Leon Muhammad, Director General of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, said that Indonesia needs US$46.112 billion for port development projects until 2030. According to Bernama, the government can only provide 31.7 per cent or US$14.613 billion, while the remaining 68.3 per cent or US$31
Abu Dhabi will launch the first phase of its new multibillion-dollar Khalifa Port tomorrow. “The main target is to serve and support the long-term growth of the Abu Dhabi economy and to serve as an enabler for Kizad,” said Martijn Van de Linde, chief executive of Abu Dhabi Terminals, the operator of
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced tender for the Dunmore East dredging project. The services of a suitably qualified and experienced consultancy firm with expertise in civil and marine engineering is required for the proposed maintenance dredging at the Dunmore East Fishe
According to NBC40.net, within the next two to three weeks the major dredging project on the waterways around Ocean City will begin. “I think it’s a very exciting project what Ocean City is doing to bring the boating public and the boaters in the area a much more exciting experience in our area,” bo
Yesterday, a case against Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC), led by a group of business owners in the commercial fishing industry, was dismissed in the Brisbane Planning and Environment Court. According to gladstoneobserver.com, Judge David Searle struck out the application and ordered the claimants
Jorge Luis Quijano, incoming Administrator for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), will give the opening address at this year’s TOC Container Supply Chain Americas conference, returning for the fourth time to Panama on December 4-6. Quijano, who officially takes up his new role on September 4, was nam
The China Business reports that the China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC) expects to gain more orders in the second half of the year. Zhou Jichang, the Chairman, stated: “CCCC recently won three of the four tenders for the first phase of a government project to dredge the Yangtze River. The t
A long-delayed dredging project on the Clearwater Pass channel has finally begun on August 6. According to tampabay.com, this project is now hampered by technical difficulties. A dredging vessel sent by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got a few days of work done before it had mechanical problems wi
According to timesunion.com, the crews have begun dredging on the Onondaga Lake. Dredging machinery began scooping sediment from the lake bottom on Monday. The work will go on 24 hours a day, six days a week, and will only stop during the winter months. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, August 31, 20
The Belgian heavy lift and special transport group Sarens will transport and install the 16 new lock doors of the Panama Canal. Land transports will be carried out with SPMT’s (Self-Propelled Modular Trailers), for inland water transport Sarens will use their own barges. Sea transport will be carrie
According to simcoereformer.ca, the harbour in Port Rowan could look very different in the near future. The County and the Port Rowan Harbour Commission are preparing a big development project. This project includes excavation works on the channel at the north end of the harbour. After that, the cha
The dredger Port Frederick has been moved to the Coomera River to shift about 43,000 cubic metres of sand to Gold Coast beaches. Gary Baildon, the chairman of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority said that this dredging project at the Coomera River mouth will have wider benefits. “That is going to all
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, intends to issue a solicitation for the maintenance dredging at the Inner Harbor Channels Brunswick and Savannah Harbors, Georgia. Procurement of these services will result in a fixed price contract. The contract will be solicited and procured usi
According to the Exim Online, India plans to invest between Rs 300-Rs 400 crore in the second phase of Iran’s Chabahar port expansion. India’s interest in this project is not only to get direct access to Central Asia, but also to facilitate import of minerals from Afghanistan via Chabahar. Two teams