FREMANTLE harbour dredging will be suspended for two months from May as key equipment is required for the $30b Gorgon gas development – delaying the project into Spring. [mappress] Source: Perth Now, February 17, 2010
At least five sand-dredging boats have begun mining operations off the coast of Koh Seh (Horse Island) in Preah Sihanouk province, an official said Tuesday, in an apparent violation of a sand-export ban ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen on two occasions last year. [mappress] Source: The Phnom Penh N
Description of Work: – The work includes construction of breakwaters, an entrance channel and mooring basin… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov
THE NSW government has unveiled plans for the development of Port Kembla’s Outer Harbour. [mappress] Source: Shipping Industry, February 17, 2010
Green Bay this year has a harbor that needs to be dredged, an island that could be developed and a federal government coming up short with money for both projects… [mappress] Source:dailyreporter,February 17,2010;
MUMBAI: DP World, the world’s third-largest container terminal operator, will complete the first phase of the Rs 3,000-crore Vallarpadam terminal project in Kochi by June and is expected to commission it by this year-end. When the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT)… [mappress] Sour
CATEECHEE, S.C. (AP) – A landfill is ready to store dangerous chemicals to be removed from a South Carolina river that feeds into Lake Hartwell, but some local residents are worried about the project… [mappress] Source:wmbfnews,February 16,2010;
Srinagar, Feb 16: After a long delay Government has finally procured the state-of-the-art machines for conservation of Dal Lake which is in its last throes due to extensive siltation and pollution… [mappress] Source: Greater Kashmir, February 17, 2010
IT’S showtime at last after the longest, most hyped build-up in Essex industrial history. Eleven years have rolled by since plans for a giant new container port on the Essex shore of the Thames Estuary were first announced… [mappress] Source: Echo, February 16, 2010
ALBANY — A panel of independent experts this week will begin sorting out two massive technical reports on the first year of PCB dredging from the Hudson River to offer a possible road map for the project’s future. [mappress] Source: Times Union, February 16, 2010
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010
SLUDGE-LIKE sediment containing lead, copper, chromium and mercury is washing up onto river-side rocks in East Fremantle, activists say. [mappress] Source: Perth Now, February 16, 2010
CHITTAGONG, Feb 15: After a lapse of over two decades the physical work of the capital dredging of the heavily silted areas of the River Karnaphuli is likely to begin this year. [mappress] Source: The Financial Express, February 16, 2010;
The Japanese financial assistance will be used for buying a medium-size dredger along with dumping barges, repair/up gradation of navigation aids and extension and repair of the breakwater. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010;
