Rio de Janeiro: Asia’s top container carriers – and possibly a Chinese dredging company – could gain from a plan by Brazil’s Port Minister Pedro Brito to make sure the South American country’s key port of Santos is dredged down to 17 metres within the next two years… Source: Asia Maritime News, Dece
Ottawa River cleanup nears! Crews are days away from mobilizing for the Ottawa River’s historic $43 million restoration effort… Source:toledoblade.com;December 03, 2009;
DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco has issued an overview of measures taken to safeguard the marine habitats close to its shallow-water Manifa field development in the Arabian Gulf… Source: Offshore, December 3, 2009
A Beirut developer planning an $8-billion artificial island off Lebanon says it is not worried by the debt debacle of Nakheel, the real estate developer behind Dubai’s similar man-made Palm Islands that revealed last week it needs more time to pay it debt… Source: Maktoob, December 3, 2009
The Project consists of maintenance dredging of Mission Bay – Entrance and Main channel and possibly Mariners Cove… More: www.fbo.gov;
The financial turmoil in Dubai is not going to affect the DP World projects in India, including the proposed minor port in Bengal’s Kulpi… Source: Times of India, December 1, 2009
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge on a rental basis for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana… Source: fbo.org
The Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for dredging at the U.S. Coast Guard Facility at Tongue Point, Oregon… Source: fbo.gov;
A joint public-private project to dredge channels in the Three Bays area wrapped up this week… Source: Cape News, November 30, 2009
Tons of sand is being removed from the harbor and deposited on the beach… Source: The Tribune, November 30, 2009;
MELBOURNE’S most popular beach destinations are disappearing and concerned locals blame dredging… Source: Herald Sun, November 30, 2009
The project work consists of excavating shoal material from the project channel to a required depth of 40 feet plus an allowable 2-foot overdepth… Source: www.fbo.org;
The work consists of dredging approximately 3,000,000 cubic yards of maintenance material by pipeline dredge at Matagorda Peninsula to Point Comfort. No levee work. Estimated completion time is 180 calendar days… Source: www.fbo.gov;
After international construction and development major Dubai World failing to repay its huge pile of debt on time, the state of its bids for development of container terminal berths at major ports in India may come under the scanner… Source: Indian Express, November 28, 2009