The Lake Ontario counties of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga and Oswego, the town of Greece and the City of Oswego are jointly undertaking an update and expansion of the regional harbor dredging management plan, which was completed in 2000. Two public meetings will be held to review prelimin
The long-awaited Lake Olmstead dredging project could commence early next year, depending on the permits which are under negotiation with the Army Corps of Engineers. “If that is approved, then we can go back every few years, based on our monitoring, to see if more sediment is filling it up again,”
Universal Lubricant Group is preparing plans for the Azhikkal Port development and has already earmarked Rs 150 crore for this project, according to infrawindow.com. Karimpuzha Raman, Director of Universal Lubricant, stated: “We have yet to make a detailed plan before the Government in this regard.
The Five Island Lake dredging project has hit the winter pause. The dredger has been brought to shore, the discharge pipe has been disconnected, everything is “winterized.” According to the City Administrator John Bird, 2012 was not a very productive season for the Five Island Lake dredging program.
New Hanover County announces the hiring of H. Layton Bedsole Jr. as the County’s Shore Protection Coordinator, filling a key role tasked with managing the County’s waterways, shore protection, and beach nourishment efforts. H. Layton Bedsole Jr., a Wilmington area native, will join the County Octobe
According to the ABC News, the Moyne Shire is seeking solution to fix the erosion problem at the Port Fairy East Beach. They plan to use the sand from the Warrnambool dredging project to replace the greatly damaged beach and dunes at the East Beach. The Moyne Shire officials have asked the Victorian
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is soliciting contractors for maintenance dredging at Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River in ME and NH. The construction window for dredging activities is between December 1, 2012 and March 15, 2013, and the estimated construction cost is bet
According to the Port Authority, the $66.8 million widening and deepening of the Xiamen Port main access channel is nearing its completion. This capital development project will allow the Chinese port to handle 100,000-displacement-ton capacity container vessels in the two-way channel, as well as 15
Next month ports authorities and terminal operators from over 11 African countries are heading to Cape Town, South Africa to develop collaborative approaches to ports expansion and regional trade facilitation during the African Ports Evolution 2012 Forum that will take place at the Radisson Blu Hote
In September, 2012, TID opened the doors to their new training location at Krimpen aan den IJssel Shipyard, The Netherlands. The training location includes three training rooms and an office for TID staff. The facility is conveniently located near the quay where the dredge vessels are commissioned.
The commissioning of two new units of Panamax Class Ship-to-Shore Container Quay Cranes (QC) and eight units of Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTG) will beef up Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd’s (BPSB) container handling capabilities and services. Its chief executive officer Dato Mior Ahmad Baiti Mior Lub Ahmad w
The United Arab Emirates, which is the largest foreign direct investor in Sri Lanka among Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the world’s fourth largest oil exporter, is planning to undertake large scale investments in Sri Lanka. The newly-appointed Ambassador for the United Arab Emirates to Sri
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell applauded the start of dredging on the Swinomish Channel in Skagit County. The channel was long overdue for dredging, and more than 500 jobs could have been lost if nothing was done. In 2012, the Army Corps of Engineers supported only two dredging projects on small waterw
On Saturday, the construction work has begun on a submerged breakwater in the Kainan City harbor, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. According to newsonjapan.com, the steel pipes measuring 3 meters wide and 30 meters long were buried in the seabed. “The breakwater will greatly reduce damage caused