A donor conference, aimed to raise money needed for the improvements of Mombasa Port, was held last Friday, May 22nd, in Mombasa with JICA, Development Bank of South Africa, AfDB, DFID, the World Bank, the EU Delegation to Kenya and USAID taking the part. The conference, organized by TradeMark East
The Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015, organized by Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI), will be held on September 9-11, in Boston, MA. This three-day joint technical specialty conference will bring together professionals and practitioners fro
The Waikato Regional Council has announced that the Planning Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) Workshop will be held on Thursday, 27 August 2015, in Hamilton, New Zealand. A one-day workshop will cover best practice erosion and sediment control methods in accordance with the Waikato Regional Counci
ACI’s European Dredging Summit 2015 will take place on 7th and 8th October in Antwerp, Belgium, where the world’s leading dredging experts will discuss “Sediment Balance & Waste Management”. This meeting will provide a global analysis of dredging projects, environmental regulation and essential reco
The annual River Restoration Center (RRC) network conference which brings together professionals from all areas of river restoration will take place today and tomorrow at Whittlebury Hall, in Northamptonshire. Royal HaskoningDHV’s Senior Environment Consultant Phil Williamson will speak at the confe
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) and Texas A & M University will host its 2015 Dredging Summit and Expo during June 22-25, 2015 at the Westin Galleria Houston. The theme of this conference “Dredgers, the Environment and Commerce” will focus on the people and organizations that make dredging h
The Seminar on Dredging Technologies, hosted by Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center (APEC), will be held from September 21 until October 2, 2015. This two-week seminar will cover all essential theoretical and practical aspects with regard to dredging such as: navigating in muddy areas, strategies
The International Conference on African Large River Basins Hydrology will take place in Hammamet, Tunisia, from October 26-30, 2015. This event is placed under the labels of several international programs and institutions, which aim at a better knowledge and data sharing, the increase of the number
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host an Industry Day for small business government contractors on May 28, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. at the district’s headquarters building in Galveston. The purpose of the event is to present upcoming work for fiscal year 2016, help small business
Final preparations are underway for the Egypt Ports & Waterways Summit that will be held from 9-11 June in Cairo. Many advancements are planned for Egypt’s maritime sector, with expansions to the capacity of the Suez Canal soon to be ready, together with expansions to all of the country’s major port
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host a public meeting on May 20, 2015, in Vermilion, Ohio to receive feedback on the implementation of the Ohio Coastal Management Program by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). This public meeting is part of the federal go
International dredging conference, Dredge India 2015, will take place on 11 June, 2015 in Trident Hotel, BKC, Mumbai. This event, focusing sharply on emerging opportunities and constraints, will bring together port and inland waterway owners, dredging contractors, equipment suppliers and consultants
The City of New York is getting ready to host, May 28th 2015, a series of three Community Workshops for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project, formerly known as the BIG U. The purpose of the project is to reduce the risk of extreme weather and climate change, as well as improve quality of
The two-day training course named Environmental Aspects of Dredging will take place on May 28-29, 2015, at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands, the largest international postgraduate water education facility in the world. This course, organized by Stichting PostAca