Dredging
Ventura Harbor (USA) invests $12m to improve the integrity of detached breakwater
VENTURA — For most of 2010, heavy equipment has been operating in Ventura Harbor to improve the integrity of the detached breakwater at the harbor’s entrance… [mappress] Source:thelog,February 18,2010
USA: Large Waves from January Storms Damaged Newly Repaired Mission Bay Jetty
SAN DIEGO — Large waves from a major mid-January storm apparently damaged the southern tip of Mission Bay Jetty. [mappress] Source:thelog,February 18,2010;
Bengal Minister points out corruption in dredging projects
Dhaka, Feb 18 — Water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen brushed off a common allegation on Thursday that India’s Farakka Barrage causes droughts and floods in Bangladesh, with the backdrop of renewed Bangla-Indo ties. [mappress] Source:bdnews24,February 18,2010;
New Jersey and Delaware have parted ways in deepening of the Delaware River
New Jersey and Delaware have parted ways in a legal battle over a plan to deepen the Delaware River’s main channel. New Jersey officials this week formally supported an environmental coalition’s court challenge… [mappress] Source:dailyrecord,February 18,2010;
Germany: Wolgast ready for bigger ships as Peene dredging project is completed
Local German authorities have completed the deepening of a 23.7km stretch of the northern Peene River to allow bigger ships to reach Wolgast. [mappress] Source: Maritime Journal, February 18, 2010;
London Gateway Port: dredging of the river Thames raises concerns
ONE of the largest dredging operations the world has ever seen will begin in the Thames Estuary on Monday, March 8. [mappress] Source: Yellow Advertiser, February 18, 2010
UAE: DP World save despite Dubai World’s labouring under massive debts
Dubai World is expected to hold onto its global port terminals business despite the group labouring under massive debts. [mappress] Source: TradeWinds, February 18, 2010;
USA: Masonboro inlet dredging commenced to renourish Wrightsville Beach
Equipped with a hard hat and a neon orange vest, Ed Foxworth is used to criss-crossing the country to work on beach renourishment projects. But as a skilled laborer from Wilmington and a homeowner in Monkey Junction, he lept at the opportunity to work on Wrightsville Beach, the closest he’s worked t
USA: Dredging costs of the Emory River are up, but so is the quality of the river
The cleanup of coal ash from the Emory River in East Tennessee has been “remarkable” with more than 70 percent removed from the waterway since the spill at TVA’s Kingston coal-fired plant, a state environment official told lawmakers Tuesday. [mappress] Source: Tennessean, February 17, 2010
USA: New York State Submits Comments on “Phase 1” of Hudson River PCB Dredging Project
ALBANY, NY (02/17/2010) The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today submitted its comments and recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the first phase of the dredging of the Upper Hudson River to… [mappress] Source:readmedia,February 17,2010;
Sedimentation Estimation from ADCP Measurements
Many harbours in tide-dominated areas silt up as a consequence of asymmetric tides. To understand the process of harbour sedimentation at tidal rivers, it is important to know the amount of transport of suspended sediment. In a small and shallow harbour along a tidal river, simultaneous ADC, OBS, CT
Indian government removes cap in financial bidding for port expansion projects
NEW DELHI: The government has removed cap on the number of players who can participate in financial bidding for port expansion projects under public private partnership (PPP) to minimise litigations and get better returns. [mappress] Source:,February 17,2010;
Imo State (Nigeria): The Big Fraud in Ohakim’s Dredging Of Nworie River
It is very unfortunate that rather than address the clear-enough allegations of fraud and siphoning of public fund belonging to Imo people, the state governor, Ikeddi Ohakim, who has come to be known as IkedinnaKoboko chose to flog the daylight out of a journalist, Ikeena Iwuoha who against all odds
Panama Canal Expansion: US Ports getting in shape from coast-to-coast
NEW ORLEANS — Port officials from Savannah, Ga., to Mobile, Ala., to Long Beach are moving full steam ahead to expand and modernize their ports. [mappress] Source: USA Today, February 17, 2010