Top Stories New Zealand: Auckland Council Denies Keeping Expansion Plans from Public

New Zealand: Auckland Council Denies Keeping Expansion Plans from Public »

Auckland Council is denying it deliberately kept expansion plans for the city’s port from the public, as users fear what it will do to their harbour. It has been proposed that container space is extended...

January 27 2012 / Read More »
France: City of Cannes Invites Bids for Replenishment Project

France: City of Cannes Invites Bids for Replenishment Project »

The City of Cannes has filed an application with the State services for replenishment services to a number of beaches by recharge of dredged sand on the beach by marine delivery to the affected areas...

January 27 2012 / Read More »
Australia: DERM Presents Latest Water Quality Results for Port Curtis

Australia: DERM Presents Latest Water Quality Results for Port Curtis »

The results of the latest water quality tests in Port Curtis show no evidence that dredging is having any impact on water quality, nor any link between water quality and fish health. The Department of...

January 27 2012 / Read More »
UK: Belfast Harbour Plans Dredging Project

UK: Belfast Harbour Plans Dredging Project »

Belfast Harbour wishes to appoint a suitably experienced marine dredging contractor to restore both navigation channels and berths in specified areas of the port to their specified depths and to deepen specified berths and areas...

January 27 2012 / Read More »
USA: Organizations Call on President to Ensure Delaware Dredging Receives No Federal Funding

USA: Organizations Call on President to Ensure Delaware Dredging Receives No Federal Funding »

Concerned about federal dollars making their way to the Delaware River deepening project through a recently enacted $74 million ‘navigation slush fund’, 59 local, state, regional and national conservation and civic organizations wrote to President...

January 27 2012 / Read More »
Panama Canal Authority, NC State Ports Authority Renew Strategic Alliance

Panama Canal Authority, NC State Ports Authority Renew Strategic Alliance »

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) recently renewed their strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU, which is renewable for five years, was...

January 26 2012 / Read More »
USA: Workgroup Presents Updates on Sheboygan River Dredging

USA: Workgroup Presents Updates on Sheboygan River Dredging »

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared the lower 14 mile section of the Sheboygan River a hazardous waste site under the EPA Superfund legislation in 1986. A Sheboygan River Dredging Workgroup was established in August...

January 26 2012 / Read More »
Plan for Carolina Beach Inlet Dredging Moves Forward (USA)

Plan for Carolina Beach Inlet Dredging Moves Forward (USA) »

According to the Congressman Mike McIntyre’s office, the Carolina Beach Inlet dredging is one step closer to realization. The agreement between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the state of North Carolina was...

January 26 2012 / Read More »
Headlines

Australia: Western Basin Dredging Continues »

Australia: Western Basin Dredging Continues

The cutter suction dredge Al Mahaar and three backhoes are in operation in the Western Basin. The Turbidity Management Plan is in action to...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Bangladesh: VOSTA LMG Delivers Three CSD’s 450 to BIWTA »

Bangladesh: VOSTA LMG Delivers Three CSD’s 450 to BIWTA

Karnafuly joint venture consortium ltd. delivered three high quality Cutter Suction Dredgers 450 to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). On Wednesday the 18th...

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

UK: “Little Orme” Arrives at Conwy Quays Marina »

UK: “Little Orme” Arrives at Conwy Quays Marina

The “Little Orme”, the cutter suction dredger purchased jointly by Quay Marinas and The Crown Estate, arrived at Conwy Quays Marina from Holland last...

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

USA: SC House Passes Savannah Port Bill »

USA: SC House Passes Savannah Port Bill

In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, 111 members of the South Carolina House of Representatives rebuked Gov. Nikki Haley and the SCDHEC Board, which...

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

Azerbaijan: Ministry Delivers Damen’s Dredgers to Baku »

Azerbaijan: Ministry Delivers Damen’s Dredgers to Baku

To avoid a repetition of the events that occurred as a result of the Kura River bursting its banks and in accordance with a...

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Panama Canal Expansion – Chance for Environment »

Panama Canal Expansion – Chance for Environment

Expansion of one of the world’s most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine...

Jan 24 2012 / Read More »

Gladstone Harbour: Turbidity Management Plan in Action (Australia) »

Gladstone Harbour: Turbidity Management Plan in Action (Australia)

The seasonal king tides of 4.48m coupled with extremely low tides of 0.61m, and strong winds are contributing to natural water turbidity in Gladstone...

