In a break with tradition this year, the Central Dredging Association’s trademark conference and exhibition, CEDA Dredging Days 2012, will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 12-13 December. The main conference topics will be ‘Infrastructure and Trade Development’ and ‘Dredging for the Off
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle announced the sale of the Company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) owned S-Corp. Verit Advisors, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, was engaged by Manson and its shareholders to provide expertise in structuring a solution that optimized the company’
Fugro Salt Subsea took delivery of the first of their two “state-of-the-art” High Performance Q1400 Trenching Systems from manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) in June this year. The second system is due for delivery in September 2012. The Q1400 Trenching System will undertake comprehensive
On 3 July, the Port of Rotterdam signed a contract with a construction consortium to extend the Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) [HES interest 50%] site by approximately 5 ha. This will double the area occupied by the existing terminal, allowing the total storage capacity to be expanded from 200,000 to ap
The transportation bill passed by Congress on Friday includes a provision important to Cleveland, Toledo and Ohio Great Lakes ports urging that funds collected through the Harbor Maintenance Tax should be used to maintain and improve the nation’s harbors and ports. “This is a commonsense measure and
On 1 September 2012, Ronald Paul will succeed Thessa Menssen as director of Infrastructure and Maritime Affairs (Chief Operating Officer) at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Ronald Paul has spent the last eight years directing the Project Organisation Maasvlakte 2. After completing his BSc Civil Eng
Berita Jakarta reports that the Jakarta Government has built embankments or mud deposit pool in Ancol Beach North Jakarta to accommodate as much as 3.4 million ton meter cubic mud sedimentation of 13 rivers in Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI). Fauzi Bowo, the Jakarta Governor, said this
The dredging project near the Port of Vicksburg over the past five years should keep the inland port open even as Mississippi River levels fall, according to katv.com. Warren County Port Commission executive director Wayne Mansfield tells the Vicksburg Post that about $4 million in work completed in
The cleanup of a historic oil spill in Whitefish Lake has been completed, the Whitefish Pilot Online reports. “The dredging removed more than 97 percent of the petroleum contamination from Mackinaw Bay, eliminating the potential for sheen during summer recreational activity, and restored aquatic hab
According to AMM.com, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is slated to start dredging operations at the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal in September. The project is eagerly welcomed by ArcelorMittal USA lnc., which has a facility on the waterway and expects to more efficiently receive material as a resul
According to EarthFIX.org, the town of Port Orford, on Oregon’s south coast, may soon be without a port. That has worried residents rallying the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge their navigation channel. Tom Calvanese is with the group Citizens to Keep the Port in Port Orford. He says it’s been two
Northjersey.com reports that a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has rejected an appeal from environmental groups and the state of New Jersey challenging the Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging of the Delaware River. The court upheld decisions by federal judges in Delaware and New Jersey who said
Basic Element Group, one of Russia’s leading diversified business groups, has announced the completion of construction of the Imeretinskiycargo port in Sochi. The port’s capacity is 5 million tonnes of cargo per year. The port’s docks are up to 9.2 meters deep. Investment in the port construction am
The Punch reports that the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) on Saturday said increase in human activities, such as land reclamation and dredging, had resulted in reduction of water storing capacity, thus leading to flooding. The NIS President, Mr. Bode Adeaga, who stated this at the 47th Annu
