The Training Course “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” will next be presented in Delft, the Netherlands. Organised by the Postgraduate Academic Programme (PAO) of the Delft University of Technology, it will take place 19-20 April 2012. Advance educational credits are awarded to participants. Accord
Panama City Beach is commemorating the start of 2012 by celebrating the completion of its three-month $16 million beach renourishment project. Working with the United States Corps of Engineers, the destination pumped 1.4 million cubic yards of sand to approximately 7.5 miles of beach, extending the
Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government would shortly come out with a new, investor-friendly industrial … (ciol) [mappress] Source: ciol, January 11, 2012;
The second phase of a project to give fully loaded ships full access to Hallett Dock No. 8 is getting a boost from the state of Wisconsin… By Shelley Nelson (superiortelegram) [mappress] Source: superiortelegram, January 11, 2012;
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has welcomed the release of the report from the Independent Scientific Panel, chaired by Dr Ian Poiner. CEO Leo Zussino said he welcomed comments by the chair of the scientific panel Dr Ian Poiner that they could not find fault with the water quality monitoring prog
The Galveston Bay Foundation met with officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District last week to view and discuss a dredging project near Carancahua Point in West Galveston Bay on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. GBF and many local fishermen have been concerned about the dredge m
United Utilities has been given the go ahead to build a £200million extension to its waste treatment plant on the banks of the River Mersey in a scheme that could create up to 350 jobs. The existing works at Sandon Dock, Regent Road, will be extended into the redundant Wellington Dock. And that will
Figures obtained through Senate Estimates reveal more than 112 million cubic metres – or 65 Melbourne Cricket Grounds – are proposed to be dredged from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area, with 52 million cubic metres already approved by the Federal Government. A coalition of representatives
Peel Ports is seeking contractors for the Port of Heysham dredging project. The Peel Group reveals a plan which includes dredging 36,000 cubic metres of silt from the North Quay area and dumping of the dredged silt at sea. “Recent surveys of the harbour indicated that levels of silt adjacent to the
From its massive ruins, floods and landslide- hit areas of Negros Oriental, the provincial leadership is now bracing for the worst to come… By JUANCHO RODRIGUEZ (negroschronicle) [mappress] Source: negroschronicle, January 11, 2012;
A major dredging project that will remove years of sediment from Ganges Harbour is good news for boaters but has one neighbour concerned … By Elizabeth Nolan (gulfislandsdriftwood) [mappress] Source: gulfislandsdriftwood, January 11, 2012;
The Fort Worth City Council yesterday approved the Lake Worth dredging project. This project, as a small piece of a long-term project to turn the nearly century-old lake into a recreational attraction, will cost about $12,5 million. “Dredging is set to kick off on March 1,” City Councilman Dennis Sh
China has conveyed to Sri Lanka that it understands the primacy of the relationship between India and the island nation, a Sri Lankan MP … By Elizabeth Roche (livemint) [mappress] Source: livemint, January 11, 2012;
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Sims Metal Management, located at the Port of Redwood City, Calif., to comply with federal Clean Water Act laws following inspections that found evidence of unlawful discharges of PCBs, mercury, lead, copper and zinc into San Francisco Bay. The So
