The province hopes Ottawa will commit to funding $19.8 million for the dredging of Sydney Harbour when the two levels of government speak… By LAURA FRASER [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 1, 2010;
United State’s Republican, Senator John McCain, has introduced legislation that would fully repeal the Jones Act, a 1920s law that he says “hinders free trade and favours labour unions over consumers”. The Jones Act requires that all goods shipped between waterborne ports of the United States be car
Expansion work on a third set of locks on the Panama Canal has officially begun. “Today, a new future begins for the country,” said Panama… [mappress] Source: thaindian, July 1, 2010;
Amidst reports of dredging for the Vallarpadam project getting delayed, the Cochin Port Trust on Wednesday decided to engage the port’s … [mappress] Source: expressbuzz, July 1, 2010;
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority approved nearly $2 million for maintenance dredging of the Authority’s berths at its… [mappress] Source: finance, July 1, 2010;
Construction of a second container terminal for the port of Dar es Salaam is set to begin early in 2011, according to news reports in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam’s Daily News quoted Tanzania Ports Authority Director-General Ephraim Mgawe as saying that cargo volumes have increased at a rate of 15 percen
The most popular beach in Hawaii is due for a partial makeover. State officials plan to restore a portion of Waikiki Beach by taking sand… By Gary T. Kubota [mappress] Source: staradvertiser, July 1, 2010;
A group formed to preserve Capitol Lake issued a report Tuesday calling for a public-private partnership to dredge the lake and tackle … By John Dodge [mappress] Source: theolympian, July 1, 2010;
The maintenace dredging work consists of furnishing one hydraulic pipeline dredge and attendant plant necessary for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material from the lower Mississippi River and Southwest Pass within the limits of work. The estimated time of completion is 135 calendar
The Causeway Lake is under threat and on the verge of becoming an environmental disaster, says Yeppoon’s REA Environment and Engineering… [mappress] Source: themorningbulletin, June 30, 2010;
Amma Lines Ltd, the flagship company of the Mumbai-based Meka Group, is planning to set up a Rs 6,000 crore deep sea port in West Bengal… [mappress] Source: dnaindia, June 30, 2010;
Local Government Minister Bryan Green refused to commit to a date yesterday to hand over more than $6 million for Tamar estuary dredging. [mappress] Source: examiner, June 30, 2010;
General Electric Co. failed to convince a federal appeals court that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund law governing… [mappress] Source: businessweek, June 30, 2010;
The fate of the project for the construction of a new container terminal in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Port of Varna will be clear in August,… [mappress] Source: novinite, June 30, 2010;