![USA: Marina Owners Seek Donations for Saint Joseph River Dredging]()
According to wsjm.com, the owners of a Benton Harbor Marina on the Saint Joseph River are appealing to other business owners nearby for help in paying for some dredging this month. Kathy Myers, with Pier 1000 Marina, tells WSJM that there’s a stretch of the river along Riverview Drive with so much sand built up [...]
Leaders in Berrien Springs have revealed their intention to clear a part of the Saint Joseph River, reports WSJM. The village council has already discussed submitting applications to the US Army Corps of Engineers to obtain a five year permit for conducting dredging work in an area where fishermen launch their boats at Shamrock Park. [...]
In 2011 JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” transferred 319 mln. rubles for the implementation of port infrastructure development programme. Main part of the funds was transferred for the renovation of the fleet of handling equipment. In particular 9 lift-trucks “Kalmar” with the lifting capacity from 10 up to 33 tons for handling of general [...]
Congressman Fred Upton announced on Tuesday that the Army Corps of Engineers has been able to come up with funds to dredge the Saint Joseph harbor. Large commercial ships have been unable to reach any of the docks there recently, as the build up of sand has decreased water depths by too much. Saint Joseph [...]
![France: Authorities Invite Bids for Saint-Raphael Harbour Project]()
Régie des Ports Raphaëlois has announced tender for harbour improvement works. Details: Restoration work and management of the old harbour of Saint-Raphaël, following a series of studies on the optimum way forward to promote and encourage the numbers of small and medium sized craft using the harbour, improvement works to concentrate on improving the protection [...]
![Canada: Port of Saint John Dredging Study Under Way]()
A study is underway to try to find out why the city’s deep-water port must be dredged annually while other similar ports around the world… By Sandra Davis (canadaeast) Source: canadaeast, January 27, 2011;
