The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on Medical Lake’s proposed comprehensive update of its shoreline master program. Medical Lake’s locally tailored shoreline program is designed to help minimize environmental damage to shoreline areas, reserve appropriate areas
Fife Council Transportation & Environmental Services has unveiled a plan for the development works at Pettycur Harbour. This project includes remediation works for the stabilization of the rock faces at Pettycur Harbour. The proposed remediation works are to comprise the following: – Installation of
Progress on a new inland port in Greer, South Carolina took a significant step forward today, as more than 200 port users, stakeholders, community leaders and elected officials came together to break ground at the site. The South Carolina Inland Port (SCIP) will extend the reach of the South Carolin
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., has been named the ranking Republican for the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness within the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The trade subcommittee handles a wide range of issues relevant to trade and U.S. competitivene
Hamburg Port Authority AöR has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Phase 1 of the reclamation works in the harbour of Dradenau. These works will include: – Refilling the silt interim storage area by applying wet sand; – Balancing the mud surface (about 7,000m), by backfilling of irrigator
The Whangamata Bar Association (WBA) was formed after a meeting in May 2012 of 40 plus local surfers concerned about degrading wave quality at the Whangamata Bar. After independently monitoring The Bar under the guidance of surveyors and coastal process scientists, local members of Surfbreak Protect
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Office requires a contract to provide pipeline dredging to remove approximately 538,000 cubic yards of maintenance material from the Freeport Harbor, Inner Channel Sections 1-4. The completion time is 100 calendar days. The magnitude of this proje
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed plan to clean up the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, the city’s chief industrial waterway located on the south end of Elliott Bay. The release of the sediment cleanup plan marks the beginning of a public comment period. “The Duwami
In the Union Budget proposals for the financial year 2013-13 Five inland waterways have been declared as National Waterways. Announcing this in the budget proposals tabled in the Lok Sabha today Union Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram said the Minister of Water Resources will move a Bill in Parlia
Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of State for Planning and Development Rola Dashti invited Thursday Chinese investors to have a share in the development projects in Kuwait. “Kuwait is looking forward to bigger contribution from China state-owned and private companies in th
Sunergy’s President and CEO, Garrett Hale provides a company update to shareholders prior to leaving the US to advance production operations in Sierra Leone. Garrett states: “I would like to take this opportunity to provide an initial update on Sunergy’s plans and scheduled operations for our 2013 t
Construction work has started on a new 645 m quay at the head of the Waasland canal, in the port area on the left bank. The new quay will have a projecting platform with a width of 65 m to permit mooring, loading and unloading of ro/ro vessels. On the West side of the Waasland […]
Scotland’s environment regulator is reminding farmers and land managers that liaising with them before carrying out work in rivers could help them avoid ending up in court. The warning comes after a company was fined £500 at Arbroath Sheriff Court after carrying out illegal work in an Angus burn. D
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) closed Mill Creek Landing at Wake on the Rappahannock River through April to dredge sand from the front and inside of the boat ramp and install sheet piling to inhibit further sand accumulation. This dredging program is expected to be finis