Dredging
Dredging Discussions on Presidential Level (Argentina)
Uruguayan President José Mujica made a surprise visit to President Cristina Fernandez. Aníbal Fernández was the spokesman of the meeting between the leaders and said the issues discussed were the purchase of gas from Bolivia and port dredging… [mappress] Source:momento24,April 6,2010;
Australia: Port Stephens $65million Development Project Left in Fields of Uncertainty
A $65 million development that would bring 700 jobs to Port Stephens may collapse because a land sale has not been finalised, more than nine months after the project was announced.Mining and construction giant Sandvik plans to build its headquarters at Heatherbrae, on land owned by Port Stephens Cou
Mormugao Port Trust Aims for Rs 3,000-cr Development Project (India)
The Goa-based Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), a major port, has proposed modernisation and infrastructure development plans of Rs 3,000 crore. The modernisation will be completed over the next four years… [mappress] Source:thehindubusinessline,April 6,2010;
USA: Second Year of Fox River Dredging Begins
Monday crews started Year Two of an eight-year project to remove PCB-contaminated sediment from the Fox River around Green Bay… [mappress] Source:wbay,April 6,2010;
Iraq: Italian Group Will Build $4.6billion Port at Fao
An Italian group will begin construction in a month’s time on what will become Iraq’s largest shipping port, the Iraqi transport minister announced Monday… [mappress] Source:hello.news352,April 6,2010;
Canada: Cobourg’s dredger completes second out-of-Cobourg contract
COBOURG — Cobourg’s dredger has just completed its second out-of-Cobourg contract, Councillor Bob Spooner announced at council this week… [mappress] Source: NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY, March 30, 2010
Mariners Harbor Plans Terminal Expansion (USA)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A public scoping meeting on the expansion of the New York Container Terminal (NYCT) will be held tomorrow night, focusing on an issue that has been a point of contention on Staten Island… [mappress] Source:silive,April 5,2010;
Natural Sand Flow Requires Periodically Dredging (USA)
The U.S. Army cut through Cape Canaveral a half-century ago, defying Mother Nature’s normal flow of sand.Because the Corps of Engineers decided to dredge the deep channel to the ocean, the sand collects to the north and periodically must be moved to the south. That would happen naturally, were Port
Ocean City Beach Replenishment Postponed (New Jersey,USA)
OCEAN CITY — Beach replenishment planned for early spring in Ocean City has been postponed until after the summer season because of delays with the Army Corps of Engineers… [mappress] Source:delmarvanow,April 5,2010;
Dredged Material From Bridgeport Harbor to Fill New Haven Harbor’s “Hole” (USA)
NEW HAVEN — In the 1950s, during construction of Interstate 95, about 1 million cubic yards of fill was excavated from a “borrow pit” in New Haven Harbor off Morris Cove and used as fill for the newly emerging highway system… [mappress] Source:nhregister,April 5,2010;
Fifth Element “Dredging” Will End $51 million Restoration Project (USA)
A restoration project that spans more than 20 years will come to a close this year when almost 3 feet of silt and muck is scraped from the bottom of Rose Bay.Dredging the 60-acre bay was scheduled to start this winter, but has been delayed by several months due to ongoing… [mappress] Source:news-jou
USA: Is $300 million Cost of Deepening Delaware River Worth It?
A new 62-page report by the Government Accountability Office does not conclusively settle the question and has left both sides in the dispute claiming that their positions have been validated.The GAO said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had addressed many “limitations” and corrected… [mappress] Sou
India: Dredging Will Bring Water to Buriganga River
Dhaka–Water resource minister Ramesh Chandra Sen announced on Sunday an initiative to help solve Dhaka metropolitan’s prevailing water crisis by bringing water from the Jamuna River to the Buriganga River… [mappress] Source:bdnews24,April 4,2010;
Dredging Project Worth $5.2 million Continues at Lake Elkhorn (USA)
The $5.2 million project began last fall but was delayed by winter, because freezing temperatures interfere with removing water from the dredged sediment… [mappress] Source:baltimoresun,April 4,2010;