The World Bank Group has endorsed Jamaica’s aim to become the logistics hub for the Caribbean, Latin America and US Gulf & East coastal area by pledging to help find funding for the pioneering project. Speaking in Kingston recently, Giorgio Valentini, World Bank Group representative to Jamaica, described the logistics hub initiative as ‘transformational’ and [...]
At the end of year 2012 Klaipedos Smelte signed loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and SEB Bank’s for construction container hub in Klaipeda. The total loan amount is 65 million Euro. The construction of a modern container distribution center in the port of Klaipeda is expected to attract ocean-going [...]
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced Jonathan Berger, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 20th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on Thursday, October 11, 2012. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:05 a.m. (M.S.T.)/1:05 p.m. (E.D.T). The Company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is the largest [...]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District recently awarded construction on a 28-month contract to make improvements to the northern portion of Murphy Canal on the west bank of Jefferson Parish. The project, which is part of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Damage Reduction Project (SELA), will reduce the risk of damages from [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to improve interior drainage for Trapp Canal on the west bank of Jefferson Parish. The project, which is part of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Damage Reduction Project (SELA), will reduce the risk of damages from a rainfall event that has a chance of occurring [...]
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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS ) will be used August 21-23 to monitor Missouri River bank erosion on the Lower Brule Reservation, S.D. The flights, conducted for a second time by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Environmental Protection Office, will occur along a 7-mile stretch of Missouri River shoreline [...]
According to the Construction Enquirer, the European Investment Bank has agreed to provide almost half the finance for a new £300m deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. This developnet project is currently out to tender with construction due to start next year and be completed by 2015. The project details – Construction work [...]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is proposing to stabilize and protect the banks along the banks of the Chippewa River Diversion approach channel. For the east bank, about 900 linear feet of the bank would be re-shaped and lined with rock. Excess material (likely soil, sand, gravel) will be stockpiled nearby [...]
Ellicott was one of just a handful of American exporters invited on May 30th to witness President Obama sign a law expanding Ex-Im Bank’s lending capacity. Ellicott uses Ex-Im Bank to help qualified dredge buyers obtain favorable terms for their dredger purchases. Ellicott® Dredges, one of the oldest and most successful dredging equipment companies in [...]
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced Jonathan W. Berger, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference in Chicago on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and the only U.S. dredging [...]
