U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined a group of Senators in urging key appropriators to include funding for dredging small and low-use ports in the fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget. Small and low-use ports are ports that don’t have enough tonnage to meet the Army Corps of Engineers’ threshold to qu
As Saigon-gpdaily.com reports, Ngo Xuan Hien, chairman of the People’s Committee of Cat Tien District, on March 24 attributed unchecked and illegal sand dredging to the frequent landslides along the banks of the Dong Nai River passing through Phuoc Son Village in Cat Tien District. The severe landsl
Tauranga’s Mayor Stuart Crosby has made the first local pledge in support of Earth Hour as part of the global campaign to dare the world to save the planet – ‘I will if you will.’ The international theme of Earth Hour 2012 is being embraced by Bayfair Shopping Centre this month, which in partnership
According to Bloomberg, Egypt’s Ministry of Transport stated that A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S may contribute to the building of a navigation side channel in the Suez Canal Container Terminal at Port Said. The Ministry of Transport also announced that the planned project will cost about $83 million. Abou
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) seeks public comment on Clark County’s recently updated shoreline master program. The updated shoreline master program will guide construction and development along the County’s nearly 300 miles of river, stream and lake shorelines. It combines local pl
The Cochin Port Trust is looking at manners of curbing dredging costs, anent increased expenditures for the purpose of shipping channel maintenance, IBNlive reports. Namely the costs of the Cochin port’s maintenance have jumped from Rs 35 crore to Rs 110 crore on annual basis. The situation is furth
The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded another contract to repair 2011 flood damage to a levee along the Missouri River. A contract was awarded to ESI Contracting Corporation of Kansas City, Mo., on March 22, 2012, for $1.7 million to repair the Canon and Kimsey Hol
Hernando County staff received notice from the Hernando Beach Dredge contractor that repairs to Caliente Street were not completed by March 23rd. As a result, the dredge deadline for completion will need to be extended. The Contractor anticipates this work being completed next week. Dredge surveys w
In line with its commitment to constantly improve operational efficiencies for customers, global marine terminal operator DP World has introduced 3G internet service for container liner operators calling at its flagship Jebel Ali Port. Jebel Ali is among the first global ports to offer this vital co
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $637,000 contract to an Upper Peninsula company to dredge harbors in Grand Haven and Holland to make way for commercial traffic,The Republic reports. As the Holland Sentinel and the Grand Haven Tribune report Friday, MCM Marine Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie land
Xiangyu Dredging Holdings Limited, the largest privately owned dredging company in China in terms of dredging volume in 2010, has announced the consolidated annual results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended 31 December 2011 (the “Reporting Period”). – Revenue of RMB
APM Terminals’ annual Africa-Middle East Region’s Leadership meeting was held in the Kenyan Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa to emphasize a new direction for expansion of the APM Terminals Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network: East Africa. “There are great business and growth opportuni
According to Business Line, the ‘build, own and transfer’ project, which is to take place at Chennai port will soon have its winner. The estimated value of the biggest container terminal projects outside Gujarat is Rs 3,700-crore. When it comes to the project details, it is said that the port trust
As Zeenews.com reports, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said government was working on a “comprehensive flood protection project” to increase the intake capacity of rivers and revive flood channels. “We should be amply prepared and alert to the threats of heavy floods so t
