Jan: Dutra Group Acquires Hopper Dredger “Stuyvesant” The Dutra Group has announced that it has added a hopper dredge, the Stuyvesant, to its fleet of dredges, marking an historic day in the company’s history. Feb: DEME Nabs Wheatstone LNG Dredging Deal Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd, member of the DEME Group, has been awarded [...]
Dredging project at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, is ready to commence, ABC News reports. About $450,000 from the year’s budget was allocated for this project which is expected to start in late July. The Government stated that the project will focus on dredging of the entrance bar of Clyde River. The Long Beach Community [...]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and retirees, river residents and those affectionately known as river rats lined the banks of the Upper Mississippi River to see the Dredge William A. Thompson make its final voyage, June 12-13. The Thompson left the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers service base in Fountain City, Wis., around 11:30 [...]
Phoenix Ltd., the company investing in the Bronka project started construction of pile foundation of Berth Number 5 as it was scheduled. The following expansion phase of the transshipment hub based near Big Port St. Petersburg commenced on December 7. The company plans to complete the construction of Berth Number 5 and Berth Number 6 [...]
Construction of a dredge excess material transfer station in a residential nearby area off Long Creek is postponed. After the residents resisted the initial plan, according to which a permanent dredge transfer station was going to be located in a residential area on Maple Street, the Beaches and Waterways Commission, an advisory group to the [...]
THE Cairns Entertainment Precinct is unlikely to go ahead in its current form if Campbell Newman is made premier next year, with the LNP.. By Daniel Strudwick (cairns) Source: cairns, December 9, 2011;
Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar adopted the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework for enabling the private sector to invest in the transportation sector. At the 11th National Council of Transport in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, the Minister restated the Government’s enormous investment in dredging of the Lower Niger. He also stressed that considerable private [...]
After the area of the Iloilo River was dredged and cleaned of debris and deteriorated see vessels, fishing fans are back again at the Muelle Loney stretch. As the Philippine Ports Authority pledged to clean the river from the Parola up to the bridge, around 14 sea vessels were moved from the river and a [...]
After close to five hours of discussion, the Douglas County Commission postponed a vote on a conditional use permit sought for a sand… By Aaron Couch (ljworld) Source: ljworld, December 9, 2011;
