The main goal is to provide a sustainable commercial operation of the fluvial network in the country
The Inter-American Development Bank approved an $850,000 grant to help the design of the first National Plan for Waterways Development in Peru, which will allow sustainable development and operation of the fluvial network in the country.
This technical cooperation will [...]
The endless saga of incompetence regarding the Cirkewwa terminal is continuing, said the Labour Party spokesperson for Infrastructure and Public Works, Charles Buhagiar in a statement yesterday.
Following 14 years of broken pre-electoral promises and deadlines by which the project was supposed to be concluded and which were never met, the government this week continued to [...]
The massive expansion of a north-east town’s harbour is well under way.
The foundations of a long-awaited £30million operation to build a new quay at Peterhead’s Smith Embankment have now been laid.
The anchors used to hold the deck at the embankment are in place.
The metal structures, which are 4.5ft wide and 88.5ft long, have been drilled [...]
Calcutta: Bengal’s clarion call for a new deepwater port in the state was heard by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today when he announced the construction of a port at Sagar Island.
Mukherjee said necessary funds would be provided in due course to build the port.
Mukherjee’s promise comes as a blessing for trade and industry in the [...]
The worldwide trend towards bigger ships has seen the average size of container ships calling at Fremantle Port increasing by about 85 per cent over the last 15 years.
To accommodate these bigger ships, the Inner Harbour, Entrance Channel and Deepwater Channel are now being deepened.
The deepening will enable container ships of up to 14 metres [...]
After an exciting, informative and interesting dredging conference in Beautiful Panama the Western Dredging Association suggest that you join them on the Sunny Beaches of the Rio Mar Wyndham Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico for its 30th Annual Western Dredging Conference and Texas A & M’s 41st Annual Dredging Seminar.
Already shaping up to be [...]
NORANDA JAMAICA BAUXITE PARTNERS – DREDGING and MARINE CONSTRUCTION Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) are seeking Expressions of Interest from qualified marine construction and dredging contractors for a terminal rehabilitation project at the NJBP bauxite export terminal. The project includes dredging and marine construction of a new steel sheetpile bulkhead seawall and landside bollards.
NJBP is [...]
Port Otago’s up to $100 million plans for deepening 13km of the its shipping channel is its largest single capital expenditure project. Dredging began in 1866 and has since removed about 34 million cubic metres of spoil.
Port Otago’s plans to deepen its shipping channel by 2m to 15m is essentially a future-proofing project so the [...]
AVALON–While coastal storms continue to pound on already battered beaches, Avalon and Sea Isle City are moving forward on an emergency beach fill project.
The Avalon Borough Council awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Illinois for it’s bid of $10.406 million.
Avalon and Sea Isle are sharing mobilization costs with each [...]
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority signed an agreement with Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. to develop an area here into a modern industrial port and logistics hub.
SBMA administrator Armand Arreza said in a statement Thursday that the joint venture agreement signed Wednesday called for the development of the Naval Supply Depot that used [...]
