The Philippines Ports Authority (PPA) has issued separate notices of award for P268.42-million worth of port development projects. In a copy of the Notice of Award posted on the government agency’s Web site recently, Luck-Well Construction was awarded the P185.81-million expansion project for the Port of Matnog, Sorsogon. The project involves the construction and development [...]
The P41-million amphibious excavator purchased by the local government to dig up silt materials in Rio Grande de Mindanao River and other water tributaries here is now fully operational. City Mayor Japal Guiani Jr. said the heavy equipment, the first of its kind in the country, runs on diesel engine with an hourly consumption of [...]
Maintenance dredging is a routine part of Melbourne port operations. It has has been done for over a century but the methods, technology and environmental safeguards have improved significantly to protect Port Phillip Bay’s natural assets. It ‘maintains’ declared depths rather than providing additional depth. Sediment builds up due to natural wave, tidal and storm [...]
BHP Billiton today announced approval of US$917 million (BHP Billiton share US$779 million) in pre-commitment funding for the construction of a 100 million tonne per year outer harbour facility associated with its Western Australia Iron Ore operations. The project, which is expected to be reviewed for full approval in the fourth quarter of calendar year [...]
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is set to commence maintenance dredging in the South Channel of Port Phillip Bay from next Monday 6 February. This work is required as a routine part of port operations to ensure safe navigation and will involve the removal of sediment which has built up over time due to natural [...]
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has welcomed promised action from Maritime Safety Queensland to address concerns raised after incidents which occurred on the Mooloolaba Harbour Entrance over the Christmas-New Year period. Ms Simpson convened a meeting with Maritime Safety Queensland and Council to resolve outstanding issues about the longer term maintenance of the Harbour entrance [...]
The Marine Department is prepared to dredge the Chao Phraya and other main rivers to facilitate the flow of water to the sea in order to improve water management to prevent possible flood and drought. According to Marine Department Director-General Tawanrat Onsira, the Department will dredge the Chao Phraya, Ta Chin, and Bang Pakong Rivers [...]
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has told senior government officials in the West that there needs to be more dredging done to the rivers. Bainimarama says the rivers have been bursting their banks whenever there is heavy rainfall, and this cannot happen all the time. He says the Sigatoka, Nadi, Ba, Navua, and Rewa Rivers [...]
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Monday that the dredging of canals and sewers in the capital would be done before the rainy season starts in May. He said he had instructed the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Drainage and Sewerage Department to speed up the dredging and have it completed before May. Sukhumbhand was speaking to [...]
International diversified resources company, Astra Resources Plc, has received a favourable report from the Cagayan River Construction & Development Corporation (CRCDC) on its Philippine iron sands project. The report, commissioned by the CRCDC who is Astra’s Joint Venture partner for the project, identifies the iron ore potential of the immediate surroundings of the CRCDC dredging [...]
