New Anhui port development plan includes extension of major navigation channels to 1,500 kilometres. Under this plan, the port capacity should reach 500 million tonnes by 2015. The province plans to spend US$15.8 million a year on waterborne transport during the National Five-year Plan from 2011 to 2015. Anhui also aims to enhance shoreline [...]
When Ports of Auckland chews off another section of the prized Waitemata Harbour, it expects a long, costly battle to prove its green credentials. Ports infrastructure general manager Ben Chrystall said the proposed expansion would inevitably have environmental impacts, but their extent would not be known until detailed studies were done. The Waitemata is home [...]
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;
According to the Congressman Mike McIntyre’s office, the Carolina Beach Inlet dredging is one step closer to realization. The agreement between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the state of North Carolina was approved and it will allow the state and local communities to pay the Army Corps for this dredging project. “The [...]
Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday expressed desire to double trade with India to USD 14 billion by 2014 and forge … (zeenews) Source: zeenews, January 25, 2012;
Sand build-up in Lake Cathie has prompted renewed calls for dredging… (portnews) Source: portnews, January 25, 2012; Image: anra.gov
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation invites the public to comment on its proposed remedy for the Harbor at Hastings site cleanup, the agency announced yesterday. A public meeting is set for Thursday, January 26 at the James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY at 7 p.m. The site [...]
The Dutch government’s NL Agency has awarded a contract for the provision of consultancy services for the Mekong Delta Plan in Vietnam to a consortium headed by consultancy and engineering firm DHV. Other members of the consortium include Royal Haskoning, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Deltares, RebelGroup and UNESCO-IHE. With its 17 million inhabitants, the [...]
The Natural Resources and Engineering Departments have initiated the planning for the Pocasset River dredging project. “There is also planning contemplated for a town-wide dredging permit that would cove dredge projects along the approach to the Cohasset Narrows off Taylors Point and the south channel below Bassets Island in Cataumet where the channel is narrowing,” [...]
The seasonal king tides of 4.48m coupled with extremely low tides of 0.61m, and strong winds are contributing to natural water turbidity in Gladstone Harbour. The Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project has put the Turbidity Management Plan in action to assist in mitigating these natural variations. The TMP reduces Al Mahaar Cutter Suction dredging [...]
