The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, announced recently that it will begin the Miami-Dade County Shore Protection project in Miami Beach. The shore protection project consists of placing sand on three areas of Miami Beach using two separate sources of material. Work for the project will be conducted in two phases to avoid [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced it will begin dredging for the Fort Pierce Shore Protection project. This project was authorized as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996. A contract was awarded for this next renourishment in September 2011 to Manson Construction in the amount of $5.5 million. This [...]
Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian President, accompanied by Cuba President Raul Castro, visited yesterday the Mariel Port development project site in western Cuba. The Mariel Port development is being undertaken by the Brazilian company COI and a Cuban construction company. The major dredging project is currently underway and it will allow the entry of bigger vessels into [...]
BHP Billiton today announced approval of US$917 million (BHP Billiton share US$779 million) in pre-commitment funding for the construction of a 100 million tonne per year outer harbour facility associated with its Western Australia Iron Ore operations. The project, which is expected to be reviewed for full approval in the fourth quarter of calendar year [...]
There are just eight months to go to the start of operations. And some work still remains to be done in all areas of this major construction site. Yet there is no cause for panic – all the work is right on schedule. The countdown has started; there is not long to go to the [...]
International diversified resources company, Astra Resources Plc, has received a favourable report from the Cagayan River Construction & Development Corporation (CRCDC) on its Philippine iron sands project. The report, commissioned by the CRCDC who is Astra’s Joint Venture partner for the project, identifies the iron ore potential of the immediate surroundings of the CRCDC dredging [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to begin dredging for the Fort Pierce Shore Protection Project on Feb. 8. Reauthorized as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, this project is expected to be completed by March 18. A contract was awarded for the upcoming renourishment in September 2011 to Manson [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that dredging works commence at Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal. Dredging works will be carried out by the dredgers “ Ebisu”, “Musashi” and “Hitachi”. The Dredgers will be held by spuds. There will be circular safety working [...]
The Nigerian Ports Authority has commenced massive dredging of all navigational channels throughout the country in order to accommodate… By Francis Ugwoke (thisdaylive) Source: thisdaylive, January 29, 2012;
With none of its projects meeting the deadline, Hussain Sagar and Catchment Area Improvement Programme is going at a snail’s pace… (deccanchronicle) Source: deccanchronicle, January 27, 2012;
