President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget that begins Oct. 1 doesn’t provide money for dredging the Ouachita River, which advocates… By Greg Hilburn thenewsstar [mappress] Source: thenewsstar, August 12, 2010;
A group of surfers say plans by Port Otago to dump dredge sediment near Aramoana spit could spoil the area’s world-famous surf break… radionz [mappress] Source: radionz, August 12, 2010;
MORE Swan River and coast pollution will flow when Fremantle Port limestone is dredged and dumped off Cottesloe from this week… By Jon Bassett inmycommunity [mappress] Source: inmycommunity, August 12, 2010;
Wärtsilä’s Energopac is an integrated propeller and rudder design that effectively reduces flow separation behind the propeller hub, thereby reducing frictional drag while preserving course-keeping capabilities. In recent trials carried out in co-operation with the Spliethoff Group, a company that m
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District wrapped up a 10-year process and completed the Jacksonville Harbor deepening project… By Nancy Sticht army.mil [mappress] Source: army.mil , August 11, 2010
Public submissions on Port Otago’s proposed widening and deepening of the lower harbour, covering about 13km of channel from Port Chalmers… By Simon Hartley odt.co.nz [mappress] Source: odt.co.nz , August 11, 2010;
Port concessionaires, government officials, shipping companies, members of the National Assembly (NASS)and freight forwarders will converged in Calabar next week to address the Calabar channel dredging. Others expected at the forum are port administrators, marine engineers and maritime lawyers among
The Dutra Group and U.S. Army Corps explain the month-long operations up and down Siuslaw River. As they have watched the interplay of tug and barge on the Siuslaw River and their movements out to sea, some of our readers have asked about the nuts and bolts of the Port of Siuslaw dredging that began
The Reading Area Water Authority is poised to spend nearly $9 million on 80-year-old Lake Ontelaunee to armor its dam, fix its bridge and… By Don Spatz readingeagle [mappress] Source: readingeagle, August 11, 2010;
Shipping Ministry would award 25 port projects of about Rs 800 crore under the ‘Public Private Partnership’ (PPP) scheme during the current… hellenicshippingnews [mappress] Source: hellenicshippingnews, August 11, 2010;
Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics has raised $280m by selling convertible bonds to its parent company, which will be used to acquire ships and expand ports. The parent company, Essar Shipping & Logistics, bought the five-year bond for $150m and another $130m for a seven-year security period. The comp
The large-scale Cabinet reshuffle Sunday proved President Lee Myung-bak’s strong will once again to complete the controversial four rivers… By Lee Ji-yoon (koreaherald) [mappress] Source: koreaherald, August 10, 2010;
DuPont expects to remove up to 80,000 cubic yards of mercury-laced sediment and soil from Pompton Lake and its shoreline in a project that… BY JAMES M. O’NEILL (northjersey) [mappress] Source: northjersey, August 10, 2010;
For surfers, a beach break has an ephemeral quality. A sandbar might last for months, or might be removed entirely by the next storm. In a… By Grant Shilling (thetyee) [mappress] Source: thetyee, August 10, 2010;