Mazatlan has been a cruise destination for many years because the city offers such a wealth of tourist attractions, natural beauty, beaches and islands, guided walks, streets and facades and its rich supply of restaurateurs. Mazatlan’s Port Authority continues to invest; and since 2006, API Mazatlan
The Florida Ports Council released the following statement yesterday on Florida ports issues that were addressed during the 2012 Legislative Session. “By increasing minimum funding levels and providing new sources of funding for strategic seaport projects, the Florida Legislature demonstrated their
The mud drain test of Macau 1000CUM self-propelled split hopper barge was conducted on March 1, following the trial voyage on February 10, 2012. XED is authorized by Macau Entertainment Co. Ltd to conduct complete design (including detailed and workshop design). The barge was built at Zhongshan Weih
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Benoi basin dredging project will start tomorrow. Dredging works will be carried out by the crane barge. The crane barge will be held by spuds. Dredged mat
The Port of Djibouti is planning to invite bids for the expansion of the Doraleh Container Terminal, partly-owned by DP World. The prospect of a US$300 million development project scheduled to be completed in 2015 is to double the terminal’s annual capacity to around 3 million TEU, Aboubaker Omar Ha
OITE Conferences in association with the Ministry of Transport & Communication announced the 3rd Annual TransOman Conference 2012, which will take place from 14th – 16th May, at the Grand Hyatt in Muscat. The conference aims to promote Oman’s potential as the next Middle East logistic hub and gatewa
Ninigret Pond dredging project has been completed before its deadline and under budget. The maintenance dredging work was undertaken by the coastal council in cooperation with the town of Charlestown as part of the South Coast Restoration Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started dredging th
National Safety Week is being observed in Dredging Corporation of India, Visakhapatnam from 4th to 9th March 2012. On this occasion, Capt. D.K. Mohanty, Chairman and Managing Director, DCI, unfurled the Safety Flag at the DCI office premises, and addressed the officers and staff of the corporation.
A scoping study, most probably worth $5000, aimed at determining the cost of dredging Ballina’s North Creek is expected to be undertaken in near future, reports The Northern Star. A decision on whether to approve the $5000 for the scoping study will be made by the council at this month’s meeting. Pr
The Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Environment, Bola Ilori, stressed that the Osun state government last year spent approximately N500 million on dredging about 53 kilometers of waterways in several parts of the state. He has also disclosed that the stretch of the three streams would
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has written to the British Secretary of State Owen Paterson and the Port and Harbour Commission to ascertain ownership of the seabed of the River Foyle . His call comes following continuing wrangling over ownership of the seabed of the River Foyle and the legal
South Carolina’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Shoreline Management will meet March 13 at 9 a.m. in Room 307 of the Gressette Building in Columbia. The meeting agenda includes a brief staff presentation and continued committee discussion regarding the issuance of emergency orders and the use of sandbags
Residents and business owners in the Jug Creek system eagerly want the county to dredge the inlet between Jug Creek and Charlotte Harbor, reports News Press. This inlet is currently suitable only for movement of shallow-draft boats due to a considerable amount of sand that has accumulated over past
Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset. The Environment Agency and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) have worked closely with the local community to develop plans for an innovative flood defence and h
