Royal Haskoning and partners HKV Lijn in Water and Fugro, have been appointed to develop an electronic management system for water control structures in New Orleans. The team is now racing Mother Nature to meet a very tight deadline. The project involves making an emergency management module that wi
Terminals operator DP World has announced encouraging financial results for the first six months of 2010, with revenue up five percent to… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, August 18, 2010
Ennore Port Ltd (EPL), the country’s first corporate port owned by the Centre, is planning to raise around Rs 400 crore through private … By T. E. Narasimhan (sify) [mappress] Source: sify, August 18, 2010;
Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris has asked city staff to begin writing a request for proposals for companies interested in dredging the … By Sean Tubbs (dailyprogress) [mappress] Source: dailyprogress, August 18, 2010;
The federal Environmental Protection Agency faces a major decision next month: whether and how to proceed with the controversial Upper … By Sharon Ruggi (nypost) [mappress] Source: nypost, August 18, 2010;
Uruguay is cobbling together a regional partnership around its planned deep sea port as part of President Jose Mujica’s strategy to raise… (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, August 18, 2010;
Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner says equipment to start dredging the country’s waterways will arrive in two weeks… By Alicia Llanos (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, August 18, 2010;
Just leave it alone. If you tinker too much, it could trigger a radioactive disaster. Senator BJ Cruz says scraping the coral off the … By Jeff Marchesseault (guamnewswatch) [mappress] Source: guamnewswatch, August 18, 2010;
The federal government plans to spend $30 million to help restore a barrier headland that helps protect Port Fourchon, a major oil and … (kalb) [mappress] Source: kalb, August 18, 2010;
Members of the Mississippi River Commission listened to testimony Monday against the recent decision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to… By Erin Easton Ragan (semissourian) [mappress] Source: semissourian, August 18, 2010;
Officials at the Port of Harlingen may need to dredge part of the waterway after floodwaters washed silt into the channel, Director Butch… By Fernando Del Valle (brownsvilleherald) [mappress] Source: brownsvilleherald, August 18, 2010;
Dredging International N.V., member of the Belgian dreding, environmental and hydraulic engineering Group DEME, has been awarded a contract for capital and optional maintenance dredging works in the Soyo LNG port in Angola. The works will be executed by DEME in joint venture on 50/50 basis and have
Five buoy-mounted automatic water quality monitors (AWQMs) have been installed by YSI Hydrodata engineers at the new Tyne Tunnel project to ensure that construction operations do not significantly affect river water quality. Unusually, the contractors have not taken ownership of the instrumentation,
Bangladesh and the Netherlands are set to build a five-year strategic cooperation in the area of water security under which a range of … (nation) [mappress] Source: nation, August 17, 2010
