The clean-up of contaminated sediment in the Hastings River is progressing well, the Environment Protection Agency says… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, November 23, 2011;
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a meeting on December 1 in Pickens to lay out further testing and restoration plans for Twelve Mile Creek. It has been thirty-five years since polychlorinated biphenyls were first discovered in Har
A spokesman for the elevator’s owner Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd says that unless the harbor is dredged it is likely that delivering and retrieving of cargo at Owen Sound’s waterfront grain elevator will cease. “It’s hard enough right now finding ships that can come into the shallow draft but if you st
IHC Merwede, the leading global maritime, engineering and manufacturing group, has appointed Denis Welch as its CEO for South East Asia. He will be responsible for helping the company to reinforce its regional identity and expand its Asian-centred operations – which are focussed on its offshore and
Abounding community undertakings and construction projects around Borne are heading into the Thanksgiving Day weekend. One of these ongoing activities is Hen Cove channel dredging in Pocasset. Meanwhile, new steel structural beams have been installed at the Singing Bridge across the Pocasset River a
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging members of the public to comment on its proposal to dredge approximately 68,000 cubic yards of mercury contaminated sediment from the bottom of a 26-acre area of Pompton Lake in the Borough of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey and remove 7,800 cubic ya
FSUE “Rosmorport” has held an expanded meeting concerning the issues of navigation safety, accident risks prevention and reduction. With deputy General director of FSUE “Rosmorport” for navigation safety V.Y. Vanyukov in head, representatives of 14 enterprise branches and a Captain of the seaport of
Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is visiting South Korea to tour a $19 billion river upgrade project which he believes could have … (news) [mappress] Source: news, November 23, 2011;
One of the Tacoma Port main containership terminals requires dredging since sediments limited its use making it difficult to berth ships at the terminal. The Port officials plan to spend $1.5 million to deepen water adjacent. Conducted test proved that sediments have significantly reduced the depth
Westecunk Creek dredging permit was issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection. This permit will include a dredge spoils deposit site that adjacent homeowners have been fighting. “There are seven people on Dock Road that the DEP doesn’t care about,” said Dave Fox, alluding to seven f
Before the 2006 concession, vessels that berthed at the ports could not carry more than 1,000 containers (TEUS) because of the limited … More info: thenationonlineng By OLUWAKEMI DAUDA [mappress] Source: thenationonlineng, November 23, 2011;
Most of the dredging in the Crescent City Harbor has been undertaken and a majority of the temporary docks have been positioned according to Richard Young, Crescent City Harbormaster. ”They’re about 99 percent in,” Young said about the docks. “People are docked up to them and the fishermen have got
The recommissioning of the 10,000hP Cutter Suction Dredge Eastern Aurora, owned by the largest Australian owned dredging contractor Hall Contracting Pty Ltd, has been finalised with successful sea trials off Batam, Indonesia. The sea trial involved running all systems on board at capacity at a locat
The accusation according to which RM100 million had gone missing from Miri Port Authority (MPA) proves not to be true. After the State Legislative Assembly meeting held yesterday, Dato Sri Michael Manyin, Infrastructure Development and Communication Minister, stated that the matter in question broug
