GALVESTON — A year ago, something happened at the Virginia Port Authority that sent ripples across waterfronts everywhere… [mappress] Source:galvestondailynews,April 12,2010;
MILLIONS of dollars in State Government funding for dredging is needed to save the Gold Coast’s popular bar crossings from dire straits which could result in loss of life… [mappress] Source:goldcoast,April 12,2010;
The Manila North Harbor Port Inc. (MNHPI), the consortium of the Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Harbour Centre Ports Terminal Inc. (HCPTI), which bagged the North Harbor modernization project, will earmark P14.5 billion for the construction of world-class… [mappress] Sourc
State seaport operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II, in cooperation with state housing developer PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP), will begin the construction of a new port in Kalibaru, North, Jakarta, in the third quarter… [mappress] Source:thejakartapost,April 11,2010;
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A money crisis threatens to close Cleveland’s port to millions of dollars of commercial shipping by 2015, a top administrator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers warned in a recent letter to Gov. Ted Strickland… [mappress] Source:bcleveland,April 11,2010;
The Port of Everett has completed critical maintenance dredging at its 10th Street Boat Launch, the state’s largest public boat launch facility… [mappress] Source:portofeverett,April 11,2010;
Fisheries and Information Technology Minister Anand Vasanth Asnotikar said that the State Government has decided to take up the proposal of the third phase of expansion of Malpe fisheries port at an estimated cost of Rs 53 crore… [mappress] Source:bellevision,April 11,2010;
The process for dredging Mombasa port channel to accommodate huge vessels has started. A wider channel will position the port for transshipment which faces a threat from other emerging African facilities… [mappress] Source:nation,April 11,2010;
Imagine having to dredge nearly 50 miles of waterway. Officials in Iberia Parish are trying to do just that, and some in Vermilion Parish are hoping to benefit.The massive project is expected to take place sometime next year starting at the Port of Iberia and ending at the Gulf of Mexico. But, a com
The Port of Tampa has completed an expansion of its container cargo terminal from 25 to 40 acres and hopes to quadruple the size of the terminal in the next several years… [mappress] Source:examiner,April 9,2010;
Second 1.2 mln TEU terminal will start operating in 2013 and Port working 24-hrs, turnaround time improves… [mappress] Source:sg.news,April 9,2010;
Killcohook, a dusty dredge disposal site owned by the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, is a no-man’s land. Deer, rabbits, ospreys, bald eagles and beavers roam the treeless, untamed area that serves no purpose except to receive the build-up of silt and sand that occurs naturally in the bottom of the De
Two Port of Olympia shipping berths dredged free of dioxin last year are showing signs of recontamination, according to a port consultant’s report.Dioxin-contaminated sediments underneath the pier and inaccessible during the dredging project have sloughed off several feet from the face of the pier…
Jim Wooder, chair of the Sydney Marine Group, said the company, which tabled a $38-million bid, has a 100-year history and one of the world’s largest fleets of advanced suction hopper dredging vessels… [mappress] Source:capebretonpost,April 9,2010;