Dredging
Napa Ports to Define Strategic Master Plan for Ports Development
Napa Ports, satisfied for infrastructural objective reached in the present European process for the adoption of the new Ten-T and CEF (Connecting Europe Facility), signed in Venice the Memorandum of Understanding in order to define a new strategic Master plan for ports development. The plan pinpoint
NQBP: Importance of Abbot Point Port Recognised (Australia)
Last month the Queensland Government released the Queensland Ports Strategy. The document is a timely reminder of just how critically important Queensland’s 20 ports are to the state, facilitating exports last year valued at $44 billion, announced nqbp.com.au. The Strategy has been developed with a
USA: Dredge Central Acquires DMC
Dredge Central LLC (DC) announced that it has acquired certain of the dredge assets previously owned by Dredge and Marine Company LLC (DMC), perhaps the most significant of which is the Dredge & Pit Trader listing service for used dredgers and used marine equipment, pumps, boosters, pipeline, and dr
Deltares: Alliance in Kenya
Deltares has signed an agreement with four Kenyan parties to work together in the field of sustainable water and soil management. Deltares and the four Kenyan organisations will be sharing their expertise in the field of water, the subsurface and infrastructure. Kenya faces challenges with water res
IHC Merwede Presentation: Condition Monitoring in Dredging (UK)
ACI’s Next Generation Vessel Maintenance (29-30 January 2014, London, UK) will be a provocative, stimulating and exciting gathering, grouping fleet owners and crucial stakeholders all sharing the common aim of maintaining fleet asset integrity with maximum profitability. The two-day meeting will tak
TNPA Chief Executive to Give Keynote at Cool Logistics Africa
Tau Morwe, Chief Executive of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the 3rd Cool Logistics Africa conference, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on 4-6 March 2014. As one of the five divisions of Transnet Ltd, South Africa’s national transport oper
EA Provides Update on Temporary Repairs to Boston Flood Defences (UK)
People in the White Horse Lane area of Boston will see Environment Agency staff putting up temporary demountable flood defences on Thursday. The structures are being used to reduce flood risk in the area after a 30-metre section of flood wall was damaged by the tidal surge on 5 December. In total 60
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion Program Update – December 2013
The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. The program consists in the construction of two new sets of locks – one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic side of the [&hellip
First Phase of UK’s Biggest Flood Defence Scheme Completed
The Warrington Mayor and local school children planted a tree today to mark the completion of the first phase of construction on one of the UK’s biggest flood defence schemes. The 1.5 km stretch of flood walls and embankments along Knutsford Rd have already proved their worth by protecting around 1,
Ukraine: Ilyichevsk Port Identifies Dredging as Key Project
The key project at the Ilyichevsk seaport (Odessa region) in the coming years will be dredging the approach channel to the port and the port’s waters to 15 meters, and, if necessary, to 17 meters in in the future. The port’s board approved this priority in the Plan for Development of the Port until
VBA Joint Venture Inks Contract for WEM Framework
VolkerStevin, alongside joint venture partners Boskalis Westminster and Atkins (VBA Joint Venture Limited), have finalised contracts with the Environment Agency for its Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework in Lot 4 Asset Delivery. The £1bn framework, which will be in place between 2013 a
USA: Council OKs Lease for Urban Marine Research AltaSea Campus
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a 50-year lease to transform a 100-year-old pier on the LA Waterfront in San Pedro into a world-class urban marine research and innovation center called AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles. The lease agreement – signed between the Port of Los Angeles
USA: Army Corps Visits Water Projects in Chautauqua County
Congressman Tom Reed welcomed United States Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General Margaret Burcham to the 23rd Congressional District Tuesday for site visits to water projects in Chautauqua County. Congressman Reed and Brigadier General Burcham were joined by representatives from the Buffalo and
Jindal, BRAF Announce Plans for World-Class Campus to Foster Coastal Expertise
Governor Bobby Jindal, officials from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Department of Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) joined leaders from the City of Baton Rouge, The Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana State University and other coastal rese