Marking the last day of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee visit to Australia protesters descended on Gladstone Harbour and stopped dredging. Mark (Potts) Driscoll chained himself to the harbour dredge Razende Bol and Rotterdam boat, shutting down the controversial development of the Coal Seam Gas
Aqua Vision BV has announced that it will host the 9th ADCP Workshop on 20-21 June, 2012. Past workshops have proven to be a huge success and this years’ will be no different. With a host of international speakers, demonstrations of the latest ADCP technology and an array of interactive workshops, i
AF Group has entered into an agreement with Yara Glomfjord to upgrade quays and dredge in front of quays. The contract includes rehabilitation and renovation of the quay structures. This project will commence in March 2012 and is scheduled for completion in May 2013. The contract has an estimated va
The $18 million renourishment project, which comprises various parts of the barrier island west of Bradenton, is scheduled to begin in 2015, said Charlie Hunsicker, the county’s natural resources director, according to Bradenton Herald. State documents say that state, federal and local sources are e
Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and the global technology standard for managing the movement of cargo through terminals, today announced London Gateway Port Limited has selected Navis for its SPARCS N4 terminal operating system (TOS) as part of a new technologically advanced terminal developme
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and local business leaders are expected to give an announcement on the Port of Rochester Thursday morning, Rochester.ynn.com reports. At that occasion, a plan for the Port of Rochester dredging will be released. Large ships used to bring in raw materials have not been
An agreement between two ports of Falmouth on opposite sides of the world got the royal seal of approval from Prince Harry during his recent tour of the Caribbean. Falmouth, Jamaica and Falmouth, Cornwall have entered into a sister port relationship to promote good will and friendship with each othe
The International Association of Dredging Companies presented its Best Paper Award for a Young Author at the PIANC COPEDEC held at the IIT Madras, Chennai, India, on February 24, 2012, to Darshana T. Dassanayake for his paper, “Important Engineering Properties of Geotextile Sand Containers and their
Care for the environment remains one of the most urgent issues of our times. And it cannot be said often enough: Environmental preservation and remediation is a top priority for the dredging industry as well. For people in the dredging industry, that is a given. But for those outside of the industry
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is conducting a project to restore sand to approximately 1,730 linear feet of shoreline from the west end of the Kuhio Beach swim basin, near the Duke Kahanamoku statue, to the existing Royal Hawaiian groin. The affected work area is limited to thi
The restoration project on the Colorado Lagoon through a massive dredging work has reached full tilt these last couple weeks, Gazettes.com reports. “Everything is moving along and they have a quota of getting 1,000 cubic yards a day dredged,” said Taylor Parker, education director of the Friends of
The Chairman of the 5 man ad-hoc Committee in charge of investigating activities of illegal dredging operators on Lagos Waterways, Hon. Rotimi Abiru, stated that his committee has determined several unregistered dredging operators on Lagos waterways with no permission to operate, perpetrating illega
Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the expansion of capacity in terms of development of terminals, berths etc. in Major Ports in the country is done predominantly on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with investments f
The Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the Government has requested all coastal States in the country to explore the possibility to set up a new Major Port or a new Ship Building yard or a composite Port-Cum-Shipbuilding y
