UP to 55 million cubic metres of dredge spoil will be dumped on seagrass beds in Gladstone harbour to allow the development of the LNG export industry, despite the risks to the region’s dugong population. Source:theaustralian,March 31,2010;
US ports are finding that they have to come up with increasing amounts of money to keep pace with demands from shipping lines serving the Pacific route, or jeopardise partnerships with Chinese and other Asian investors. Source:Cargo News Asia,March 31,2010
JOB DESCRIPTION: The work consists of maintenance dredging of Richmond Inner & Outer Harbor Channel of approximately 500,000 cubic yards of materials, to provide a project authorized depth, -38 feet plus 1 foot allowable paid over-depth for the Inner Harbor Channel and… Source:fbo.gov,March 31,2010;
CHINA’s largest water transport project, Yangtze River Mouth’s deepwater channel’s phase three rectification, has passed the state inspection,dredging has been successfully done and the channel has been opened for trial operations, reports Xinhua. Source:Xinhua,March 31,2010;
After having established his group as the largest private port (Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd) on the west coast of India, Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani group, is on the verge of setting up a very large all-weather, deep-water port (possibly the largest private port) on the eastern coast of the country as well. Source:dna,March 31,2010;
The port of Philadelphia and ports of the Delaware River are at a crossroads, and the river’s shipping channel must be deepened for jobs and Pennsylvania’s future, five candidates seeking to be the state’s next governor said yesterday. Source:philly,March 31,2010;
THE year 2010 will be a big year for Penang Port.The extension to its container wharf will be completed and the six new cranes built by ZPMC and delivered in December 2009 will commence service.As the Penang Port managing director Datuk Ahmad Ibnihajar puts it… Source:btimes,March 31,2010;
Karachi—Minister for Ports and Shipping, Senator Babar Khan Ghauri in presence of the Vice Minister for Transport, Peoples Republic of China, Xu Zuyuan, inaugurated the construction of marine protection and quay wall works of the Deep Water Container Port at Karachi Port on 30th March 2010. Source:pakobserver,March 31,2010;
The Turkish government is going to support Bangladesh in dredging its rivers and in implementing the much-expected Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Phase-II project inside the existing hospital premises. Source: The Daily Star, March 31, 2010; Wikimedia, September 23, 2007
The dredging of Pashur channel near Mongla Port will begin soon involving Tk 100 crore with a view to easing vessel movement around the port channel. Sourcess aid that 13 kilometres long Pashur channel from the port’s jetty to Dakkhin Harbaria will be dredged. Source: The New Nation: March 31, 2010
