Dredging
USA: Ghost fleet ship still stuck in the James River muck
Stuck is an understatement. Stranded does it no justice. Marooned? Closer, but not quite… Source: Daily Press, November 29, 2009
UK: Graham Stuart MP secures House of Commons debate on off-shore dredging
MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has been granted an adjournment debate in the House of Commons… Source: Politics.co.uk, November 30, 2009;
Dredging up muck in Morro Bay (USA)
Tons of sand is being removed from the harbor and deposited on the beach… Source: The Tribune, November 30, 2009;
Jakarta (Indonesia) is still waiting on funds to clear up heavily-clogged rivers
The Jakarta administration is waiting for a World Bank loan channeled by the Finance Ministry before starting its project to dredge 13 main rivers… Source: Jakarta Post, November 30, 2009;
Australia: Dredging blamed for Melbourne’s beach erosion
MELBOURNE’S most popular beach destinations are disappearing and concerned locals blame dredging… Source: Herald Sun, November 30, 2009
Tender Notice: Maintenance Dredging, 40-Foot Project, Jacksonville Harbour (Florida, USA)
The project work consists of excavating shoal material from the project channel to a required depth of 40 feet plus an allowable 2-foot overdepth… Source: www.fbo.org;
Matagorda Ship Channel (Texas, USA) Dredging Tender Notice
The work consists of dredging approximately 3,000,000 cubic yards of maintenance material by pipeline dredge at Matagorda Peninsula to Point Comfort. No levee work. Estimated completion time is 180 calendar days… Source: www.fbo.gov;
India: DP World’s port bids may come under scanner
After international construction and development major Dubai World failing to repay its huge pile of debt on time, the state of its bids for development of container terminal berths at major ports in India may come under the scanner… Source: Indian Express, November 28, 2009
Guyana: Siltation snaring sugar shipments, dredging work still pending
GuySuCo is unable to boost sugar exports because of the siltation in the Demerara River and the Interim Board has proposed dredging the river… Source: Stabroek News, November 29, 2009;
Boskalis Australia workers to stay on luxury cruise ship
HUNDREDS of construction workers on the $43 billion Gorgon gas project will live on a luxury Norwegian cruise ship anchored off Barrow Island… Source: PerthNow, November 28, 2009;
Port Baltic begins construction of the 1st phase of the terminal, DEME will execute the dredging works simultanously
As part of the project Port Baltic Iron and Steel Terminal has begun construction of 1st phase of the terminal in the commercial port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad region… Source: SteelGuru, November 28, 2009
Permit issues delay long-awaited dredging project at Kauai harbor (Hawaii)
American Marine Co. is waiting for permit approval to dredge Kíkíaola Harbor. Work could resume as soon as Monday… Source: Honolulu Advertiser, November 28, 2009;
China rescues Sri Lanka’s new Colombo South Harbour
China Merchant Holdings has virtually by-passed its local partner the Aitken Spence for the first terminal of the new Colombo South Harbour and has unilaterally enhanced its financial bid all round in recent days… Source: The Nation, November 29, 2009
Texas, USA: Crews to sieve sediment for artifact
FREEPORT — Containers of sediment soon will connect Freeport with a Civil War-era gunboat sunken 146 years ago in Galveston Bay… Source: The Facts, November 29, 2009;