Barges have set up and are getting ready to dredge the bottom of Lake Union just west of Gas Works park. Larry Altose, from the Washington State Department of Ecology, writes about the work: “The contamination we’re about to remove existed before the present owner purchased the property in 1994. At
On 4 December His Excellency John Mahama, president of Ghana, visited the Jan De Nul Group worksite for the official sod-cutting of the Takoradi Port Expansion Project. This project will take 3 years to execute and foresees in the construction of 1.1 km of additional breakwater, the port deepening u
The Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT) has revealed that the 1 trillion baht investment target in the construction sector this year is unlikely to be realized, and that the industry’s growth next year might still be on a slow pace. CIT Director Chakporn Oonjitt stated this year’s declining gro
Governor Rick Scott today toured the site of the start-up of PortMiami’s dredging project that is deepening the Port’s channel to minus 50/52 feet. The “Deep Dredge” project is expected to create an estimated 30,000 new jobs for Florida families and enable PortMiami to be the only U.S. Atlantic port
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday said the Takoradi Port expansion project, which is slated to be completed in 2016 would create 3,000 jobs for all categories of workers. He said under the Chinese Development Bank loan facility, government would also embark on the Sekondi-Takoradi industria
University of Twente announced its leadership of the RiverCare research program on intelligent river management. The program aims at self-sustaining multifunctional rivers and focusses on the consequences of measures on a river. Other participants in RiverCare are universities of Utrecht, Nijmegen,
Italdraghe has just shipped a new cutter suction dredger to the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy. Based initially at Bahir Dar, this World Bank funded dredger will be used primarily to dredge the seven industrial ports situated around the edge of the lake, which is up to 14 metres deep in plac
To make sure the Tuross Head boat ramp at Lavender Bay is ready for the busy summer season, Eurobodalla Shire Council will dredge the channel near the boat ramp next week between Tuesday 10 and Friday 13 December 2013. The boat ramp and car park will be closed during the $15,000 work. On Tuesday 10
APM Terminals Apapa hosted a reception today in honor of Pacific International Lines (PIL) which this week surpassed the milestone of one million TEUs handled through the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network for the year. Based in Singapore, PIL operates globally with a fleet of 191 vessels represe
Significant erosion at two farms near Taupo after downpours last week highlights the need for careful planning to help avoid soils being washed away, says Waikato Regional Council. The two “sizeable” incidents, which occurred in the Pueto Stream catchment and on a property near Aratiatia, were on pu
Minister for Energy and Water Supply Mark McArdle has undertaken an aerial inspection of the Lockyer Creek and mid-Brisbane river systems ahead of the upcoming wet season. Mr McArdle said following significant rain in South East Queensland at the beginning of the year sediment from the Lockyer catch
The officials announced a navigation notice for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Because of dredging, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should run the red line between NM 178.0 and NM 178.8. No passing is advised while transiting thro
Plans are currently underway for dredging to begin at the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on N.C. 12 over the Oregon Inlet in Dare County. The N.C. Department of Transportation and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. LLC have come to an agreement for the Dredge Alaska to begin dredging sand from the main navig
Attended by representatives of Luka Koper, the closing event of the European ITS (Intelligent Transport System) Adriatic Multi-port Gateway project took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 25th and 26th November. The ITS Adriatic Multi-port Gateway project, which forms part of the Europe
