Cairns will be better protected from devastating future floods, with the Newman Government announcing funding to build a Moody Creek catchment levee and detention basin. Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli said the $500,000 grant would help Cairns Regional C
The Draft Integrated Project Implementation Report (PIR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) is now available online for public review. Public comments on the draft report will be accepted through Oct. 14, 2013. “The team has worked extremely h
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to Inland Dredging Co. for the Neches River Channel dredging project, located in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas. Inland Dredging Co., LLC, Dyersburg, Tenn., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, non-option, non-multi-year contract of $12,747,180
The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) is inviting private sector participation to enter into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement for the development of Tibar Bay Port. GoTL said that it will conduct a “competitive bidding process to select a qualified and experienced investor/operator to des
ASL Marine Holdings Ltd., an integrated marine company offering comprehensive services in shipbuilding, shiprepair and conversion, shipchartering and dredging engineering, reported revenue of S$465.4 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of S$45.3 million for the full year ended 30 Jun
The replenishment project officially ended on Avalon’s southern beaches on Wednesday, July 31st. This project comes at no cost to the taxpayers of Stone Harbor and Avalon and was completely funded by the federal government. The sand dredging operations are over and no more sand will be placed on the
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the first EEE-Class 18,000 TEU capacity vessel now in service continued its maiden voyage with a port call at the APM Terminals-Cargo Service A/S facility at Aarhus, Denmark’s largest port, and Scandinavia’s second-busiest port by container throughput. While at the deep-
HM Government of Gibraltar notes that the Spanish authorities are now denying export permission for the supply of rock, sand and aggregate destined for projects in Gibraltar. The Government of Gibraltar has already identified sourced alternative sources of supplies and will shortly be finalising the
The Port of Geelong dredging program is expected to commence in March 2014, reports abc.net.au. The tender process will begin during the next month, and the Victorian Government plans to invest $5 million in this cleanup project. “The Port of Geelong has a very strong future. It’s a job creator. It’
The five kidnapped workers were released two days ago by their abductors at the Nembe area of Bayelsa State, reports vanguardngr.com. They have been released on Monday and dropped at Nembe Community where the Police Anti-kidnapping team rescued them, stated Mr Alex Akhigbe, the state police public r
Erich Staake, CEO of Duisport, has received a Boeganker. The Boeganker is an award presented by Port of Rotterdam Authority to persons who have played an exceptional part in the development of the port of Rotterdam. Erich Staake received the Boeganker for his huge contribution to the development of
The Port of Los Angeles is initiating the environmental review process on a proposed berth-improvement project by Yang Ming, a Taiwanese marine transport company at the Port. The start of the environmental process, which is expected to formally begin this fall with a Notice of Preparation, is the fi
A major project to restore critical estuary habitat along the Snohomish River is underway as part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tulalip Tribes of Washington partnership. The Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project will restore tidal access to about 360 acres of historic floodplain. The tribes p
Ackermans & van Haaren today announced its 2013 half-year results. The half-year profit of Ackermans & van Haaren increased to 94.8 million euros (1H12: 67.8 million euros) due to higher profits recorded by Delen Investments, DEME and Bank J.Van Breda & C°, and the capital gain that was realized on