The city marina’s excessive sedimentation problems may be resolved by a low-cost dredging alternative known as water injection dredging. “Some Europeans call it natural dredging. It returns sediment back to the estuary with a minimum of energy costs” said Robert Semmes of Applied Technology & Manage
The amount of €160 million, (US$212m) will be invested in a new container terminal at the French port of Le Havre. The investment, concerning the terminal’s buildings and loading/unloading areas, will be made by Shipping line MSC and cargo-handling operator Terminaux de Normandie (TN) through their
A $12 million worth cleanup of the Muskegon Lake bottom is approaching its completion. Ever since it commenced in June, about 41,000 cubic yards of mercury- and petroleum-laced sediment have been dredged out from 46 acres of lake bottom in a bay off the Division Street Outfall. The initial phase inc
The government admitted to delays in the development of an Mumbai Port offshore container terminal due to difficulties with several contractors and the port authority. “There is some delay in the construction of an Offshore Container Terminal at the Mumbai Port due to a delay by the Build, Operate a
The new 7-years facility is provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance FESCO’s strategic investment program aimed at further boosting the Group’s infrastructure and container logistics capacity. The use of loan proceeds will include investments into the develo
Joop Atsma, the State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment, wishes to examine whether there are more locations along the Dutch coast where greater safety and new land can be created using the Sand Motor technology. He expressed this desire today at the handover of the new peninsula betwe
A new dredger that was passing through Seychelles has successfully tried a new method of getting material from the sea and a smaller one has… (nation) [mappress] Source: nation, November 28, 2011;
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reached a decision according to which it will not ask the Florida Cabinet to grant “conceptual approval” to utilize the dredged muck for the purpose of building Naples Bay islands for wildlife natural habitat. DEP will first have to carry ou
Increasing nitrogen levels are affecting the vegetation and marine life on the west coast of Cape Cod generating an ecological and infrastructure issue. The problem threatens to affect the industry, the tourism and the beaches. Estuaries, bays and other bodies of water, from Bourne to Orleans, have
Approval to dredge the channel between Coochiemudlo Island and Victoria Point may only be months away… By JUDITH KERR (baysidebulletin) [mappress] Source: baysidebulletin, November 28, 2011;
Gladstone fishers are calling for donations to allow them to conduct independent tests on diseased fish in the area… (ninemsn) [mappress] Source: ninemsn, November 28, 2011; Image: westernbasinportdevelopment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided not to put dredging spoils from the Calcasieu Ship Channel into an open water site in Big Lake. Constant silting makes it necessary to dredge the ship channel in order to maintain a depth of 40 feet and a width of 400 feet from the Port of […]
Shipping ministry has estimated investment to drop to Rs 51,036.56 crore. The shipping ministry has estimated private players would invest… By T. E. Narasimhan (business-standard) [mappress] Source: business-standard, November 28, 2011;
Low water levels and the build-up of silt have been limiting shipping activities in the Owen Sound Harbor, therefore Grey County is providing support to MP Larry Miller’s plan according to which the port would be dredged by the Federal Government. Miller expects the federal government to cover at le
