Dredging
Sand dredging operations suspended by Cambodian government
AUTHORITIES have temporarily suspended three Kampot province dredging operations for sand to export, a local official confirmed on Tuesday, but confusion remains over the exact reason… [mappress] Source: Phnom Phen Post, January 27, 2010;
Second Largest Contract of the Panama Canal Expansion ready to be commenced
Work on the second largest contract of the Panama Canal Expansion Program has begun. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) issued consortium FCC-ICA-Meco the Notice to Commence the fourth and final dry excavation (PAC-4) contract… [mappress] Source: MarineLink, January 26, 2010
National Marine Dredging Co. (UAE) 2009 profits up by 55%
DUBAI – Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Co., or NMDC, said Wednesday it made a net profit of 413.2 million U.A.E. dirhams ($112.6 million) in 2009, a 55.6% increase on the previous year… [mappress] Source: Maktoob, January 26, 2010
The first phase of Doha port multi-billion dollar plan up and running by November 2014
The first phase of a multi-billion dollar plan to build a new port in Doha will be up and running by November 2014, a senior project official has announced… [mappress] Source:arabiansupplychain,January 27,2010;
India: 50% of port expansion projects ready to be awarded
With private players deliberating on investing in infrastructure projects in the aftermath of the global slowdown, nearly half of the projects for capacity expansion at ports, scheduled for awarding this year, are likely to spill over into the coming financial year (2010-11)… [mappress] Source: Busi
Payments at Hernando Beach (USA) dredging project out of balance
BROOKSVILLE — While Hernando County has already paid its dredging contractor a third of the contract amount, only 6 percent of the work had been completed before the project at Hernando Beach was recently brought to a halt because of environmental problems… [mappress] Source: St. Peterburg Times, Ja
Indian Cabinet mulls purchase of DCI’s hopper dredgers
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is likely to take up the matter of allowing Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to buy three dredgers at a cost of more than Rs 1,700 crore this week. DCI proposes to purchase the dredgers through international… Source: The Financial Express, Januar
Bangladesh: massive river dredging project might be jeopardized by illegal sand extraction
THE government is going to formulate a policy to stop haphazard sand extraction from different rivers as unplanned sand extraction is harming the country’s aquatic resources… [mappress] Source: The New Nation, January 23, 2010;
USA: fishing boat hits dredging pipeline, court awards $1,8 million
In the trial court, Timothy Corbin, a commercial fisherman was awarded damages against the Subaqueous Services, a dredging company, after his boat collided with unmarked dredge pipeline. The dredging company appealed on three issues… Source: Newsome, January 21, 2010
Permanent dredging pipeline pleases Australian minister
Shadow Minister for Main Roads and Transport and Member for Maroochydore, Fiona Simpson has welcomed the news that a permanent pipeline will be constructed at the mouth of the Mooloolah River to allow for regular dredging… [mappress] Source: My Sunshine Coast, January 25, 2010:
New Zealand: Sandspit Marina will reclaim 100.000 cubic meters of sand
The new marina Sandspit Yacht Club Marina Society hopes to build at Sandspit would provide berthing for 157 boats at the Matakana River’s lower end, with a 35 year occupation of the marina… [mappress] Source:nbr.co.nz,January 26,2010
USA: GLDD tugboat grounded after collision with dredge barge anchor
HIGHLAND BEACH — A tug boat sent to rescue a drifting dredging barge this morning instead collided with it, leaving a gash in the tug’s hull and forcing the captain to beach the craft rather than have it sink, the U.S. Coast Guard reports… Source: The Palm Beach Post, January 25, 2010
Boskalis sweetens offer, Smit recommends takeover
AMSTERDAM –Dutch maritime services provider Smit Internationale NV Monday said it would recommend a takeover offer from Royal Boskalis NV after the dredging company raised its offer with a dividend for Smit shareholders… Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2010
South Korea’s Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is stopped due to dredging fiasco
Construction for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is stopped at the Haman weirs of the Nakdong River as a result of the discovery of sludge, in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, Jan. 22. This marked the second time sludge was discovered, following the discovery… [mappress] Sour