According to the NDRC official, China which buys around two thirds of seaborne iron ore cargoes to feed the world largest steel industry … (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, December 2, 2011;
News that the Queensland port of Abbot Point looks set to become one of the largest coal export facilities in the world has conservationists… (news) [mappress] Source: news, December 2, 2011;
Sand Island, a spit of land that been missing from the horizon off Fort Morgan for generations, reappeared last month after the Mobile … By Gabriel Tynes (baldwincountynow) [mappress] Source: baldwincountynow, December 2, 2011;
A dredging project slated to displace several hundred thousand cubic yards of sediment from Marina del Rey Harbor is being supported by the Federal and county authorities. The undertaking between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and county officials was approved on November 15. Approximately 140,000
After almost five years since the establishment of the company in January 2007, Cai Mep International Terminal Co., Ltd (CMIT) was today officially opened by HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark and Mr. Ngo Thinh Duc – Vice Minister of Transportation. HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark is visiting Vietnam f
What is now West Africa’s largest and most modern container terminal, Terminal à Conteneur, developed and operated by global marine terminal operator DP World, was officially opened yesterday (November 30) by HE Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, together with HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairma
The Trailer Suction Hopper Dredge (TSHD) Brisbane will be arriving in Gladstone this week to carry out Gladstone ports Corporation annual maintenance dredging. Each year the THSD Brisbane travels along the Queensland Coast to each of the ports to maintain the depth of shipping channels and berths at
India’s Ministry of Shipping has announced the appointment of Captain D. K. Mohanty as Chairman and Managing Director of Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) Ltd for a period of five years. Captain D. K. Mohanty assumed his new role on November 30th. The Head Office of Dredging Corporation of India i
Covering the period of 2006 to 2011, Jordan’s major cargo gateway documents five years of progress and growth in trade, productivity, safety, employee relations, infrastructure investment and environmental performance, as container volumes have more than doubled and employee compensation has more th
On 30 November 2011, Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new Damen Multi Cat 3213 ‘Oceanus’. The Oceanus is the biggest Multi Cat ever built by Damen Shipyards and the first of its type. A sister vessel ‘Cronus’ is to be delivered April 2012, one month before the contractual delivery date
Due to lack of rainfall, the Danube is currently facing its lowest levels since 2003. Bigger ships are being blocked by multiple sand bars as a result of an extensive draught. According to the WWF human undertakings such as gravel extraction, dredging and dams have contributed to a significant loss
Cape Coral has a database residents can use to identify canals most in need of dredging in the city’s southeast quarter… By Don Ruane (news-press) [mappress] Source: news-press, December 1, 2011; Image: dredge
Brunei must move away from traditional approaches to flood management such as deepening and widening rivers as they are no longer … (bt) [mappress] Source: bt, December 1, 2011;
Even though some advancement has been made on the clogged channel, the long-term prospect for Oregon does not seem to be good. A number of conditions, including the lack of money, are contributing to shoaling under the main span of the Bonner Bridge. The side caster dredge Merritt had managed to sco
