According to EveningTimes, the dredging operation on the River Clyde is to get underway in Glasgow. This dredging maintenance work will start on Monday at Kelvin Harbour. Work to remove the sediment that is washed down the River Kelvin will be carried out by the plough dredger, Ben Crom, which is op
The dredging works on Fleet Pond, Hampshire’s largest freshwater lake, have been postponed until the middle of August. The project will turn the lake from a stagnant ditch into a wildlife haven. But for now the works have been postponed so that they do not disturb nesting birds. During the last few
The Maasin City government seeks private sector participation in a land reclamation plan. According to the city, the project is necessary to provide additional space for commercial development. Crown Regency Hotels and Resorts and Monolith Construction and Development Corp. have expressed interest i
Beach renourishment project is advancing on St. Augustine Beach as the dredger pumps sand out of the St. Augustine inlet onto the beach. A dredger and its crew are working hard on pulling the sand out of the inlet and pumping it through pipes onto the beach making it an attraction. Before the projec
Development Manager Chad Pelishek, in an interview on Sheboygan’s Morning News Thursday, said the traffic will be generated by the dredging project on the Sheboygan River. Pelishek says they’ll be working 24/7, estimating about 300 trucks a day out of downtown Sheboygan until the project is complete
The Minister for Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, Kamaladdin Heydarov, has inspected construction of bases for shore protection and dredging in the Neftchala region. He said: “We brought in the district of Neftchala ships and equipment for dredging and bank stabilization along Kur river.” Accordi
A total value of Rs 8000 crore for three major PPP projects — Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (Mumbai), Kandla (Gujarat) and Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) that have been awarded will create additional capacity of more than 79 MTPA. The Rs 6,700-crore project on the fourth container terminal at the Jawa
The presidential decree allowing the Kalibaru port project to commence has been issued by the government of Indonesia. The US$19-billion project will be executed by the port operator Pelindo II. After the government limited the bidding process and excluded the private developers, the state-owned por
Slurry Pipes launch new UHMWPE pipe on the Australian market for demanding mining and dredging applications. Slurry Pipes is a division of Roll-a-Pipe Pty Ltd. specializes in providing wear-resistant Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) pipes (trademarked as Ultra PE Pipe™) to the minin
According to the port operator JSC Ust-Luga, handling of imports/exports at the Port of Ust-Luga in the first quarter of 2012 leaped 2.7 from January-March 2011, to 7,229,000 tons. Handling of imported vehicles at Ust-Luga Ro-Ro terminal soared by 77 percent year-over-year to 45,092 units. In March,
After a series of computer simulator tests, the plans for a deeper channel in Portsmouth Harbour were approved. The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers needed the channel to be deeper in order to sail in and out of the harbour. According to Portsmouth.co.uk, the plans will include dredging of a new 3
Marine and River Inspection began carrying out a month of safety on sea and river transport – actions which is annually led for an exchange of experience and providing a sistemnost in work on navigation safety issues, and also for the purpose of the prevention of emergence of emergency incidents on
The Mithi River will be cleaned by a new robotic multi-purpose excavator machine. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bought the machine to use it for dredging operations in the river and major drains in the city. According to DNA India, it was demonstrated that the machine does work equal
The public is invited to have its say on the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed multi-billion dollar Arrow liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Gladstone. Arrow CSG (Australia) Pty Ltd is proposing to build a 300-hectare LNG facility on Curtis Island, in the Port of Gladstone. Dep
