

Pipeline with Coating Degradation – Benefits from MATCOR’s Mini-Deep Anode

At MATCOR we often receive calls from pipeline owners to provide solutions to complex pipeline degradation issues.  We thrive on these, as we have the unique opportunity to provide a tailored solution, as all our products are manufactured in-house.   Here is a recent example: MATCOR was approached by a petrochemical company, to review assessment [...]

Contractors, DelDOT to meet about Woodland Ferry

State transportation officials will be sitting down this week with two companies involved in the trouble-prone Woodland Ferry project, even as residents and local leaders pressed them to have the vessel operating by June. Thursday’s meeting will involve the president of Thrustmaster of Texas, which manufactured the devices at the center of the latest ferry shutdown, [...]

Protecting land and water near Casper, Wyoming

Beneath the rolling prairies of East Central Wyoming are rich oil and natural gas deposits, making the land valuable despite the lonely, sweeping landscape. More than one refinery exists in Wyoming to process the black gold that lies beneath the land. Wyoming is also a state that enjoys tremendous natural treasures and is a destination [...]