Indian Ocean Ports and Logistics is the largest annual Container Ports, Shipping and Transport Logistics Exhibition and Conference trade event serving the islands of the Indian Ocean – now in its 8th successful year. The 8th Indian Ocean Ports and Logistics 2014 Exhibition and Conference will take p
After more than a decade of planning and construction across three square miles of development, DP World London Gateway deep-sea port is now open, providing British exporters and importers with a more efficient way to ship globally, at less cost. The ‘MOL Caledon’ was welcomed by DP World Chairman S
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) will deliver a presentation about the Port’s reinstatement and development plan to shareholders at the Annual Meeting. “The devastating earthquakes presented unprecedented challenges but also provided the Port with an opportunity to reset the long-term strategic
At the fourth National Delta Congress, the prestigious American Franz Edelman Award was handed out to the Dutch consortium who won the award in April 2013 in Texas for the project ‘Economically Efficient Flood Standards to Protect the Netherlands against Flooding’. In the presence of Minister Schult
The Dredge Jadwin recently returned to her home port of Vicksburg from the 2013 dredging season after 150 days in action. The Jadwin and crew relocated approximately 6.5 million cubic yards of sand and mud from the river channel of the mighty Mississippi River. The Jadwin was one of the the last two
Reinforcing his commitment to a strong and resilient shore, the Christie Administration jointly announced with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the schedule for critical Army Corps beach and dune construction projects that will reduce risk to lives, properties and infrastructure by rebuilding 44 mil
Luka Koper received this week from the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning the building permits for the construction and filling of the landfills 7A and 799/29. The landfills will serve for the disposal of the excavated material in the dredging of Port Basin I along the quayside aimed at co
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has scheduled to begin work Nov. 11 to repair and restore a 300-foot reach of the Point Chehalis revetment, including a 60-foot reach that could fail during a severe storm. The Corps has awarded a contract to Rognlin’s Inc. of Aberdeen, Wash., for
The trailing suction hopper dredge Pelican will be carrying out dredging operations on the Bar and Inner Channels at Lakes Entrance for approximately two months commencing Monday, November 11, 2013. Pelican will be distributing spoil sand offshore behind the surf zone and within an area approximatel
The long-awaited $25 million southern Monmouth County beach replenishment project kicked off yesterday with a ground-breaking ceremony on Manasquan Beach. Hurricane Sandy caused severe beach erosion along the five-mile stretch of the project. The massive beach re-nourishment work to repair and resto
Users of CARIS Easy View, a freeware program that allows users to view spatial data in a wide range of native vector and raster file formats, can now download a new sample dataset to use with the software. The latest sample data is from a survey conducted by students from the Maritime Institute Will
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced William Steckel, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Stephens Fall Investment Conference in New York on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). Great Lakes Dredg
CARIS has long included support for Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) products in the software and has been closely involved and supportive of the Inland ENC Harmonization Group’s (IEHG) work. CARIS S-57 Composer and CARIS HPD, the desktop and database solutions for electronic chart produc
The construction of the flood control project in Jeddah (JSDP) in Saudi Arabia fully commenced and went into the implementation phase recently, announced chec.bj.cn. This project of 4 sections was signed on 29 July with a contract price of prox. 0.5 billion USD dollars. This project is a government
