Deputy Director of Civil Engineering Department of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Administration, Abbas Kamali, said that for the first time in Iran, the repair work on the berths number 4 to 20 of Said Rajaee Port has been done by Iranian civil engineers. According to the Public Relations Department
The Union Cabinet approved the Policy Guidelines for Land Management by Major Ports 2014. Land Policy is one of the most significant policy frameworks guiding the overall functioning and development of the port sector. These guidelines aim at optimum utilization and optimum realization of the value
Casting aside the agendas of politicians and activists, the true, long term implications of dredging spoil material along the Queensland coast are difficult to calculate, announced marineconservation.org. Industry has breathed life into the once-quiet town of Gladstone in the form of booming economi
The Maine Department of Transportation is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with replacing the Route 129 Bridge in South Bristol, Maine. The Maine Department of Transportation proposes to place
After analyzing the letter received on December 30, 2013 by the new locks contractor Grupo Unidos por el Canal, S.A. (GUPC), which was made public on January 1 by GUPC, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) determined that it is not valid and that the arguments raised by the contractor in the note lack l
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, released its final general re-evaluation report and environmental impact statement for the Berryessa Creek project for public review and comment. The document outlines the study’s recommended plan to reduce flood risk from Berryessa Creek which
Top News of the Year 2013 Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai… Consortium Threatens to Halt Panama Canal Expansion The consortium carrying out a historic expansion of the Panama Canal says it may have to suspend work due to the financial
Bishops in dioceses that front Manila Bay have asked the government to scrap plans for a 94,000-acre reclamation project. “For us bishops, worried about the poor who are affected severely by floods, we see that stopping the reclamation is seriously needed,” Auxiliary Bishop Bernardino Cortez of Mani
EPA is seeking interested firms capable of performing environmental dredging in Great Lakes rivers and harbors and dredged material handling for multiple projects up to a five year period. GLNPO executes a budget of approximately $50 million per year to facilitate sediment remediation projects varie
Orion Marine Group will be installing pilings at Pier 3 for the Port of Tacoma between the dates of 10 Dec 2013 and 25 Jan 2014, according tonavcen.uscg.gov. DB St Helens and material Barge 1801 will be moored via offshore anchors toward the center of the waterway approximately 1000 feet in length c
The dredging operations are being conducted at the Northlake Shipyard in Lake Union, and will be completed on or about 20 January, according to navcen.uscg.gov. Crane barges will be operating 24 hours per days IVO 47-38-45.0N, 122-20-28.0W. Turbidity curtains will be placed around the construction s
Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that work will begin this Saturday, January 4, 2014, on the $18.3 million beach replenishment project from Asbury Park to Avon-by-the-Sea. The federally funded Army Corps of Engineers project will restore beaches in Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Br
The Federal Highway Administration has approved a post-Superstorm Sandy infrastructure protection project to construct and install four miles of steel sheet piling to be driven deep into the beaches in Mantoloking and Brick to safeguard Route 35 and nearby homes and businesses from future catastroph
Gov. Steve Beshear was in Brandenburg yesterday to break ground on a project with the Meade County Riverport Authority for the construction of a regional port facility for area producers to market their grain, including specialty grain crops. Gov. Beshear also announced that the project had received