Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co has secured an additional US$5.6 million contract from the US Department of Defence to repair a wharf at Naval Station Pearl Harbour. [mappress] Source:worldnews,February 25,2010;
GEORGETOWN, Feb 24, 2010 — The director at the port of Georgetown said the dredging situation there is now bad enough that the port turns away cargo and diverts it to Charleston. [mappress] Source:news,February 24,2010;
Mangalore February 24, 2010: The Karnataka State Fishermen Action Committee has appealed to the state government to immediately take up dredging of all fishing ports in Karnataka. The committee has averred that if not, next monsoons will be very difficult for fishermen and marine accidents may be a
The Port of Salalah to embark on a major expansion of its container and general cargo terminals during the next phase of its development — an upgrade that would effectively launch Salalah into the major league of transhipment hubs of the world. [mappress] Source: Oman Daily Observer, February 23, 20
The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Priyath Wickrama has said that the port was in the final stages of negotiations with a private investor consortium, led by China Merchant Holdings, for the construction of a new deepwater container terminal. [mappress] Source: Baird Maritime, Febr
BAY CITY — The country’s largest diversified supplier of construction materials has acquired two docks on the Saginaw River, creating the potential for increased shipping traffic on a waterway that has seen sluggish times of late. [mappress] Source:mlive,February 22,2010;
“SMELLY black goo” has been bubbling to the surface of Newcastle Harbour near the Stockton Ferry terminal, authorities confirmed yesterday. [mappress] Source: The Herald, February 22, 2010
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Projects to dredge sediment and silt from Tsengwen Reservoir in Tainan County and the Gaoping River in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area were launched Thursday in an effort to complete them before this year’s rainy or typhoon season. [mappress] Source:chinapost,February 21,2010;
Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers will discuss a variety of restoration and hurricane risk-reduction projects that are either being planned or are under construction along Louisiana’s coastline. [mappress] Source:nola,February 21,2010;
Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to continue the state’s fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel from Philadelphia south. [mappress] Source:newjerseynewsroom,February 20,2010;
A project to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel to 43-feet should be complete by the end of the year, officials said Friday… [mappress] Source:oregonlive,February 19,2010;
One of the engineers reviewing the dredging project in Saratoga Springs this week expressed some skepticism that PCB removal in the Hudson River could finish by its the expected end date. [mappress] Source:poststar,February 19,2010;
State Rep. Lake Ray of Jacksonville is asking fellow lawmakers to approve a plan for steering up to $500 million to Florida’s ports by using a portion of taxes paid by insurance companies. [mappress] Source:jacksonville,February 19,2010;
PALMETTO, Fla. – The Manatee County Port Authority announced at its Feb. 18th meeting its intent to seek bids for a major dredging project at Port Manatee. [mappress] Source:earthtimes,February 19,2010;