Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, in her weekly program “Yingluck Government Meets the People”, revealed that the government is working with an accelerated speed to ensure completion of various flood prevention projects. This year, construction of 3,000 permanent dikes is planned and expected to b
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is in the final days of its annual meeting. Last week’s decisions on the Great Barrier Reef have profound implications for its future protection and pose some tough questions for Environment Minister Tony Burke. The 21 countries of the World Heritage Committee endor
Members of the recently appointed Kalamazoo Lake Harbor Authority (KLHA) met with approximately 27 key state and Federal officials in Kalamazoo, Mich., on June 28, 2012 to discuss the dredging challenges facing the Saugatuck-Douglas harbor. The intent of the meeting was to fully brief these official
According to the Arbroath Herald, Angus Council is expected to make a decision next week on dredging Arbroath harbour. The infrastructures services executive sub-committee will meet on Monday to discuss the silt build up in the harbour which can block the launch of the RNLIB Inchcape at low spring t
According to greenbaypressgazette.com, NCR Corp. and Appleton Papers Inc. will not have to pay for the cleanup of PCBs from Little Lake Butte des Morts and southern portions of the lower Fox River, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach of Green Bay issued the ruling
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has blatantly exceeded acceptable turbidity levels every day since the LNP Government gave it approval to dredge continuously, says Queensland Greens spokesperson, Dr Libby Connors. Dr Connors says turbidity monitoring stations have recorded excessive turbidity leve
Valstybes imone Klaipedos has announced tender for the quay reconstruction works at the Port of Klaipeda. These works include: – Reconstruction and development works to the Port of Klaipeda, berths 64, 65 and 65A, – Works to extend the quay and wharf to allow vessels of increased size to moor and tu
Dredging Department of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), has announced tender for the maintenance dredging works for the year 2012/2013. These works include: 1) Dredging work by cutter suction dredger for maintaining navigability of Mawa-Mangalmajhi-Kathalbari-Charjanajat ferry an
The Federal Emergency Management Agency yesterday approved funding to restore Lake Delhi, reports desmoinesregister.com. “We’re very happy of the final outcome of this,” said Steve Leonard, president of the lake district. “We don’t know truly yet what it means, to what extent.” That money, Leonard s
According to The Hindu Business Line, the Kolkata Port Trust has sought 450 acres from the West Bengal government to facilitate dredging at Jellingham Bar. The land will be used for dumping the silt to be dredged from the river. Jellingham is a natural sand bar or obstruction on the river channel, i
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has approved additional funding to help pay for dredging of Cornucopia Harbor. Back on May 28th, severe storms deposited a significant amount of silt in the Cornucopia harbor and left the channel dangerously shallow. “We are extremely pleased with the coope
The Public Relations Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Robert Coleman said that the Korle Lagoon dredging project will kick start once the parliamentary approval is given for the procurement of the requisite equipment needed for the dredging. According to myjoyonline.com, two months ago, the Local
Progress on the sealing of the northern section of the front bund wall at Fisherman’s Landing is on schedule. The 8.8km bund wall created to reclaim 274 hectares at the northern end the current Fisherman’s Landing site was completed in August 2011, since then 4 million cubic metres of dredge materia
Environmentally concerned citizens and landholders are disgusted with the cavalier attitude of the Queensland Government which has chopped the funding for Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), an independent community environmental legal service. EDO has a great reputation for the quality and releva