![India: Thottappally Harbour Needs Dredging, Say Fishermen]()
More than 100 boats, including that of the Police and the Fishing departments, have been trapped in the Thottappally fishing harbour due to sand accumulation, informs ibnlive.in.com. Lack of Dredging Causes this situation. Commercial Fisherman say that fishing industry will disappear without dredging. Harbour Engineering Department has invited the tender for the dredging works there [...]
The Premier’s dissatisfaction with Gladstone Ports Corporation is welcome after past breaches of Gladstone Harbour’s turbidity limits were largely ignored, but it must trigger real change to the dredging operation in the Harbour if it is to be anything more than another opportunity to install the party faithful at the top of a government-owned corporation. [...]
![Indonesia: Apura River Needs Dredging, Say Citizens]()
Since it has not been dredged for years, the Apura River is left with 10 meters in width and 1 kilometer in length in Cengkareng Sub-District, West Jakarta. In several areas, such as Cengkareng Timur, Durikosambi, Kapuk, and Kedauang Kaliangke, there are often floods due to the river being filled with mud and grass. These [...]
![Nigeria: Ilo-Awela Needs Dredging, Residents Say]()
Ilo-Awela River needs dredging to prevent the river from over flowing its banks whenever it rains, according to the citizens of Ilo-Ajegunle community in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The leaders of the Ilo-Ajegunle Community Development Association met last week with Mr Tunji Bello, the Commissioner of Environment, who appointed the Permanent [...]
![Thailand: Ranong Port Needs Redevelopment, Official Says]()
Ranong provincial administration is requesting a budget of 295 million baht for the development of Ranong Port to boost local economy, at the upcoming mobile Cabinet meeting. Peerasak Hinmuangkao, governor of Ranong, said that the Ranong port was built nearly 50 years ago and is in need of restoration. Work would include alterations to the [...]
As Platts reports, the construction of Colombia’s first deep-water river coal port near Barranquilla will begin by year’s end, general manager of project operator Sociedad Portuaria de Bocas de Ceniza Rosy del Dago said. The Superpuerto project is to be built at the mouth of the Magdalena River and part of this project includes dredging [...]
The first independent scientific investigation of the marine life contamination in Gladstone harbour still hasn’t prompted the Government to suspend the likely cause of the ecological crisis –mass dredging and dumping, Australian Greens environment spokesperson Senator Larissa Waters said today. “This is the very first scientific study not conducted by the Queensland Government or the [...]
![Philippines: DPWH 5 Needs to Expedite Albay River Control Project]()
Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio L. Singson ordered DPWH Region 5 to complete the repair and rehabilitation of Busay-Bongalon River Control Project in Daraga, Albay soonest. The DPWH Chief issued the instruction following the reported occurrence of flooding along Culliat Section of Daang Maharlika caused by the direct flowing of water from Busay-Bongalon river [...]
![Australia: Swansea Channel is Still Choked, Say Boaties]()
Boaties in Lake Macquarie have stated that the Swansea Channel is still choked even though the NSW government has spent $300,000 on dredging activities, reports The Star. There are even claims that the channel’s depth is worse than it was before the government commenced dredging in December thus the boaties call for a long-term solution. [...]
![USA: Savannah River Dredging Will Hurt Local Water Supply, Senators Say]()
A decision by a state environmental board will be a death knell for plant and marine life in the Savannah River and could jeopardize a … By TOM BARTON (islandpacket) Source: islandpacket, January 13, 2012;
