Since September last year, Gladstone Ports Corporation has been claiming that their dredging project is not the cause of poor water quality. However, they have recently admitted that they are contributing to the water problems in this area, according to Yahoo.com. Queensland Independent MP Liz Cunni
Divers have spent the week installing an automatic control system on Faversham Creek’s sluice gates, reports thisiskent.co.uk. The three-week operation will allow more water to be retained in the basin behind the bridge. The dive team has also been clearing tons of rubbish. “Leaks in the gates have
DeepOcean today announces the multi-million pound pre-cut trenching contract award with Statnett & Energinet on the Skagerrak 4 HVDC Submarine Interconnector Project, reports subseauk.com. DeepOcean will provide the engineering and project management for the pre-cut trenching workscope in Denmark. T
Town leaders held a special meeting on Wednesday to find a solution to their beach renourishment problem, reports pleasureisland.wect.com. The state budget waiting for the governor’s signature excludes funding for Kure Beach’s renourishment project. Now, the town plans to ask the New Hanover County
The recent dredging exercise at the Okhla barrage to deepen the Okhla pond was welcomed by environmentalists till they figured out that all the silt pulled out was being dumped along the banks and allowed to flow downstream with the river, says timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The first plan was to leav
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week publicized the details of two potential plans to dredge Montauk Harbor inlet, reports 27east.com. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented three options. One option is to take no action. The other two would imply dredging. Officials sought input on both o
Dredging has begun of a 2-mile channel to the port of Casasa on Cayo Coco, cubastandard.com reported. Dredging project will cost USD$2 million. The channel is planned to be 270 feet wide and 18 feet deep. Cayo Coco (Coco Key) is an island in central Cuba. It lies within the Ciego de Ávila Province a
Work on dredging the Soai Rap Estuary, the main gate leading to newly developed Hiep Phuoc port system in HCM City’s Nha Be District, will begin early next month, reports vietnamnews.vnagency.com. The project value is EUR70 million. Soai Rap Estuary dredging will receive Belgian official development
The Industry Minister has led the management team from the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) to Japan to assure Japanese investors of Thailand’s flood prevention plan in a bid to create investor confidence. During the roadshow to Japan, Industry Minister M.R. Phongsawat Svastiwat presented Thail
EPA has completed a five-year review of the Hudson River dredging remedy. This was the second major review of this project in two years — and the second time EPA has reaffirmed the scope of the project. EPA’s review concludes that the dredging project “will be protective of human health and the envi
In yesterdays interview, U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan, gave an overview of the Delaware River Deepening Plan. “The Delaware River is a vital artery that powers much of the commerce in the Pennsylvania-Delaware-New Jersey corridor. Cargo vessels carrying everything from fruits and vegetables to construct
From Saturday 30 June, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will be running boat trips in the new harbours of Maasvlakte 2, the port of Rotterdam’s land reclamation project. The salon boat Navigathor will become the FutureLand Ferry and take visitors from FutureLand, the Maasvlakte 2 information centre,
APM Terminals will expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific market, which now accounts for nearly one out of three TEUs (by equity share) handled in the APM Terminals Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network, by opening a new regional headquarters office in Singapore, allowing the Shanghai o
For years, Mother Nature’s fury has steadily eroded the structural integrity of the Fort Norfolk pier and wharf area, seriously degrading its operational effectiveness and jeopardizing its safe operation. Broken, crumbling and missing pilings; deteriorating pier foundation; wharf top cap rotten away
