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		<title>Philippines: MMDA Continues Metro Manila Dredging Operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday continued its quarterly “Estero Blitz” in an effort to clear the creeks and waterways of Metro Manila and avoid the recurrence of dangers brought by calamities like ‘Ondoy.&#8217; MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino led yesterday’s morning resumption of the cleanup and dredging operations at the heavily-silted Estero De Vitas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia: Lands and Survey Department Gets 6 Months to Find Sand Dredging Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lands and Survey Department has been given six months to work out a win-win situation mechanism following its decision to give Sabah Economic Development Corporation (Sedco) the exclusive right of managing the State&#8217;s river sand extraction. Director, Datuk Osman Jamal said this showed that the move was not a monopoly exercise. He said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand: BMA Kicks Off Canals Dredging Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has begun the dredging of city canals in order to get ready for the arrival of heavy rain. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Deputy Governor Wallop Suwandee said on Saturday that he has urged officers at the Department of Drainage and Sewerage to speedily draw a conclusion on the dredging of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Official Seeks Permanent Solution for Mooloolah River Sandbar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastguard commander John Annabell says Saturday&#8217;s incident is another glaring example of the need to find a quick and permanent solution to returning Mooloolah River mouth to its once-safe condition. Vessels have stopped running aground on the mouth&#8217;s sandbar following recent dredging. But Mr Annabell yesterday warned that much of the sand had returned, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: ITOCHU, Mitsui Approve Funding to Expand Supply Capacity of WA Iron Ore Operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITOCHU Corporation and Mitsui &#38; Co., Ltd.announced that they have approved the pre-commitment funding for the outer harbour facility associated with the Western Australia iron ore operations, which are run as joint ventures with leading mining company, BHP Billiton (Australia &#38; UK). The pre-commitment funding totals US$917 million with the ITOCHU and Mitsui share at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines: PPA Awards Port Development Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines: New Cotabato City&#8217;s Excavator Fully Operational</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Maintenance Dredging on Melbourne Port Starts Next Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; declared depths rather than providing additional depth. Sediment builds up due to natural wave, tidal and storm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: BHP Approves Funds for Port Hedland Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Port of Melbourne Maintenance Dredging Set to Commence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Mooloolaba Harbour Dredging Under Spotlight Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand: Bankok Marine Department Prepares for Main Rivers Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiji: Prime Minister Calls for More Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand: Bangkok Canals Dredging Nears Completion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Drainage and Sewerage Department to speed up the dredging and have it completed before May. Sukhumbhand was speaking to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astra Resources Plc Receives Favourable Report on Philippine Iron Sands Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International diversified resources company, Astra Resources Plc, has received a favourable report from the Cagayan River Construction &#38; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand: No Appeal Against Port of Tauranga Dredging ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An elder of Ngai Te Rangi iwi doubts the tribe will lodge an appeal against the Port of Tauranga being given permission to dredge the harbour to provide access for bigger container ships. The Environment Court has upheld a decision by a panel of commissioners to grant the port company consent to deepen the harbour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: GPC Announces Statement on Gladstone Fishing Industry&#8217;s Compensation Claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has announced statement on the Gladstone fishing industry&#8217;s compensation claim: &#8220;The Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has always been keen to provide compensation to commercial fishers as required for the loss of access to fishing grounds caused by the Western Basin Dredging Project. GPC’s estimate from fisheries data of the total annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Council Gets Approval for Todd River Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alice Springs Town Council says it will scoop sand from the dry bed of the Todd River to clear water flow blockages. The Northern Territory&#8217;s Aboriginal sacred sites authority has granted permission for the operation to remove sand near the town&#8217;s Heavitree Gap. Mayor Damien Ryan says grass seeds from the town&#8217;s west have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Lake Cathie Dredging Decision Set for Tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Cathie dredging will be discussed at state government level tomorrow. Dredging at the lake is firmly on the “to do list” under $1.6 million state allocation for dredging across the state. A spokesman for Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams said she had met with Crown Lands, which had been investigating where dredging should take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand: Ports of Auckland&#8217;s Expansion Plan Under Environmental Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Ports of Auckland chews off another section of the prized Waitemata Harbour, it expects a long, costly battle to prove its green credentials. Ports infrastructure general manager Ben Chrystall said the proposed expansion would inevitably have environmental impacts, but their extent would not be known until detailed studies were done. The Waitemata is home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Shine Lawyers Takes on Government in Gladstone Dredging Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shine Lawyers will this morning lodge legal proceedings against the State Government arguing the Gladstone Ports Corporation has failed to comply with conditions set by the State Government, and must now provide financial compensation to the Gladstone fishing industry. In a first for Queensland the proceedings will seek declarations the Queensland Government and Gladstone Ports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines: BFAR Backs Buguey Lagoon Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said they are for the responsible dredging project in the Buguey Lagoon to improve the navigational course of fishermen in the said coastal town. In this week’s edition of the ‘Tipon-Tipan Sa PIA,’ most of the BFAR officials said that for the last decade, boats in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiji: Officials Support Nadi River Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a need for regular river dredging to avoid major floods says both the Nadi and Ba Chamber of Commerce and Industry&#8230; &#160; By Christopher Chand (radiofiji) Source: radiofiji, January 29, 2012;]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand: Auckland Council Denies Keeping Expansion Plans from Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auckland Council is denying it deliberately kept expansion plans for the city&#8217;s port from the public, as users fear what it will do to their&#8230; &#160; (tvnz) Source: tvnz, January 27, 2012; Image: poal]]></description>
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		<title>Fiji: Residents Call for Waileka River Dredging</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a need for proper drainage systems in flood-prone Rakiraki and Ba, say residents of the two towns&#8230; &#160; By Repeka Nasiko (fijitimes) Source: fijitimes, January 27, 2012;]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: DERM Presents Latest Water Quality Results for Port Curtis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the latest water quality tests in Port Curtis show no evidence that dredging is having any impact on water quality, nor any link between water quality and fish health. The Department of Environment and Resource Management today released a report on water quality sampling carried out in November and December. Director-General Jim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Western Basin Dredging Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cutter suction dredge Al Mahaar and three backhoes are in operation in the Western Basin. The Turbidity Management Plan is in action to mitigate turbidity on the high tidal flows caused by king tides this week. In consultation with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) and the Dredge Technical Reference Panel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: GPC Deserves to be Fined, Says Greens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland Greens say that it is time that Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) took legal action against the Gladstone Ports Corporation [GPC]. &#8220;They deserve to be fined,&#8221; Queensland Greens state spokesperson Libby Connors said. &#8220;They only resumed dredging on 19 January and within 4 days the turbidity was above their licensed level. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines: Marine Geologist Recommends Dredging of Cagayan River</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A marine geologist from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Dr.Fernando Siringan, who conducted a bathymetric study in the lower Cagayan River, has recommended to the provincial government officials to dredge the silted parts of the river. Siringan’s study shows that the Cagayan River was already heavily silted due to erosion and found out constriction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand, India Plan to Build Maritime Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday expressed desire to double trade with India to USD 14 billion by 2014 and forge &#8230; &#160; (zeenews) Source: zeenews, January 25, 2012;]]></description>
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