Dredging
Bahrain: Asry in $80 million key quay wall deal with Nass
MANAMA: As a major part of its expansion plan, Arab Shipbuilding Repair Yard (Asry) has awarded a design and build contract for the construction of a 1,380-metre quay wall to Bahrain-based Nass Contracting. The $80 million contract… Source: Gulf Daily News, December 9, 2009;
New Shipping Route Will Lead To Arabian Container And Bulk Freight Port Complex
SAUDI ARABIA – The proposed development of 100 plus square kilometres to the north of Jazan City, along a Red Sea waterfront stretching 12 kilometres has reportedly commenced despite the current economic downturn. Loans from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund… Source:Handy Shipping Guide, Decembe
USACE Awards Norfolk Dredging Company With $3.5 Million Contract
U.S. Naval Station Mayport Channel The work includes dredging approximately 725 thousand cubic yards of material from the Entrance Channel… Source: U.S. Army, December 8, 2009;
FL, USA: Lee commission may significantly shorten Fort Myers Beach widening project
LEE COUNTY — It looks like the beach will get wider at Fort Myers Beach, but only part of it. Lee County commissioners are poised to abandon a 4.6-mile, $10.5 million… Source: Naples Daily News, December 7, 2009
Cobourg (Canada) dredger starts paying for itself
The dredger that Councillor Bob Spooner has dubbed Captain Cobourg has begun to pay for itself, he announced at last week’s council meeting… Source:North Umberland Today, December 7, 2009
Dredging will deepen Cuba’s ports after 30 years
The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela… Source: Port Strategy, December 8, 2009;
Thailand: NHRC recommends scrapping of ‘dodgy’ dredging deal
The National Human Rights Commission will ask Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to scrap a business proposal that would see the dredging of a large network of waterways in Phang Nga… Source: The Nation, December 8, 2009
Boskalis Shareholders Approve Share Issue For Smit Deal
AMSTERDAM – A majority of shareholders in Royal Boskalis Westminster NV Monday gave the green light for a share issue, which the Dutch dredging company will use to partly finance the takeover of Smit Internationale NV… Source: Morning Star, December 7, 2009
Bahrain: Contractors submit bids for Marsa al-Seef dredging
At least five international companies compete to build $2.5bn man-made island… Source: MEED, December 6, 2009;
Bangladesh: 24 dredgers out of 28 inoperative!
Only four dredgers out of 28 in the country are fit for operations. The acting chief engineer of the Directorate of Dredgers even does not know the location and condition of the remaining 24 dredgers… Source: The Daily Star, December 7, 2009;
Special Coverage: Arabian dreams gone sour
Richard Henry’s sojourns in West Asia had always been jinxed. He went to Abu Dhabi in 1980 to work as a deckhand on a dredger, but returned four years later when the Emirate did some belt-tightening to cope with falling oil revenues… Source: DNA, December 6, 2009;
USACE: Contract for the Plum Island replenishment project could be awarded this week
PLUM ISLAND — A contract for the Plum Island-Salisbury beach replenishment project could be awarded next week, if the low bidder for the job satisfies questions from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Source: Newbury Port News, December 5, 2009
USA: Seattle District requires maintenance clamshell dredging
The Seattle District requires maintenance clamshell dredging of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Snohomish Downstream Settling Basin and Navigation Channel… More info: USACE
Assessing breakwater performance in Malta
ABP Marine Environmental Research has been awarded a contract to assess the performance of proposed breakwaters in the vicinity of Marsaxlokk, in line with the wish of the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs to create additional… Source: Times of Malta, December 4, 2009;