Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s proposals for a Thames Estuary airport looked set to remain a fantasy after its champion and civil engineer Douglas Oakervee this week pulled out of feasibility discussions… Source: New Civil Engineer, March 2, 2010
Looking out from streets on the edges of Venice, it is impossible to ignore the dark forms that dot the city’s lagoon. Dredging machines idle like large mechanical birds in the middle of calm water, auguring the development that Italian officials and the Port Authority argue will transform Venice… [
The endless saga of incompetence regarding the Cirkewwa terminal is continuing, said the Labour Party spokesperson for Infrastructure and Public Works, Charles Buhagiar in a statement yesterday. [mappress] Source:independent,February 28,2010;
The massive expansion of a north-east town’s harbour is well under way. [mappress] Source:pressandjournal,February 28,2010;
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Work is to be “paused” on public facilities in the €300 million Greystones Harbour redevelopment project in north Co Wicklow, its backers have confirmed. [mappress] Source: Irish Times, February 23, 2010;
Dredging work at Finnish harbours and along shipping routes are stirring up sediments on the sea bottom significantly more than the laying of the planned undersea natural gas pipeline would. [mappress] Source: Helsingin Sanomat, February 22, 2010
A university scientist has been appointed chief investigator in a £607,000 research project aimed at understanding what happens when rivers meet tides in the world’s largest estuaries. [mappress] Source:brighton,February 19,2010;
NaviModel software for ocean mapping, data analysis and interpretation provides intuitive 3D visualiasation of infinite survey data sets by import of multiple data formats and sources using user-defined templates. NaviModel includes features for… Source: Hydro International, February 18, 2010
Local German authorities have completed the deepening of a 23.7km stretch of the northern Peene River to allow bigger ships to reach Wolgast. [mappress] Source: Maritime Journal, February 18, 2010;
ONE of the largest dredging operations the world has ever seen will begin in the Thames Estuary on Monday, March 8. [mappress] Source: Yellow Advertiser, February 18, 2010
Many harbours in tide-dominated areas silt up as a consequence of asymmetric tides. To understand the process of harbour sedimentation at tidal rivers, it is important to know the amount of transport of suspended sediment. In a small and shallow harbour along a tidal river, simultaneous ADC, OBS, CT
