With a federal grant in hand, Box Elder County is partnering with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to remove 40 years … By Ellen Cook (tremontonleader) [mappress] Source: tremontonleader, July 29, 2010;
The Valhalla’s huge “clamshell” scoops into the channel bottom, hauls up a dripping load of sediment, swings it over the water’s surface to a receiving scow and drops it in. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the Manson Co. vessel is hard at work dredging the Port of Long Beach’s main chann
Delaware’s Congressional delegation announced today that it had secured $8.2 million in federal funding to repair the Bethany Beach and … (delmarvanow) [mappress] Source: delmarvanow, July 29, 2010;
Stabilisation work is to start next month on the north and south piers of St Aubin Harbour and the breakwater at St Aubin’s Fort… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, July 29, 2010;
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is to quadruple its loading capacity in the next two years after securing US$68 million worth of Chinese … By Chun Sophal (phnompenhpost) [mappress] Source: phnompenhpost, July 28, 2010;
The future development of the Port of Falmouth, is again under scrutiny and being examined in a new study with a view to producing a … By Stephen Ivall (falmouthpacket) [mappress] Source: falmouthpacket, July 28, 2010;
“Dredging is underway as we speak,” said Robert Blackburn, the senior deputy executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, based in Philadelphia. On June 22, he spoke of work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Delaware River channel to 45 feet. The port authority had
The Manatee County Port Authority announced today that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has been awarded the contract for Port Manatee’s Berth 12 dredging project. The project, which includes dredging the berth to a depth of 41 feet at mean-low-water and extending it from 1,000 feet to nearly 1,600 fee
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has awarded a Dh1.02 billion (US$277.9m) contract to a German-UAE joint venture for building work at the … by Ivan Gale (thenational) [mappress] Source: thenational;
Local and central government authorities have failed to act, more than a year after a large number of Chinese citizens were reported to … By Kofi Yeboah & Moses Dotse (modernghana) [mappress] Source: modernghana, July 28, 2010;
Works starts soon on three Pinellas County beaches that are scheduled to be replenished with sand. Officials say the oil spill means that… By Robin Sussingham (wusf) [mappress] Source: wusf, July 28, 2010;
The Victorian Government has announced its channel deepening project in Port Phillip Bay has been completed a quarter of a billion dollars under budget… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, July 27, 2010;
Fremantle Harbour and its approach channels are being deepened so that bigger ships now servicing Australian trade can call fully loaded. In the first phase of dredging earlier this year, the softer material from the harbour and its approach channels was successfully removed. Phase 2 of the Inner Ha
The Competition Commission of Pakistan has imposed a penalty of Rs50 million each on four foreign firms on the allegation of cartelisation… By Mehtab Haider (thenews) [mappress] Source: thenews, July 27, 2010;