The Lower Mon project – begun in 1992 – was scheduled for completion in 2004. But 18 years into the major reconstruction project involving three locks and dams facilities in the region, it appears the work might not be completed for another 20 years.
The source for the delays is money, or moreover the lack of [...]
The government moved ahead last week with the project to dredge and buoy the Paraná River up to its confluence with the Paraguay River, a stretch of some 650 kilometres.
The project, long demanded by the northern provinces that border the river, as well as by shipping companies, will require an investment of US$112.5 million and [...]
Petron Corp. is joining hands with the Metro Manila Development Authority to dredge the Marikina River in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s floods during the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said company officials met him on Friday, volunteering to take part in the agency’s priority activities.
“Petron’s move is in [...]
The Nan River and two adjacent rivers will be dredged and have sluice gates installed as part of an integrated approach to tackle chronic flooding and drought in Phichit.
The proposed dredging of the Nan, old Phichit and Yom rivers has been agreed upon by provincial authorities, local leaders as well as former and serving ministers [...]
The Port of Savannah is falling behind in the race to deepen its busy shipping channel by the end of 2014, when cargo ships too large to navigate the Savannah River are expected to begin passing through the Panama Canal, the Georgia Ports Authority’s top official said Thursday.
Curtis J. Foltz, the ports’ executive director, told [...]
Paraguayan government officials expect to meet with Argentine authorities in two weeks’ time to discuss dredging the binational stretch of the Paraguay-Parana waterway, Paraguay’s public works and communications minister (MOPC), Efrain Alegre, told BNamericas.
Paraguay shares the 400km Pilcomayo-Confluencia stretch of the waterway with Argentina, and is looking for a joint solution to improve navigability along [...]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MDMA) will start this Friday its massive clean-up campaign dubbed “MMDA Lingap sa Barangay” to stem the dire effects of flooding and the reported spate of dengue cases in the city.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said that at least 600 personnel of the agency will scour densely populated and depressed barangays [...]
The Free Port of Riga started elaboration of the draft design for the ship access channel reconstruction. The dredging project aims at deepening and widening of the Port of Riga harbor access channels to provide secure services to vessels with maximum length of 260 meters, beam up to 48 meters, and draft up to 15 [...]
Hurricane Earl will apparently have little effect on a project to dredge the Merrimack River channel and rebuild beaches here and in Salisbury.
The contract manager for the company that will do the work said a raft carrying pipes for the project is being held at Staten Island, N.Y., until the hurricane passes by New England.
Chris [...]
The consent hearing for Port Otago’s Project Next Generation harbour-dredging application may be put on hold for up to six months because of the number of submissions to the application.
Port Otago has applied to the Otago Regional Council for consent to deepen, widen and maintain the channel from the harbour entrance to the swinging area [...]
