Dredging
Germany approves Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipeline project
Nord Stream has received its final permit from Germany for the construction of a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to directly link Russia with western Europe. Critics are voicing environmental concerns… Source: Deutsche Welle, December 28, 2009 [mappress]
Australia’s Southport Yacht Club begs for dredging
NEALE Hollier believes as much as $100 million each year floats past the Gold Coast and is buoying the economies of other towns and cities because of the state of the Broadwater… Source:goldcoast.com,December 29,2009 [mappress]
Shipping industry investors could focus on Mercator Lines
Mercator Lines, India’s third-largest shipping company by tonnage, has been attempting to diversify its activities in a bid to minimise impact of the cyclical nature of the global shipping industry. In the last two years, the company has made investments in offshore, dredging and coal mining activit
Prince Albert II of Monaco is planning to reclaim land from the sea
Prince Albert II of Monaco is planning to reclaim land from the sea with a ground-breaking scheme that will allow the tiny population to expand… Source: Telegraph, December 28, 2009 [mappress]
Dutch dredger operating in Tierra del Fuego bunkers in Falklands
An unusual visitor to the Falkland Islands last week was the Prins der Nederlanden, which anchored in Port William for the second time to receive fuel, reports the local Penguin News… Source: MercoPress, December 27, 2009 [mappress]
Dozens of canals in and around Dhaka (Bangladesh) dying!
Canals in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj will soon become non-existent unless the authorities concerned immediately bring them under the ongoing river-saving drive, said district administration officials and environmentalists of the four districts… Source: The Daily Star, December 28, 20
India: Vallarpadam container terminal to be commissioned by March’10
Kochi — Shipping Secretary K Mohandas today said the proposed International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam and LNG terminal at Puthuvypeen are expected to be commissioned by March 2010 and January 2011 respectively… Source: Business Line, December 26, 2009 [mappress]
A DEAD END IN THE DREDGE DEBATE: Holiday Isle’s (USA) hopes for emergency sand dashed in ‘impasse’
Holiday Isle’s eroded beaches will not be restored with the sand now being dredged from Destin harbor, those involved in an all-day Dec. 21 mediation effort say… Source: Destinlog, December 25, 2009 [mappress]
The China Harbor Engineering Co has won its first award from a foreign government for environmental protection
The China Harbor Engineering Co Ltd, renowned for its role in building ports in China and in overseas infrastructure projects, has won its first award from a foreign government for environmental protection… Source: Shanghai Daily, December 26, 2009
Emergency Beach Repairs Slated To Begin Soon
OCEAN CITY — As one major storm passed over the town of Ocean City last weekend, resort officials were putting the finishing touches on plans to clean up the damage left behind from last month’s storm that hit Ocean City square in the face… Source:mdcoastdispatch,December 25,2009;
EC approves financing for Constanta (Romania) breakwater
The European Commission adopted on December 18 the decisions for the financing of three major projects submitted under Priority Axis 2 – “Modernization and development of national transport infrastructure outside the TEN-T… Source:financiarul,December 23,2009; [mappress]
DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme
DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme – boosting new industrial development in South Tyneside… Source:shieldsgazette,December 26,2009; [mappress]
Tsengwen Reservoir: Taiwan’s military will help to dredge 65 million cubic meter of sand
The military will help dredge the sand, mud and driftwood that Typhoon Morakot deposited in Tsengwen Reservoir in Chiayi County, Water Resources Agency (WRA) Director-General Yang Wei-fu said yesterday… Source:taipeitimes,December 26,2009; [mappress]
North Concho River (USA) dredging: Concho’s flow getting boost
The city of San Angelo had planned on dredging the North Concho River — sucking up and dumping all the silt that has deposited at the bottom — some time around late September or early October, but it didn’t count on having to work around the annual habits of the Concho water snake, which is [&hellip