Jan 23 2012 / Read More »

UK: MMO Dredging License System Tightens »

UK: MMO Dredging License System Tightens

The transitional period since the Marine Management Organisation implemented the marine licensing system on 6 April 2011 is almost at an end, and from...

Jan 19 2012 / Read More »

Australia: Cutter Suction Dredging in Western Basin Resumes »

Australia: Cutter Suction Dredging in Western Basin Resumes

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has resumed normal dredging operations in the Western Basin after receiving notification from the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource...

Jan 19 2012 / Read More »

USA: Business Up at SCP in 2011, Charleston Deepening Advances »

USA: Business Up at SCP in 2011, Charleston Deepening Advances

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) closed calendar year 2011 with volume increases across business segments, concluding a year highlighted by progress on the...

Jan 18 2012 / Read More »




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USA: EPA Reveals Gowanus Canal Cleanup Plan »

USA: EPA Reveals Gowanus Canal Cleanup Plan

Liquid tar with the viscosity of motor oil is only one of a host of chemicals that contaminate the Gowanus Canal. Contamination leaches into the canal from a range of sources, such as open sewage pipes, and former manufactured gas plants. Floating dead fish and...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Fiji: Residents Call for Waileka River Dredging »

Fiji: Residents Call for Waileka River Dredging

There is a need for proper drainage systems in flood-prone Rakiraki and Ba, say residents of the two towns. Speaking the morning after five feet of water swamped his farm, Nacanieli Delai of Nadugu settlement in Rakiraki, said drainage was an issue that must be...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

India: Hussain Sagar Dredging Project Progresses Slowly »

India: Hussain Sagar Dredging Project Progresses Slowly

With none of its projects meeting the deadline, Hussain Sagar and Catchment Area Improvement Programme is going at a snail’s pace. In 2005-06, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) started the Rs 310 crore programme to improve the 16th century lake’s water quality and sanitary...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Indonesia: Government Cancels Tanjung Priok Dredging »

Indonesia: Government Cancels Tanjung Priok Dredging

The government has decided to scrap the prequalification tender process for the North Kalibaru dock terminal at Tanjung Priok seaport in North Jakarta because it cannot afford to jointly finance the project, an official said. That may cast a shadow on the state’s ambitious plan...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

USA: Sheboygan Harbor Needs Dredging, Study Says »

USA: Sheboygan Harbor Needs Dredging, Study Says

The Sheboygan Harbor was last dredged to its authorized depth in 1969. Since then, a restriction was placed on dredging the federal channel in Sheboygan due to contamination from PCBs. Also, sediment that settles in the harbor has resulted in a restriction of the safe...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

USA: Port of Oakland Gets New Senior Managers »

USA: Port of Oakland Gets New Senior Managers

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners appointed Jean Banker as Deputy Executive Director at a January Port Board meeting (Jan. 12, 2012) and Chris Chan as Director of Engineering during the December 15, 2011 Port Board meeting. Both are Port employees who were promoted from...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Canada: Sydney Harbour Dredging Project Pays Off »

Canada: Sydney Harbour Dredging Project Pays Off

Provincial Energy Ventures president Ernie Thrasher drew gasps and applause from the business community Thursday after announcing a $75-million private-sector investment in facilities, which he tied directly to the completion of the dredging of Sydney harbour. It is great news, but it’s just a start....

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Kobelco Introduces High-Performance SK210 Mark 9 Excavator (USA) »

Kobelco Introduces High-Performance SK210 Mark 9 Excavator (USA)

Kobelco Construction Machinery America introduced the SK210 full-size, high-performance excavator to the Kobelco Mark 9 excavator series. These new Tier 4 models include the SK260, SK295, SK350 and SK485 excavators. The versatile SK210 Mark 9 delivers a 10-percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and productivity,...

Jan 27 2012 / Read More »

Caterpillar Delivers Record-Breaking 2011 Results (USA) »

Caterpillar Delivers Record-Breaking 2011 Results (USA)

Driven by outstanding execution and stronger global demand, Caterpillar Inc. delivered record-breaking 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, an increase of 41 percent from $42.588 billion in 2010. Profit in 2011 was $4.928 billion, an increase of 83 percent from $2.700 billion in 2010....

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »

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