Sand pumping at the Wilhelmshaven’s Jade Weser Port terminal has been completed with the utilization of 45.9 million cubic meters of sand. The terminal development started in May 2008 and the material used for construction of the 360-acre port area has been transported from the north, south and the fairway sand mining areas. This prosperous [...]
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has announced that the pier reconstruction works at Port Ellen Ferry Terminal, Isle of Islay, are due to continue until Spring 2012. The works consist primarily of sheet piling around the existing pier structure, which are being undertaken from land. There will also be some dredging/excavation, which will be subject to [...]
Kystdirektoratet has invited tenders for dredging works to provide sea defence improvements and beach replenishment at Lemvig area. The contract includes abstraction and delivery of ca. 3.7 million. m3 of sand in 2012 and 2013 in several sections of Jutland’s west coast: – The sand must be abstracted in specific catchment areas in the North [...]
The Jakarta public works agency has prepared Rp 1 billion (US$110,000) to overcome problems related to floods in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta. The agency will use the funds to widen and dredge the Krukut river, to build a 9,000 square meter dam and to make a 300-meter-long dike. The agency’s deputy head Novizal convinced residents [...]
The Public Works Ministry has announced plans to anticipate possible major flooding in the early months of 2012. The ministry said the plan included widening and dredging rivers as well as reinforcing the embankments of several major rivers. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted the rainy season will peak in January and [...]
Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) joined the United States Army of Corps of Engineers in announcing $100,000 in emergency funding to dredge the St. Joseph harbor. Over the past weeks, Upton has worked closely with local dock owners, Berrien County officials, and the Corps to reach a solution. The harbor, which is essential to jobs [...]
Riverside Inverclyde (property Holdings) Limited has announced early information about planned riverside development works. The Gourock public realm improvement works project is part of a wider regeneration programme, delivered by Riverside Inverclyde (Property Holdings) Ltd., over the next 10 years, for Inverclyde area. The works comprise the construction of: Land reclamation on the foreshore, which [...]
Naas Town Council Engineering has invited tenders for Naas Town middle and lower lakes sediment removal works . This works include removal of sediment from Naas Town middle and lower lakes, with disposal of recovered materials to designated licensed facility. Tender details: Open procedure. Requests for documents deadline is 13.1.2012. Tender deadline is 20.1.2012. Dredging [...]
Low profile marine engineering specialist Benalec Holdings has raised eyebrows with its foray into land reclamation works at the southern … (tankstoragemag) Source: tankstoragemag, December 9, 2011;
Benalec Holdings Bhd’s massive land reclamation projects in Johor have drawn much interest but there are still a lot of issues which are not… By THOMAS HUONG (thestar) Source: thestar, November 29, 2011;
