The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and the Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management will hold a public meeting on Friday, Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss using sand from offshore of St. Lucie County and other South Florida areas for the renourishment of beaches in Miami-Dade County.
A $500 million Colombo South Harbour will open today. The massive terminal in Colombo is located mid-way on the lucrative east-west sea route and has facilities on a par with Singapore and Dubai. The Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), which is 85 percent, owned by the state-run China M
CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for the terminal expansion project in Xiakou operation zone of Xingshan area of Yichang Port in Hubei Province, with a contract value of 136.5 million yuan and a construction period of 685 calendar days. The terminal expansion project
CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently signed the construction project for the civil works of Huai River outward channel expansion project with the Huaian Transportation Bureau, with a contract value of some 196 million yuan and a construction period of 36 months. The civil works of t
On August 2., U.S. Senator Robert Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined with local officials at the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) in Union Beach and reviewed important federal updates to the Sandy recovery process. Pallone and Menendez discussed a new revision to C
CCCC Second Harbor Consultants Co., Ltd. has recently signed the contract for the feasibility study project of the port part of Nicaragua canal, with a contract value of 4.32 million US dollars. The project won by the company involves the feasibility study report, engineering survey, geographical su
On July 24, CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. won the bid for Lot 3 of Phase 1 channel project in the integrated area and bulk area of Huanghua Port in Hebei Province, with a contract value of 1.163 billion yuan. The project is widening and dredging the 48.3-kilometer 100,000t channel in the integrate
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Daewoo E&C for the dredging and reclamation of new land for Songdo International City on the waterfront of Incheon, South Korea. The total value of the contract amounts to approximately EUR 80 million. The project consists of
The first four new gates for the Panama Canal’s Third Set of Locks will be arriving to Panama from Italy. The Third Set of Locks has a total of 16 rolling gates (eight for each new lock complex).The new gates weigh an average of 3,300 tons each. They were constructed in Italy by subcontractor Cimola
Corps Awards Contract for Deepwater Channels Dredging (USA) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $6.6 million contract July 31 to Vortex Marine Construction Inc. of Oakland for maintenance dredging along the Sacramento and Stockton deep-water ship channels. Tetra Tech Wins
City Council of Shaker Heights, on July 22, inked a deal which would include dredging of Green Lake, better known as the “Duck Pond”. According to Cleveland.com, dredging would be finished possibly by early next year, beginning over the winter months. “We’ve supported the program, because it signifi
The Army Corps of Engineers contracted out to Sitka’s S&S General Contractors to dredge the North Harbor, reports petersburgpilot.com. The Petersburg’s North Boat Harbor dredging and reconstruction project is set to begin in September. The total value of the project amounts to USD 8 million. Dredgin
Decatur, a U.S. city, has been receiving applications for a dredging contractor until July 26. The contractor will reclaim an important piece of Lake Decatur’s capacity, reports The Business Journal of Midcenral Illinois. “At first, we thought we were going to contract out individual basins (of the
A new, $37 million experimental sea simulator will enable Australian scientists to recreate ocean conditions and study how both human activities and natural events will affect marine environment in the future. Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr and Senator for Q