After almost 45 years resting in the mud of Lake Kalamazoo, the cruise ship Keewatin might again be sailing the Great Lakes — this time to… By JIM HAYDEN (hollandsentinel) [mappress] Source: hollandsentinel, September 27, 2011;
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ San Francisco Section recently announced its 2011 Engineering Excellence Awards. Winzler & Kelly… [mappress] Source: marketwatch, September 27, 2011;
Mass dredging off central Queensland to make way for the booming coal seam gas industry must be suspended until science shows it’s not… (skynews) [mappress] Source: skynews, September 27, 2011;
A sand bar that accumulated near the mouth of Oceanside Harbor after strong surf pounded the California coast earlier this month has made… By Nathan Scharn (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, September 27, 2011;
As the several-year feud to deepen the Delaware River channel by five more feet continues between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Congressman… By Jessica Bautista (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, September 27, 2011;
The foreign contractor of the shelved Laguna Lake Rehabilitation dredging project has filed a case at an international arbitration body and… By Maricar Cinco (inquirer) [mappress] Source: inquirer, September 27, 2011;
The Key West City Commission on Tuesday put off discussion on whether to seek a study looking at the impacts of a widened shipping channel… By SEAN KINNEY (keysnet) [mappress] Source: keysnet, September 27, 2011;
Bidding for the fourth container terminal project at Navi Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust may signal a trend of… By Ruchika Chitravanshi (business-standard) [mappress] Source: business-standard, September 27, 2011
Environmental watchers of Lake Wallenapaupack heard an update last week on PPL’s delayed plan to draw down the water level… (neagle) [mappress] Source: neagle, September 27, 2011;
The Karnataka government has embarked on a massive expansion of fishing in the three coastal districts… By Mahesh Kulkarni (business-standard) [mappress] Source: business-standard, September 26, 2011
On September 15, the main works of the extension of 3 berth in west Yantian Port passed acceptance. Launched in September 2010, the project involves a 50,000t high-piled container terminal with a width of 33.4m and a coastline of 140m. Yantian Port is one of the world’s busiest terminals. The projec
After multiple delays, the beach replenishment project will begin in the first week of October, officials said, and will be completed by May… By Ethan Rothstein (delmarvanow) [mappress] Source: delmarvanow, September 26, 2011;
On September 12, CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. (TDC) won the bid for the water transport survey and design project in Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone (TNIZ) from 2011 to 2012. Located at Tianjin Binhai New Area, with a construction period of 16 months, the project involves survey and design of the
Each year the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) singles out a specific project or programme amongst its members as an example of excellence in safety. This year the IADC Board has announced that the 2011 Safety Award has been presented to Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors
