U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., introduced the Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports (DREDGE) Act of 2013 in the Senate and House to direct the Corps of Engineers to achieve, operate and maintain a 50-foot channel from Baton Rouge to the mouth of the Mississippi [...]
![Ministry of Ports and Shipping will hire dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel (Pakistan)]()
The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (today) with Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar, in the chair will allow the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to hire a dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel… Source:brecorde,March 9,2010;
![Port of Tauranga has applied for consent to deepen the shipping channels in the port zone (New Zealand)]()
The hearing for a Port of Tauranga resource management consent application to dredge existing shipping channels in Tauranga Harbour begins in Tauranga on Monday 8 March… Source:scoop,March 5,2010;
![Lyttelton Port (NZ) has lodged resource consent applications to deepen its navigation channel]()
Listed Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has lodged resource consent applications to deepen its navigation channel for larger vessels, at a cost of up to $100 million; a process Port Otago hopes to follow during the next few months. Source: Otago Daily Times, January 8, 2010;
![USA: Deepen the federal channel with “Optimism high” for Jacksonville Port]()
The effects of the economic meltdown and near collapse of the financial markets of late 2008 and early 2009 manifested themselves at the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) in a reduction of cargo volumes beginning in January of 2009… Source:jaxdailyrecord,December 30,2009;
![RSA: R3,9-billion project to widen and deepen Durban’s harbour mouth is on track]()
The first and largest part of the R3,9-billion project to widen and deepen Durban’s harbour mouth is on track for completion in March 2010… Source: Engineering News, December 11, 2009
![Tons of goo to be gone after dredging to deepen Manatee Pocket (Florida, USA)]()
PORT SALERNO — Lined with marinas and restaurants, boatyards and fueling stations, the Manatee Pocket has long been a busy commercial hub for boating… Source: TC Palm, December 9, 2009;
![Dredging will deepen Cuba’s ports after 30 years]()
The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela… Source: Port Strategy, December 8, 2009;
![Weeks Marine awarded $61M to deepen Texas City Ship Channel]()
TEXAS CITY — A New Jersey-based marine construction firm was awarded a $61.8 million contract Wednesday to deepen the Texas City Ship Channel… Source: The Galveston Daily News, November 19, 2009;
