The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District began inspecting its projects for damages and carrying out post-storm missions following historic Hurricane Sandy. Inspections are scheduled for a number of Army Corps of Engineers projects in the region, including coastal projects in New Jerse
Orion Marine Group Inc, a leading heavy civil marine contractor, today reported a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2012, of $1.6 million ($0.06 diluted loss per share). These results compare to a net loss of $6.2 million ($0.23 diluted loss per share) for the same period a year ago.
A series of reports on activities in and around English seas are published yesterday by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The four new commissioned publications are part of the MMO’s work to identify and fill gaps in knowledge that marine planners, regulators and users currently face. The re
The Queensland Government has just released the draft Great Barrier Reef Port Strategy for public comment. Deputy Premier Seeney has stated that: ‘We will confine future development to the existing major ports where there is considerable scope for future development at Abbot Point, at Dudgeon Point
On October 30, the FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrei Lavrishchev participated the Transport Industry Congress in the delegation of the Mintrans of Russia headed by Maxim Sokolov, the Minister of Transport. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s greeting was read out by the President’s advi
Inspections of storm damage are ongoing across Delmarva, reports wgmd.com. The Army Corps of Engineers has been in Ocean City for a visual inspection of the beach replenishment project with city officials. Col. Trey Jordan, Baltimore District commander says the replenishment project played a signifi
Xiangyu Dredging Holdings Limitedis has announced that the wholly owned subsidiary, Jiangsu Xingyu Port Construction Company Limited reached an additional contract to provide reclamation dredging services in connection with the reclamation project at Long Port Development Area of Longkou City, Shand
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced that it will release its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. C.S.T. A conference call with the Company will be held the same day at 9:00 a.m. C.S.T. Great Lakes Dredge & Doc
Washington Trust’s Commercial & Industrial Lending Group has provided $7.5 million in both short- term and permanent financing to Quonset Development Corporation of North Kingstown, RI for a dredging project to increase the channel depth and expand shipping capabilities at the Port of Davisville in
Partrac participated at last week’s Dredging 2012 conference and exhibition in San Diego, California. Dr. Kevin Black presented Partrac’s unique dual signature tracer particle tracking technique in a presentation entitled, “Everything Goes Somewhere: Tracking the Movement of Dredged Sediments in Por
On 21 September 2012, Eurogate, a leading container-terminal group, inaugurated the first deep-draught container terminal in Germany, the Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, on Germany’s North Sea coast. The port has a natural water depth in excess of 18 metres, enabling even the world’s larg
Seven board members from the Asian Development Bank visited the Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) on 29 October 2012. The delegation consisted of Maurin Sitourus, Ashok K. Lahir, Kazuhiko Koguchi, Jerome Destombes, Richard Edwards, Khin Khin Lwin and Wilson Kamit. Ranjith Pemasiri, Secretary of
Daniel Vinent, the port’s Director of Planning and Development, introduced plans for the capital development project at the Itaqui port. This program includes spending of $3.2 billion to overhaul the port operational infrastructure, according to thebulletinpanama.com. The plan includes: – refurbishi
According to state officials, the Silver Lake dredging project is scheduled for the next summer. Collin O’Mara, secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, stated that this cleanup program should improve water quality in the lake as well as reduce flooding an
