The turtle hurdle is over and now the real work begins on Burnaby Lake.Last week saw the first day of the long-awaited dredging project and with it, the start of a cleanup that will soon bring clarity back to the lake.The $16-million project was stalled last September after provincial environment mi
Dhaka, March 12 — In addition to the Teesta’s water share, Bangladesh will talk with India also on dredging of the Surma River at the Joint Rivers Commission meeting starting Thursday in New Delhi, a top official has said… [mappress] Source: bdnews24.com, March 17, 2010;
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead or dustpan dredge and attendance plant with a dredge discharge size not less than 27 inches inside diameter (ID) on a rental basis. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River SWP Area, and Possibly in other areas of the Ne
Mumbai: The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team, environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek on Tuesday afternoon to report on the illegal activities… [mappress] Source:TimesofIndia,March 17,2010;
The more than two-decades-long Columbia River channel-deepening project is nearing completion. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish dredging the deeper shipping channel from Astoria to Portland before the end of the year. The work will be completed at least a year ahead of schedule… [m
Two more dredges and the Zenith in port today. Two regional dredges started to clear the Port of Funchal after the storm of February 20th… [mappress] Source:madeira,March 17,2010;
Haiti’s WIN Group and Miami-based Santé Holding Corp. on Tuesday announced a $70 million project to redevelop Terminal Varreux, Haiti’s largest privately-owned shipping terminal and port facility… [mappress] Source:miamiherald,March 17,2010;
The Canaveral Harbor Federal Sand Bypass Project at the Port Canaveral in Fl. is scheduled for construction this month (March)… [mappress] Source:wnews,March 17,2010;
DHI PL in cooperation with DHI CZ has been contracted for software delivery, training and consultancy services in a project dealing with flood hazards as a result of dam breaks. The project is being executed by the Regional Water Management Board in Krakow (RZGW, Regionalny Zarząd Gospodarki Wodnej
With the exception of a slip of the tongue by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Mike Gaffney, last week’s public meeting on a dredging feasibility study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir kept talk of potential costs underwater… [mappress] Source:c-ville,March 16,2010;
MANATEE — Port Manatee’s governing board is poised to adopt a debt-management plan that anticipates borrowing more money to improve and expand the port… [mappress] Source:bradenton,March 16,2010;
FORT EDWARD — Dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River will continue as planned in 2011, regardless of whether General Electric Co. decides against continuing to pay for and run the cleanup, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… [mappress] Source:timesunion,March 16,2010;
There is a compelling logic to the London Gateway plans — taking London back to its roots as a global trading hub… [mappress] Source:timesonline,March 16,2010;
BAGHDAD: Iraq will next month invite foreign firms to submit bids for the planned construction of a US$6 billion (US$1 = RM3.32) port south of Basra, which together with a new rail system will create a regional transport conduit to rival the Suez Canal, officials say… [mappress] Source:btimes,March