The Keystone Harbor area has been dredged for nights in order to enable state ferries to safely navigate. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing $806,000 to Tacoma’s American Construction Company to displace 30,000-to-50,000 cubic yards of sediment from the harbor. Approximately 900 and 1,100
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio sees the deep seaport to be cited at Ibaka near the state’s capital city, Uyo … By SAMSON ECHENIM (leadership) [mappress] Source: leadership, December 12, 2011;
The first phase of land reclamation for the East Hidd Housing Project worth BD24.4 million was marked yesterday by signing an agreement. Minister Basem Al Hamer signed the respective agreement with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation chief executive Jonathan Berger and Nass Constructions chief e
Jan de Nul was contracted by AML to re-establish a navigational channel by dredging from Pepel out along the Sierra Leone River to Freetown. The channel being required to allow safe passage of Handymax Bulk carriers from the Pepel loading jetty to the offshore transhipment area, as part of AML’s Ton
Milford Haven Port is the biggest port in Wales, the third largest in the UK, and is one of the largest oil and gas ports in northern Europe. With 25 per cent of the UK’s petrol and diesel provisions as well as up to 30 per cent of the UK’s gas requirements being handled through […]
The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads will be granted £800,000 to come up with new methods for removing the waterways sediment. The EU will invest in examining new possibilities for sediment dredging and reusing it therewith surpassing the necessity for determining disposal sites. The Broads Authority is a
Private in-channel dredging operations on rivers like the Kansas River cause deepening and widening of the channel and accelerate… By Laura Herring (desotoexplorer) [mappress] Source: desotoexplorer, December 12, 2011
Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP (ADBP) has completed a report for the Belgian company Baggerwerken Decloedt en Zoon, one of the primary operating companies of DEME Group, which provides an independent expert professional review of the Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project in the Philippines. The propos
Short and long-term plans for preventing any further and extensive flooding have already been drafted by the Thailand’s Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF). The committee chairman Virabongsa Ramangkura said at the Thai Chamber of Commerce, that the committee has assu
Pinellas County and state officials are ramping up for the second phase of a plan to renourish the beach and improve parking at … By Keyonna Summers (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, December 12, 2011;
Upgrades and efficiencies should allow workers to dredge considerably more PCB-laden material from the Hudson River next year, officials … By PAUL POST (saratogian) [mappress] Source: saratogian, December 12, 2011; Image: hudsondredging
The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting and workshop Tuesday as part of its study of the possible environmental effects of deepening Charleston Harbor. It will be held 5:30-8 p.m. at The Citadel’s Mark Clark Hall. “In order to consider the potential impacts, public participation early
Ballina Bar dredging works may at last be initiated. Dona Page, member for Ballina, has announced a call for bids to conduct a feasibility study in order to assess the viability of dredging. Competing offers from four companies will be generated next week. Prior to starting the dredging works, a leg
The first phase of the Mordialloc Creek dredging project worth $1.5 million was completed last week. The Mordialloc Creek project was planned to be undertaken in two phases. The first phase involved dredging around Lambert Island which started in July. Additional $6 million for the main creek channe
