Shifting sand continues to cause problems for returning the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries to their original route. Tests conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last month showed that in three areas of the Hatteras Inlet, sand had already started to shift back to areas dredged several weeks earlier. That made those areas unsafe for [...]
Members of the Diversion Authority voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend building 500 year flood protection for communities upstream of the Fargo-Moorhead area. A ring dike would be built around Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke. Homes in that area would be located in the Diversion Project’s Staging Area, but would be protected from flooding to a [...]
Rio Tinto has taken a major step forward in its expansion of its Pilbara operations, with the installation of the new shiploader with a nominal 55 million tonne annual capacity on the new wharf at Cape Lambert. The shiploader was swung from the ‘BigLift’ vessel and placed directly on to its rails on the wharf, [...]
From the moment he saw the Xcentric Ripper, Brad Dewit knew it would be the perfect new tool to introduce to the Canadian excavation and demolition marketplace. The XR40 model grabbed his attention at the 2011 ConExpo trade show in Las Vegas, where it made its North American debut. Brad saw the potential for this [...]
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The upgraded infrastructure at Cochin Fisheries Harbour has been inaugurated by Prof.K.V.Thomas, Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food &Public Distribution, Government of India. Shri.K.Babu, Hon’ble Minister for Excise, Ports & Fisheries, Govt of Kerala presided the function. Shri.Tony Chammanv, Worshipful Mayor of Cochin, Shri Dominic Presentation, Hon’ble Member of Legislative [...]
Recently, CCCC First Harbor Consultants Co., Ltd. has signed a contract for engineering supervision of Phase 1 of the coal terminal and Lot JL-02 of the 100,000t waterway project in the Binhai zone of Yancheng Port. This project is the company’s another large water transport construction supervision project in the Binhai zone of Yancheng Port [...]
Since the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route suspended operations Jan. 18, progress has been made by the contractor hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the federal channel. The project began Dec. 1, 2012, and since that time the contractor has removed 76,751 cubic yards of material to a required depth of 10-feet, with [...]
Recently, CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. have respectively won the bid for Section II and I of the hydraulic works of Berth 1 and 2 in Shitoubu operation zone of Tieshan Port in Beihai, Guangxi, with a total contract value of 292 million yuan. The project of [...]
The Whangamata Bar is regarded as one of New Zealand’s premier surfing waves. The steep faced left hander breaks along an ebb-tidal delta at the entrance to Whangamata Harbour. The wave often produces long makeable barrels and high performance sections. The sand bar that sculpts these classic waves is at the centre of an ongoing [...]
The first UK sale of the unique Komatsu HB215LC-1 hybrid excavator was completed in July, with the machine’s first deployment being the prestigious Crossrail transport project in Central London. Marubeni-Komatsu Ltd, the sole UK distributor of Komatsu heavy machinery, supplied five HB215LC-1 machines to Ridgway Rentals, a company based in Shropshire, in the West Midlands [...]
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