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 [...]
Liquid tar with the viscosity of motor oil is only one of a host of chemicals that contaminate the Gowanus Canal… By Zachary Stieber (theepochtimes) Source: theepochtimes, January 27, 2012;
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) recently renewed their strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU, which is renewable for five years, was first signed in December 2010. The agreement reaffirms both entities’ dedication to generating new business and promoting an “all-water-route.” “The [...]
Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft feasibility study for the Gowanus Canal, proposing a series of options for remediating the 1.8-mile long Brooklyn Superfund site. All of the remedial options, aside from a mandatory ‘no action’ alternative, involve a combination of dredging the canal’s sediment and reducing external sources of contamination, including [...]
Expansion of one of the world’s most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, experts claim. Expanded sections of the Panama Canal are due to open in 2014 following an eight-year programme to widen and deepen the waterway in order to increase capacity for [...]
Port of Miami Director Bill Johnson has been invited as one of the distinguished speakers at the “Panama Canal 2012 International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress” to be held April 18 – 20 in Panama City. Organized by the Panama Canal Authority, this Congress will convene more than 40 experts from 10 countries, who will discuss [...]
Thousands of workers at the site of a major expansion project on the Panama Canal have stopped work to demand payment of back wages and… (news) Source: news, January 17, 2012; Image: pancanal
The Gowanus Canal will remain filthy even after a costly federal cleanup so long as the city continues to allow raw sewage to spew into … By Daniel Bush (brooklynpaper) Source: brooklynpaper, January 12, 2012;
A new generation of massive cargo ships is prompting a number of engineering challenges for port operators… (knovel) Source: knovel, January 6, 2012; Image: pancanal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a study of the options for cleaning up chemical contamination in the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. The Gowanus Canal was added to the Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites in March 2010. The study builds on an EPA investigation that confirmed the widespread [...]
