United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., secured critical funding for flood control, dredging and other major Corps of Engineers maintenance priorities for Louisiana’s waterways – including the Mississippi River – as part of year-end spending legislation that passed the Senate. This legislation has already passed the House and now goes to the President to [...]
United Nations experts will visit Queensland later this year amid concerns the booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry could threaten t… (smh) Source: smh, August 30, 2011;
A planned expansion of the United Grain Corporation terminal at the Port of Vancouver could increase the port’s grain exports by as much as… By Elliot Njus (oregonlive) Source: oregonlive, January 14, 2011;
FLOOD defence bosses have refloated the idea of Hayling getting a breakwater which will not only protect the Island’s south eastern shore… Source: haylingtoday, May 18, 2010;
Clydeside Surveys have awarded RESON a contract to upgrade their present SeaBat 7125 mounted on their Cheetah Marine build vessel to a SeaBat 7125-SV. The system will be used for shallow water hydrographic and engineering surveys in Qatar, where Clydeside Surveys… Source: Hydro International, April 8, 2010
DUBAI The National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) said yesterday it had asked for ministerial approval to increase its capital to Dh216.8 million (US$59m)… Source: Business, March 16, 2010
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with Somali’s Puntland state to help expand the capacity of the port of Bossasso in Puntland on the Horn of Africa… Source: Ports & Ships Maritime News, March 16, 2010;
A GIANT dredger is helping to make the £260m second Tyne Tunnel a reality – and protecting the environment… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, March 12, 2010;
The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port… Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010;
The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010… Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010
