Former Florida Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Office Director, Deborah Getzoff has joined Lewis, Longman & Walker as Of Counsel. Lewis, Longman & Walker is a statewide law firm specializing in government and environmental issues. Due to her eleven years as Southwest District Direct
The Tampa Port Authority, together with Hillsborough County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, announced that a major environmental restoration project at Cockroach Bay has been completed and was dedicated on April 20 with a ceremony attended by about 100 stakeholders and environme
Alhaji Ahmed Yar’Adua, the Managing Director of National Inland Water Ways (NIWA), said that the Lot 5 dredging site of the River Niger is successful and done according to specification. Yar’Adua made this known during the visit of the members of the House Committee on Marine Transport in the area t
Chinese shipping giant COSCO is interested in investing in Croatia’s main Adriatic port of Rijeka. COSCO chairman Wei Jiafu said: “It is interesting for us in terms of (getting a) concession to manage Rijeka port, on the northern Adriatic coast.” He spoke after a COSCO delegation met with the Prime
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will hold a public information session today to discuss the Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study. The informal open house-type session will be held at the Coastline Conference Center, 501 Nutt Street, from 4-6 p.m. The Coa
Increased container handling capacity for the Port of Melbourne was announced by the Victorian Government today. Redevelopment of areas of the port by Port of Melbourne Corporation will enable the port to meet an ever increasing trade demand and protect the economic future of Australia’s premier fre
Indonesia Port Corporation II (IPC), Indonesia’s largest port operator, has announced its investment of approximately US$2.47 billion to kick-start the development of Kalibaru Port (New Priok), an extension of the Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta, Port Technology reports. The first phase of the projec
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working with the Guam Environmental Protection Agency completed the cleanup of contaminated soil from a former military water pump station at Agana Springs, Guam. Electrical transformers and other equipment at the former military water pump station at Agana S
According to rnzi.com, the Navua River dredging project is expected to begin early next month. The interim government has awarded a 2.2 million US dollar contract to the company China Railway First Group to excavate 500,000 cubic metres of sediments across a 2.94 kilometre stretch of the river. Coli
Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) has kicked off its participation at the international Hannover Messe Fair in Germany this week by announcing that it has signed Talah Board as a new tenant on the industrial zone. Kizad is participating for the second consecutive year at the prestigious indu
As zvire.com reports, the Paw Paw Village Council members during their April 9 meeting continued their efforts to clean up Maple Lake with approval of a bid for dredging the LaCantina Basin and other selected parts of the lake. John Small, the Public Services Director, presented two bids for the pro
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), one of the largest Islamic banks in Qatar and one of the top-five Shari’a-compliant banks in the world, has announced the signing of a deal with the Middle East Dredging Company (Medco) to finance the company’s requirements to undertake access channel dredging work at the N
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing maintenance dredging of Cuttyhunk Harbor Federal Navigation Project in Gosnold, on Cuttyhunk Island, Mass. The authorized Federal Navigation Project provides for a channel, 10 feet deep and 75 feet wide, from the outer harbor to the
As syracuse.com reports, the dredger Marlin has arrived on the shores of Onondaga Lake and will soon be taking huge gulps of the lake’s heavily polluted bottom. This arrival marks the beginning of the final and biggest phase of the massive Onondaga Lake cleanup project by Honeywell International Inc
