Dredging
Greens: Sprawling Resort to Suffocate Reef Island (Australia)
A massive tourism and marina development approved today by the Federal Government will put the unique environment of Great Keppel Island at risk, say the Australian Greens. “Tourism is vital for Queensland’s economy and locals suffered when Great Keppel Island’s last resort shut down but this new re
USA: Maritime Administrator Matsuda Tours Port of Brownsville
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator David Matsuda yesterday toured the site of a planned marine cargo dock at the Port of Brownsville that will help transform this vital port into a hub for international trade. The proposed infrastructure improvements are being made possib
DCI: National Safety Week Celebrations Begin (India)
The National Safety Week is being observed at the Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI). On this occasion, Capt. D.K.Mohanty, Chairman and Managing Director of the corporation hosted the safety flag and administered the pledge to all the employees at the corporate office. In his inaugural addr
China Growth Receives Advice on Its Merger with China Dredging
Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC, an investment and merchant bank, advised China Growth Equity Investment Ltd., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), on its merger with China Dredging Group and Merchant Supreme’s PRC operating subsidiary, Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co.,
VIDEO: Stakeholder Meeting on South Coast Ports Dredging (USA)
It’s an earth-moving task, but U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio has pledged to help find creative solutions to dredging small ports in Oregon and throughout the country. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Port managers, users, commissioners and poli
Begich: Deepwater Ports Bill to Strengthen Alaska Economy (USA)
Citing expanding commerce and activity in the Arctic, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich introduced The Arctic Deepwater Ports Enhancement Act to promote the development of much-needed deepwater ports in the region. “Arctic ports will have a big effect on the way we produce and export natural resources and on ou
VIDEO: Moonlight Beach Replenishment (USA)
Moonlight Beach in the City of Encinitas received approximately 92,000 cubic yards of new sand in October 2012 as part of the Regional Beach Sand Project. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. This amount of sand was placed on 750 feet of beac
VIDEO: DEME Group Corporate Short Film 2012
There are many landscapes in this World: economic, social, physical. DEME’s work affects them all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3knTO67yuE DEME provides strong foundations for future developments on land, water and anywhere in between. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, March 4, 2013
Ireland: SFPC Reveals Ambitious Plans
Ireland’s largest bulk port company Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has unveiled plans to double its trade in the next three decades with the publication of an ambitious masterplan, Vision 2041. The plan was launched by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar, TD, and is the first
Mozambique: Nacala Port Development Project Gets Financial Boost
Mozambique will receive financial help from the government of Japan for the first phase of the Nacala Port Development Project, located in Nampula province. According to macauhub.com, the loan money (US$84 million) will be invested in: – dredging program along the north quay, – land reclamation and
USA: Deltares Joins Minister Schultz on Water Mission
Minister Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) will be on a working visit to Washington and New York from 4 to 6 March to see how the Netherlands and the United States can work together more closely on water defences. A number of companies will be joining the minister during part o
Yancheng Port Dredging Plan Makes Progress (China)
Recently, CCCC First Harbor Consultants Co., Ltd. has signed a contract for engineering supervision of Phase 1 of the coal terminal and Lot JL-02 of the 100,000t waterway project in the Binhai zone of Yancheng Port. This project is the company’s another large water transport construction supervision
China: CCCC Second Harbor Nabs Important Contract
Recently, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the water and land works of the maintenance and renovation project of the China Marine Surveillance Fujian Corps, and Lot 1 of the terminal project of Guangxi Lingyu Yuntong Port Co., Ltd., with a total contract value of 185 mill
USA: Corps Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Alvarado Levee
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, last week released a draft environmental assessment on the proposed modifications to the existing levee system at Alvarado, Minn. The City of Alvarado proposes to modify the existing levee system constructed by the Corps of Engineers during the 19