USA: Officials Introduce Dredging Plan for Rockaway Beach The US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for dredging of Rockaway Beach and Coney Island. Panama Canal Completes Culebra Cut Dredging The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has completed the dredging to deepen and widen the [...]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will be issuing a solicitation in 2013 for removal of dredge material from transfer sites located in Upper Mississippi River Pool 4. Traditionally the Corps has awarded contracts for this type of activity via an invitation for bid (IFB) that provided detailed plans and specifications regarding [...]
New Mangalore Port in Karnataka state is now able to offer permissible drafts for vessels of up to 14 meters with at one-meter high tide at berths 10, 11, 14W and 15, reports eximin.net. According to a New Mangalore Port Trust circular, this was made possible by continuous dredging to improve the water depths of [...]
Dredger SND No 4 is back in full working order again. This vessel was brought back to life thanks to a £43,300 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, BBC News Online reports. SND No 4 steam dredger was built in 1925 for the Sharpness New Docks company by the De Klop shipyard at Sliedrecht in Holland. SND [...]
Caterpillar is confident about its Tier 4 technology that the company now provides a no-cost, three-year/5,000-hour powertrain protection plan for nearly 40 machine models equipped with Cat® emissions-control systems. The new Equipment Protection Plan (EPP) allows Cat machine owners to reduce risk, control costs and, ultimately, to ensure long-term value for their equipment. The protection [...]
![India: Government Plans to Commission 4 Hub Ports]()
The Union Minister for Shipping, Mr G. K. Vasan stated that as per the National Maritime Agenda (NMA), the government plans to commission at least 4 hub ports, two each on the east coast and west coast. Chennai Port and Visakhapatnam Port on the east coast and Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) and Cochin Port on [...]
![Australia: Terminal 4 Project Step Closer to Realization]()
Environmental evaluation for Newcastle’s fourth coal-loader, the Terminal 4 project, has been completed. Port Waratah Coal Services carried out the evaluation addressing possible social and environmental aspects of the project. The evaluation will be lodged with the Department of Planning and Newcastle Port Corporation today and it is expected to go on public exhibition early [...]
![USA: New Topsail Beach Renourishment to Cost Over USD 4 Million]()
Damage estimates for the Town of Topsail Beach are in and they are costly. By Ashley Barker (penderbeaches) Source: penderbeaches, September 13, 2011
![UK: 4Recycling Applies Innovative Solutions on Falmouth Marina Expansion Project]()
4Recycling Ltd, part of the 4R Group, is demonstrating its ability to apply innovative solutions to resource management problems as a major… (sauceconsultancy) Source: sauceconsultancy, September 6, 2011
![Sri Lanka: Removal of Seabed Rock Will Cost USD 3-4 Million, Says Chairman]()
In response to the story run yesterday, concerning rock clearing operations at the Hambantota port, Dr Priyah Bandu Wickrama, Chairman Sri L… (dailymirror) Source: dailymirror, August 26, 2011;
