In the past dipper dredges have often been cobbled together with machinery designed to work in a terrestrial environment. When working in a marine environment their useful life is severely limited by the saltwater environs. Now the Netherlandss Yard De Donge… Source: MarineLink, December 29, 2009
The Gloucester County Improvement Authority is planning another Delaware River port just three miles from the newly created Port of Paulsboro, where major construction has not yet begun… Source:nj.com,December 29,2009;
Work is going ahead to expand the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi… Source:worldnews,December 29,2009;
The central government seems to be in no hurry when it comes to capacity addition in the ports sector for the current five year plan even as the top offices have been pushing for more pro-active action in roads and highways and power… Source:indianexpress,December,30,2009;
NEW ORLEANS — With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers… Source:latimes,December 29,2009
The Kribi Deep Sea Port construction project is getting into its final phase… Source:crtv,December 29,2009
Marine engineers have begun a £1 million clean-up operation at a flood-hit port blocked by thousands of tonnes of debris… Source: UKPA, December 30, 2009;
Marina waste will be dumped on the continental shelf near Great Barrier Island in a trial given the go-ahead by Maritime New Zealand… Source: The New Zealand Herald, December 28, 2009;
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is mulling inviting global bids for appointment of a contractor to undertake the huge pending dredging work, as the selection of the consultant for preparing the tender document and sorting… Source: InfraNews, December 28, 2009
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a ceremony December 27 to begin construction on a waterway passage to the Hau River for heavyweight vessels in the Mekong Delta’s Province of Tra Vinh… Source: Saigon Daily, December 28, 2009
