The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) closed calendar year 2011 with volume increases across business segments, concluding a year highlighted by progress on the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project, record big ship traffic and the completion of major capital improvements. In results announced at
A U.S. appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday on a $300 million project to deepen the Delaware River to allow for more shipping traffic… (newsworks) [mappress] Source: newsworks, January 18, 2012; Image: usace
Called to Morehead city to remove hazardous shoaling, a dredge owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wound up responding to an emergency of a different sort early on the morning of Martin Luther King Day. Crew members of the Dredge McFarland rescued a boater who had reportedly been floating in 4
Grindrod Limited, the JSE listed integrated logistics services supplier and the Vitol Group, one of the world’s largest energy trading businesses, have entered into an agreement effective 1 January 2012. Vitol will acquire from Grindrod a 35% interest in the company which owns the Maputo coal termin
Ron Foley, Long Island’s Regional Director of State Parks, said that the dredging project on the Nissequogue River State Park was completed successfully last week. He also stated that the marina will operate as normal in the coming years. The Nissequogue River State Park is located on the north shor
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a project to clean out a number of major waterways in Jakarta, in support of the provincial government’s flood management system. The Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project – also known as the Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative, or JEDI – wi
A NEW task force has been established to help tackle the ongoing blockage of the Myall River’s eastern channel… BY NATHALIE CRAIG (myallcoastnota) [mappress] Source: myallcoastnota, January 18, 2012;
Okaloosa County commissioners abolished the beach renourishment project, but they will maintain the county’s five year dredging permit. The County commissioners held a public meeting Tuesday night to consider abolishing property assessed annual fees, or MSBU funding, to pay for the project. A lot of
The head of the EPA’s New England region recently backed the use of CAD cell technology in the harbor cleanup, arguing it is a proven … By CHARIS ANDERSON (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, January 18, 2012; Image: EPA
Something unusual happened in the South Carolina Senate Chambers Tuesday… By Jennifer Bellamy (wltx) [mappress] Source: wltx, January 18, 2012;
A state government project to dredge Swansea Channel has been labelled a disaster and linked to the collapse of the Belmont Airport seawall… BY DAMON CRONSHAW (theherald) [mappress] Source: theherald, January 18, 2012;
Western Marine Limited, the country’s leading shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, delivers a repaired dredger to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday. CPA chairman Cdre Muhammed Anwarul Islam took the delivery of the dredger at a ceremony held at the Chittagong port gate Jetty 1. Heads of
The work of a pilot project to dredge some 20-kilometre area under the government’s mega plan to protect the navigability of the rivers … (bdnews24) [mappress] Source: bdnews24, January 18, 2012;
Flush with $550,000 from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Manatee County natural resources director Charlie Hunsicker … By Rick Catlin (islander) [mappress] Source: islander, January 18, 2012;
