With private players deliberating on investing in infrastructure projects in the aftermath of the global slowdown, nearly half of the projects for capacity expansion at ports, scheduled for awarding this year, are likely to spill over into the coming financial year (2010-11)… [mappress] Source: Busi
BROOKSVILLE — While Hernando County has already paid its dredging contractor a third of the contract amount, only 6 percent of the work had been completed before the project at Hernando Beach was recently brought to a halt because of environmental problems… [mappress] Source: St. Peterburg Times, Ja
THE government is going to formulate a policy to stop haphazard sand extraction from different rivers as unplanned sand extraction is harming the country’s aquatic resources… [mappress] Source: The New Nation, January 23, 2010;
The new marina Sandspit Yacht Club Marina Society hopes to build at Sandspit would provide berthing for 157 boats at the Matakana River’s lower end, with a 35 year occupation of the marina… [mappress] Source:nbr.co.nz,January 26,2010
Construction for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is stopped at the Haman weirs of the Nakdong River as a result of the discovery of sludge, in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, Jan. 22. This marked the second time sludge was discovered, following the discovery… [mappress] Sour
The $6,2 million contract consists of excavating shoal material from the project channel to a required depth of 40 feet plus an allowable 2-foot overdepth… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
DHAKA — A seven-member Indian team of experts is now working in Bangladesh responding to a request of Dhaka for helping restore the navigability of rivers under the dredging assistance programme… [mappress] Source: Associated Press of Pakistan, January 23, 2010;
QUIETLY but steadily, the whitish sand-water mix is churned out of giant underwater pipes as the roaring waves of the Atlantic Ocean give way to advancing machines, and the foundations of a new city literally emerge off the shores of the famous Bar Beach in Lagos… [mappress] Source: Guardian, Januar
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission estimates 2 million cubic meters of silt or about half the targeted volume dredged after seven months of work… [mappress] Source: Manila Standard Today, January 25, 2010;
The project work consists of maintenance dredging of shoal material at Kings Bay U.S. Navy Submarine Base Inner Channel… [mappress] Source: US Army, January 21, 2010;
The project work consists of removing shoals from the Entrance Channel, Trident Access Channel , & Trident Turning Basin. [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
THIBODAUX — Work has begun to clear thousands of trees officials say are clogging and slowing the flow of upper Bayou Lafourche, threatening drinking water supplies for Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes. [mappress] Source:dailycomet,January 21,2010;
ALBANY, N.Y. — Hudson River dredging released almost 25 times more PCBs into the water than expected, General Electric said Thursday in calling for changes in performance standards before the massive Superfund cleanup resumes. [mappress] Source: Associated Press, January 21, 2010
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has approved the extension of the West Quay at the Malta Freeport, an extension which was turned down last year, to the consternation of many Birżebbuġa residents present… [mappress] Source: di-ve, January 21, 2010;