With none of its projects meeting the deadline, Hussain Sagar and Catchment Area Improvement Programme is going at a snail’s pace… (deccanchronicle) [mappress] Source: deccanchronicle, January 27, 2012;
The government has decided to scrap the prequalification tender process for the North Kalibaru dock terminal at Tanjung Priok seaport in … (thejakartaglobe) [mappress] Source: thejakartaglobe, January 27, 2012;
The Sheboygan Harbor was last dredged to its authorized depth in 1969. Since then, a restriction was placed on dredging the federal channel in Sheboygan due to contamination from PCBs. Also, sediment that settles in the harbor has resulted in a restriction of the safe draft for shallow draft vessels
The City of Cannes has filed an application with the State services for replenishment services to a number of beaches by recharge of dredged sand on the beach by marine delivery to the affected areas of the south and other coastal beaches. This consultation sets out the technical details of achievem
The results of the latest water quality tests in Port Curtis show no evidence that dredging is having any impact on water quality, nor any link between water quality and fish health. The Department of Environment and Resource Management today released a report on water quality sampling carried out i
Belfast Harbour wishes to appoint a suitably experienced marine dredging contractor to restore both navigation channels and berths in specified areas of the port to their specified depths and to deepen specified berths and areas of the outer and inner channel. The minimum volume of material to be dr
The cutter suction dredge Al Mahaar and three backhoes are in operation in the Western Basin. The Turbidity Management Plan is in action to mitigate turbidity on the high tidal flows caused by king tides this week. In consultation with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners appointed Jean Banker as Deputy Executive Director at a January Port Board meeting (Jan. 12, 2012) and Chris Chan as Director of Engineering during the December 15, 2011 Port Board meeting. Both are Port employees who were promoted from within the organization
Provincial Energy Ventures president Ernie Thrasher drew gasps and applause from the business community Thursday after announcing a $75 … (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, January 27, 2012; Image: Boskalis
Concerned about federal dollars making their way to the Delaware River deepening project through a recently enacted $74 million ‘navigation slush fund’, 59 local, state, regional and national conservation and civic organizations wrote to President Obama urging him to ensure that the environmentally
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) recently renewed their strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU, which is renewable for five years, was first signed in December 2010. The agreement reaffirms both entities’ d
Driven by outstanding execution and stronger global demand, Caterpillar Inc. delivered record-breaking 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, an increase of 41 percent from $42.588 billion in 2010. Profit in 2011 was $4.928 billion, an increase of 83 percent from $2.700 billion in 2010. Profit
The Queensland Greens say that it is time that Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) took legal action against the Gladstone Ports Corporation [GPC]. “They deserve to be fined,” Queensland Greens state spokesperson Libby Connors said. “They only resumed dredging on 19 January and
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared the lower 14 mile section of the Sheboygan River a hazardous waste site under the EPA Superfund legislation in 1986. A Sheboygan River Dredging Workgroup was established in August of 2009 to assist in coordinating these projects, and is represented
