State and environmental officials suffered a major defeat this week when a federal judge threw out a lawsuit aimed at stopping the deepening… By PAUL BARONE (thedailyjournal) [mappress] Source: thedailyjournal, January 17, 2011;
The end may be in sight for White Lake’s listing as a Great Lakes toxic hot spot, and a strategy has been drafted to get across the finish… By John S. Hausman (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, January 17, 2011;
Life is quiet in this northern Illinois village that’s so small it has no stoplights or mail delivery. Nestled along an oxbow lake where … By TAMMY WEBBER (nwherald) [mappress] Source: nwherald, January 17, 2011;
The planned dredging of the City Camp lagoon tunnel is now in the works with an initial funding of P25 million. Mayor Mauricio Domogan said… (pia) [mappress] Source: pia, January 17, 2011;
The Moses Lake Planning Commission approved the permits required for a dredging project on Parker Horn. Commissioner Rick Penhallurick was… By Amy Phan (columbiabasinherald) [mappress] Source: columbiabasinherald, January 16, 2011;
Last Friday Ghent port aldermand Christophe Peeters (Open VLD) and port director Daan Schalck announced that 2010 was a record year, with… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, January 14, 2011;
Late last year well-known dredging company DEME christened its first gravel hopper dredger Victor Horta, an investment of 60 million euros… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, January 14, 2011;
Massive increases in port capacity, shipbuilding and seafarer numbers form the core of a new perspective plan from India’s Shipping Ministry… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, January 14, 2011;
A new 30,500m3 capacity, 181-metre dredger for Belgian company Jan De Nul, called ‘Charles Darwin’, has been supplied with a number of deck machinery items from Spanish company Ibercisa. The contract includes two combined windlasses with Ø81mm chain, which have been measured to work without stoppers
Columbia Association President Phillip Nelson wants to put $500,000 a year aside for future dredging of the town’s three man-made lakes, … By Larry Carson (baltimoresun) [mappress] Source: baltimoresun, January 14, 2011;
In a major move aimed at boosting up the Dal Conservation, the Government on Thursday launched a massive drive to convert nearly 300 canals… BY ARIF SHAFI WANI (greaterkashmir) [mappress] Source: greaterkashmir, January 14, 2011;
A safe harbor in south Lafourche where fishermen can dock their boats to protect them from storms could be complete by year’s end, officials… By Nikki Buskey (houmatoday) [mappress] Source: houmatoday, January 14, 2011;
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has opened a new office in Sousse, south of Tunis and conveniently located between Tunisia’s main ports. The new facility will service a growing market in the region, including vessels calling on Tunisian ports and a number of offshore customers, with Wilhelmsen Ships Servic
AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Co