The Delta Regional Authority has announced that the dredging at the Hickman and Fulton County Riverport was due to begin this week and be completed by the end of the week. Without the dredging project, this port would have been closed for a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks, according to newschannel5.com. The
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel appointed a former South Carolina U.S. Rep. John Spratt to mediate a lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel, The State reports. During his 28 years in the U.S. House representing South Carolina’s 5th Congressional Dist
Yesterday, Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown joined a bipartisan group of 25 Senators in calling for full use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for maintenance of the nation’s harbors. “For far too long, Washington has skimmed off Harbor Maintenance Tax funds for purposes unrelated to ports
On 14th August 2012 AB Klaipedos nafta and state enterprise Klaipeda State Seaport Authority has signed Additional Agreement to the General Bilateral Agreement on Development of Infrastructure/Suprastructure of the Klaipeda Seaport. Amongst other things, parties have agreed on preliminary estimated
The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) of the ROC approved a US$2.2 billion expansion plan on August 6th for Taiwan’s international ports. The budget was submitted by the ports’ parent company, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC). According to TIPC’s 5-year development pr
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) the world’s leading port investor, developer and operator, has awarded Laing O’Rourke the civil works contract for the new Port Botany Terminal 3. The contract marks the start of the on-ground works of HPH’s A$500 million investment for the development of a new containe
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sheboygan area officials joined forces to kick off the final dredging work and habitat restoration projects needed to remove the Sheboygan River “Area of Concern” from a list of toxic hot spots identified in the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. E
The Surfbreak Protection Society (SPS) is waiting for a response from the Waikato Regional Council regarding an offer made by the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) to host a workshop to discuss and seek positive outcomes for the degraded surfing quality at Whangamata Bar. Surfers at the world famo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of portions of the Federal Navigation Project in the Housatonic River in Stratford and Milford, Conn. The proposed work involves removal of up to 100,000 cubic yards of sandy material from shoal area
The Project of Puerto Cabello New Container Wharf in Venezuela implemented the first investigation hole No.13 on July 30th. The field investigation constitutes the focus of designs, therefore, the CHEC Project Department attached much importance to the work and made active communication with the Own
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has been working to deliver an Outer Harbour breakwater, providing East Cowes and Cowes (together ‘Cowes’) with a true, sheltered harbour. The HCA has confirmed their on-going support and funding commitment for the Outer Harbour breakwater as part of their investment t
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) reported a 12% increase in revenue in the first half of the year to EUR 1.4 billion (first half of 2011: EUR 1.25 billion). Organic revenue growth was 5%. Net profit declined to EUR 102.5 million (first half of 2011: EUR 114.1 million). Compared to the end
A plan for the dredging project near Boynton Inlet is moving forward. This plan includes dredging of about 1,800 feet of the Intracoastal Waterway and 700 feet of the Boynton Beach Boat Club Channel, which goes from the inlet to the boat ramp at Harvey Oyer, Jr. Park, formerly Boat Club Park. Accord
President Aquino has approved the implementation of high priority and high impact flood control projects. These projects include: – the repair of breached dikes, – upgrading of aging pumping stations, – clearing of clogged waterways. Aquino expects that the projects, which will initially cost some P
