Dredging
VIDEO: Officials Announce Resaca Restoration Update (USA)
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board’s Resaca Restoration Project is currently underway. This project is necessary because sediment, trash and other debris has built up over the years, impeding water flow in these waterways. The only way to return the resacas to their original depth is to dredge t
IBC: Africa Port Development Forum Approaches
IBC Asia’s Africa Port Development Forum (3-6 March 2014, Hilton Durban, South Africa) will address current issues and challenges in port and related infrastructure capacities, user & investor expectations and how the African region as a whole is gearing up to attract more investments. Project updat
China: International Symposium on Land Reclamation Set for 2014
The ISLRER 2014, Beijing International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration will be held from 16th to 19th October, 2014 at Beijing, China. This symposium is the second land reclamation international conference in China, the first one was Beijing International Symposium on Land R
USA: Southern Shores Dredging Project Moves Ahead (VIDEO)
Phase II of the canal dredging project in the Town of Southern Shores commenced on October 1, 2013. Owners of watercrafts are advised that all remaining undredged canals may be blocked until February 15, 2014, due to required placement of silt-screens across canal openings. Due to the narrow width o
VIDEO: Buffalo River Dredging Underway (USA)
The Buffalo River Restoration Partnership, a unique public-private-non-profit partnership, including U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper and Honeywell is moving
UK: Exeter Flood Defence Scheme Unveiled
The Environment Agency has published a document to show the environmental impact of the first phase of Exeter’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme. The scheme is being jointly funded by the Environment Agency, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council, and ultimately will reduce the risk of
USA: Saratoga Springs Hosts Meeting on Hudson PCB Cleanup
Today, at a community meeting in Saratoga Springs, officials from the Environmental Protection Agency will report on the Superfund cleanup, of a toxic chemical called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Hudson River, that is significantly ahead of schedule. Environmental groups, business leade
HiSea Group Presents Double-Walled Dredge Pumps (China)
HiSea Group has introduced the double-walled dredge pumps. These pumps stand for quality and reliability, and because of the own design can offer the ideal dredge pump for every need and situation. This range of dredge pumps is based on three dredge pump types: submerged low pressure, inboard medium
USA: Corps Awards USD 5 M Contract to Dredge GIWW
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $5,180,000 to RLB Contracting Inc. to perform maintenance dredging within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, specifically from Corpus Christi Bay to Port Isabel, Texas. The contractor is required to remove approxima
Port of Hastings: Marine Surveys to Begin (Australia)
Equipment, crews, barges, and surveying equipment are on their way to the BlueScope Steel Wharf at the Port of Hastings ready to carry out the first marine site surveys for the container expansion project. The Port of Hastings Development Authority, with specialist contractors Worley Parsons and Aur
Port of Tyne: New Crane Arrives (UK)
The Port of Tyne has taken delivery of another new crane. Arriving fully assembled from Liebherr in Rostock, Germany, the crane rolled off the heavy carrier vessel MERI at Riverside Quay this morning. The £3.5 million crane is fully mobile and will be used in handling bulk and conventional cargoes s
CARIS Attends Seminar on Contribution of Hydrography (Portugal)
The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute, which is celebrating their 53rd anniversary, recently organized a seminar about “The contribution of hydrography to the development and security of coastal states” in Lisbon, Portugal. The purpose of this event was to allow the exchange of ideas and experiences
Pingtan Marine Sells China Dredging Group
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. an integrated marine services company in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), today announced the closing of the previously announced sale of its 100% owned dredging subsidiary, China Dredging Group and its PRC operating subsidiaries, Fujian Xing Gang Port Service Co.
Ghana: Takoradi Port Expansion Kicks Off
President John Mahama will today perform a ground breaking ceremony for expansion works at the Takoradi Port. The works, part of a government’s port infrastructure expansion programme, is being carried out in phases to modernise the country’s ports to meet projected increases in maritime activities.