Mr G. K. Vasan, the Union Shipping Minister, said that the public-private partnership (PPP) would continue to be the model of choice for the port infrastructure development. “Private sector participation will play a major role in realising the planned capacity augmentation at the ports during the 12
IHC Sealing Solutions, part of IHC Merwede, and Berg Propulsion have further strengthened their cooperation by signing a General Purchase Agreement (GPA). The agreement was signed by Mr Willem Steenge, Managing Director of IHC Sealing Solutions, and Ms Marit Börjesson, Managing Director of Berg Prop
The President of Saudi Ports Authority Eng. Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri has signed two contracts to develop the master plans for Saudi Ports as follows: 1. Development of Master plans for King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam and Jubail Commercial Port with W.S. Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Investments
According to gmnews.com, the Shadow Lake dredging project is still without a contractor. The Middletown Township Committee announced at its August 20 meeting that all six of the responsive bids received were being rejected. “None of the six bids fell within the township engineer’s estimated cost for
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 1,874 crore for the dredging of the 2500-kilometer waterways. According to unbconnect.com, the capital dredging was one of the seven projects the ECNEC approved at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi
Water Minister Peter Walsh and Treasurer Kim Wells visited Creswick today to announce funding for works to minimise the impacts of any future flood events. Mr Walsh said Hepburn Shire Council had successfully applied for flood mitigation works in the town as recommended in the Creswick Flood Mitigat
The Minister for Port, Inland Water Transport and Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojary stated that the third phase project of Malpe port will be completed by 2014. “The works aiding the third phase construction of jetty is under progress,” he said. According to deccanherald.com, around Rs 5.5 crores is rele
The City of St. Augustine has announced that the $2.3 million inlet dredging work will begin this week. This project includes dredging of 162,000 cubic yards of beach quality sand from the St. Augustine Inlet flood shoal just north and south of the Vilano Bridge. According to staugustine.com, the 24
According to therepublic.com, a second South Carolina state agency has asked to be part of a federal lawsuit brought by environmental groups in two states challenging the $650 million dredging of the Savannah River shipping channel. Attorneys for the state Department of Health and Environmental Cont
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port channel dredging project will commence this month and is expected to take two years to complete. The expansion comprises the deepening and widening of the 33.5 km long access channel, the port basins and turning basins. In total, approximately 67 million cubic meters of san
Upgrading works for the Port Operations Control Centre at PSA Vista (POCC-Vista) have completed. The upgrading works were carried out as part of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore’s (MPA) continuous effort to enhance safety of navigation and the protection of the marine environment in Sing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with the Flood Diversion Authority, will host a public meeting Thursday, Sept. 13, to update the public on the proposed changes to the project, including the channel alignment at the southern end of the project. The changes are being propose
A small-scale dredging trial in Falmouth harbour to measure the potential environmental impacts of relocating maerl habitat is set to go ahead this month after Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) awarded the work to a specialist dredging contractor. The contract has been awarded to GPS Marine, base
General Electric’s $1 billion PCB removal project resumes on the Hudson River, according to timesunion.com. Mark Behan, GE spokesman, said: “This year has been terrific as far as productivity goes.” The project is expected to remove 2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment on a 40-mile stretch
