USA: Senate Committee Grills DHEC Over Dredging Permit
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Board got taken to task by a Senate committee Tuesday over their decision… (counton2) Source: counton2, November 30, 2011;
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Board got taken to task by a Senate committee Tuesday over their decision… (counton2) Source: counton2, November 30, 2011;

River-city Wuhan in Central China recently worked out a plan according to which the city will spend US$8.33 billion on port development in the 12th National Five-year Plan period from 2011 to 2015. Over the long term Wuhan plans to invest US$13.53 billion on port development and eventually raise its container capacity to 150 million [...]

Gladstone Ports Corporation CEO Leo Zussino welcomed the opportunity to meet and speak with the protestors in Gladstone. Mr Zussino met with representatives of the protest action yesterday to discuss the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project. “The right to protest and free speech is important, and GPC is willing to listen to the views [...]
The city is in pursuit of proposal for the dredging of the primary channel leading to the Havre de Grace Yacht Basin. This channel was filled with silt deposited by the flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. It is anticipated that the dredging will comprise 9,000 cubic yards of sediment planned to be moved from the [...]

The Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) took part in celebrating the festive occasion of the UAE’s 40th National Day by organizing a number of activities and events at the company’s headquarters, its state of the art port project Khalifa Port and at its offices located in the Khalifa Industrial Zone (Kizad) in Taweelah. Among the [...]
Part of Islanders Beach Park on Hilton Head Island will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic starting Thursday as equipment needed to renourish Port Royal Beach is delivered. About 6,000 feet of pipe will be delivered by truck to the site and then taken to the beach for storage and assembly. The project is [...]
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Omar Suleiman, has assured Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio that the … By Oluwakemi Dauda (thenationonlineng) Source: thenationonlineng, November 30, 2011;
The Government has granted the consent for the scheme of constructing a second £400 million ferry terminal at the Port of Dover. The prospect of the project is the port capacity increase and regeneration to part of Dover. Terminal 2 will account for the single biggest development undertaken by Dover Harbor Board. It will become [...]
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) proposes to conduct maintenance dredging in South Channel in February / March 2012 to remove a naturally occurring build up of sand and ensure that the declared depths of the channel are maintained for the safe operation of shipping to and from the Ports of Melbourne and Geelong. The work [...]
A newly discovered layer of hard rock increased the cost for a Conwy harbor new jetty to £448,031. According to the initial estimation the cost for the project passed in November 2010 was £210,000, however the Conwy council now has to provide additional £50,000 what will be discussed today. A decision is expected to be [...]