Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co has secured an additional US$5.6 million contract from the US Department of Defence to repair a wharf at Naval Station Pearl Harbour. [mappress] Source:worldnews,February 25,2010;
GEORGETOWN, Feb 24, 2010 — The director at the port of Georgetown said the dredging situation there is now bad enough that the port turns away cargo and diverts it to Charleston. [mappress] Source:news,February 24,2010;
Dredging near Kusu Island continues until Aug 10 In front of the living reefs of Kusu Island, dredging that first started in Apr 09 (the Notice was then entitled ‘Sand Mining’) will continue until Aug 10… [mappress] Source: Wild Singapore, February 24, 2010;
Mangalore February 24, 2010: The Karnataka State Fishermen Action Committee has appealed to the state government to immediately take up dredging of all fishing ports in Karnataka. The committee has averred that if not, next monsoons will be very difficult for fishermen and marine accidents may be a
A Shelburne construction company has cemented a $2,684,655 contract to build breakwaters and dredge at Lower Sandy Point. [mappress] Source: The Chronicle Herald, February 24, 2010;
Due to the drying up since November 2009, sand-banks amid the river are rapidly expanding and become green grass fields. [mappress] Source: Vietnam Net, February 24, 2010;
The Portland District Corps of Engineers, Portland District intends to award a contract for North Coast Hopper Maintenance Dredging at various locations on the Columbia River. [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract option Tuesday for the deepening of the Delaware Bay and River shipping channel. [mappress] Source: Press of Atlantic City, February 23, 2010
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The Federal Government yesterday halted the dredging of the lower River Niger pending the total protection of shorelines through land reclamation of areas in the Niger Delta. [mappress] Source: All Africa, February 24, 2010
The Port of Salalah to embark on a major expansion of its container and general cargo terminals during the next phase of its development — an upgrade that would effectively launch Salalah into the major league of transhipment hubs of the world. [mappress] Source: Oman Daily Observer, February 23, 20
Work is to be “paused” on public facilities in the €300 million Greystones Harbour redevelopment project in north Co Wicklow, its backers have confirmed. [mappress] Source: Irish Times, February 23, 2010;
The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Priyath Wickrama has said that the port was in the final stages of negotiations with a private investor consortium, led by China Merchant Holdings, for the construction of a new deepwater container terminal. [mappress] Source: Baird Maritime, Febr
LR-Fairplay reports that Fortescue Metals has announced that it will postpone a key phase of a major iron ore mine, port and rail development until 2013. [mappress] Source:wotnews,February 22,2010;
