Dredging
Port of Tauranga has applied for consent to deepen the shipping channels in the port zone (New Zealand)
The hearing for a Port of Tauranga resource management consent application to dredge existing shipping channels in Tauranga Harbour begins in Tauranga on Monday 8 March… [mappress] Source:scoop,March 5,2010;
Cebu port will accommodate bigger ships once the Dredging project is completed
Cebu can accommodate bigger ships once the dredging project of the Cebu Ports Authority is completed in nine months’ time… [mappress] Source:globalnation,March 5,2010;
Scotland: Stranraer waterfront waiting for proposals
A council is being asked to back a masterplan for regeneration of a town after its ferry port moves out… [mappress] Source:news.bbc,March 5,2010;
Australia: Brisbane Water Channel dredged last month but already clogged again
It cost $500,000 and was finished only last month, but the newly-dredged Brisbane Water channel near Ettalong Beach is already silting up again… [mappress] Source: Press Advocate, March 5, 2010
Germany: New defences safeguard East Frisian island against floods
Two years of work on bolstering flood defences on the East Frisian island of Baltrum have ended with German authorities saying the €9m project has now closed the last gap in the North Sea island’s coastal protection network… [mappress] Source: Maritime Journal, March 4, 2010
Australia: New deepwater port in the Pilbara to be operational by 2015
Premier Colin Barnett has unveiled plans for a new deepwater port in the Pilbara that would be operating by 2015… [mappress] Source: The West Australian, March 4, 2010
Albany Waterfront project is well on track (USA)
THE $27.8 million Albany Waterfront project is well on track with the protective outer breakwater already finished… [mappress] Source:albany,March 4,2010;
Dredging can proceed with no additional costs -Rivanna (USA)
Local group says dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir can proceed with no additional cost… [mappress] Source:wina,March 4,2010;
USA: $17 million beach replenishment project in Ocean City is finally moving ahead
OCEAN CITY – After a month of weather delays, a $17 million beach replenishment project in Ocean City is finally moving ahead, a town official said yesterday… [mappress] Source:philly,March 4,2010;
Wrightsville Beach (USA): The project is done a week ahead of schedule
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH – Working around the clock has paid off for the Army Corps of Engineers’ sand dredging project at Wrightsville Beach. The project is done a week ahead of schedule… [mappress] Source:news14,March 4,2010
Cyprus: Progress at Karpaz Gate Marina project meets expectations
Karpaz Gate Marina, an exclusive new development that will open up the stunning, undiscovered Karpaz peninsula of Northern Cyprus, is progressing well. Currently under construction and project managed by Sea-Alliance Group Ltd, a maritime services operation specialising in marina developments, Karpa
Survey vessel leaves Maasvlakte 2 project for Oceanology International 2010
The Freedom is a brand new survey vessel build by No Limit Ships in the Netherlands… [mappress] Source: Hydro International, March 2, 2010
USA: $49m – 275,000 cy Ottawa river dredging project right on track
Although delayed for months by contract negotiations, the largest government-industry effort to bring Ohio’s beleaguered Ottawa River back to ecological health is in full swing now and is back on schedule for completion by the end of 2010… [mappress] Source: Toledo Blade, March 3, 2010
India expects increased demand for maintenance and capital dredging
The use of larger vessels, construction of new ports, an increased focus on coastal shipping, inland transportation and government support are likely to drive demand for both capital and maintenance dredging… [mappress] Source: Money Life, March 3, 2010;