Région Bretagne has announced tender for the expansion program at the Port of Brest. This tender involves: – The clean-up of the site in accordance with environmental standards with regard to its future use; – Soil stabilisation compressible Ha of 19 to a value approaching to date 4 T / m2; – Construction of a [...]
![Canada: Authorities Review Bids for Glace Bay Dredging]()
The federal Department of Public Works is now reviewing bids for the dredging of Glace Bay harbour. There were a total of five bids for the project ranging from a high bid of nearly 1.5 million dollars to a low bid of just under 900-thousand dollars. The full dredge of the harbour is expect to [...]
![Nigeria: Authorities Seek New Funding Options for Waterways Cleanup]()
The portworld.com reports that the Nigerian Maritime Authorities are looking at ways to fund cleaning up Nigerian waterways. A new tax has been flagged up by Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, director-general of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Funds collected from the tax, which will be levied on each ship calling at a Nigerian [...]
Antwerp Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dalian Port Authority. In the MoU both parties express the desire to extend their collaboration and to boost trade between the two ports. For this purpose they have undertaken to exchange know-how and experience, in particular in the fields of port construction, port management, [...]
![Norway: Authorities Unveil Plan for Kabelvag Port Dredging]()
Kystverket Nordland has announced tender for the dredging and engineering works at the Kabelvåg area. These works include construction of two new breakwaters outside the current port so that there will be an outer and an inner harbour area, including dredging of the outer harbour area and the approach down to -8.3m below CD, and [...]
The Panama Canal is meeting this week with top clients, government officials, and maritime authorities in China, Japan, and South Korea to reaffirm its relationship with customers and explain the impact of the Panama Canal expansion program in Asia. “We always keep a close communication with our customers and this is a new opportunity to [...]
Valstybes imone Klaipedos has announced tender for the quay reconstruction works at the Klaipeda area. These works include repairs and maintnenance works to the main quays with the reconstruction of quay number 7 immediately towards the shoreside number 6 and improvement works to quays 8 and 9 to enable the construction phases of the northern [...]
![Poland: Authorities Announce Tender for Dredging Work at Szczecin Area]()
Urzurd Morski w Szczecinie has announced a tender for improvement and modernisation of the main port, which includes the reconstruction and strengthening of about 8 km of the fairway under the project, Phase II, East and West. The project is located partly in the sea port of Winouj CIU, as well as in the area [...]
Hvide Sande Havn has announced tender for the harbour construction works. First stage for a new harbour section on the northern side of the entrance to Hvide Sande harbour includes the following works: – Approximately 150 m new quay consisting of anchored sheet pile quay wall closed with the concrete 30-40 m wide paved wharf [...]
![Russia: Authorities Hold Public Hearings on Taman Port Project]()
PortNews reports that the head of Rostransmodernizatsiya said the authorities of Temryuk municipality have held public hearings on new Taman Port project. Igor Freydin, Director General of “Directorate of the State Customer to Implement the Federal Program “Modernization of Transport System of Russia” (Rostransmodernizatsiya) said the agency is the customer-developer of the port of Taman [...]
