Louisiana has a suggestion for the contractors building a massive sand barrier along its coast: hurry up… By Jeffrey Ball (wsj) [mappress] Source: wsj, October 12, 2010;
Delayed several months by the state’s efforts to fight oil, a pipeline project aimed at carrying some of the abundant sediment from the … By Nikki Buskey (houmatoday) [mappress] Source: houmatoday, October 12, 2010;
Constitution Mining Corp. (CMIN.OB) is pleased to provide the results of a recent visit to its GoldSands properties by Henk van Muijen, … [mappress] Source: marketwatch, October 12, 2010
The Caribbean Isles Co-Operative Association (CICA) has proposed the maintenance dredging of all canals within the Caribbean Isles Mobile… (tampaport) [mappress] Source: tampaport, October 12, 2010;
The Bristol Port Company has appointed specialist maritime engineers to carry out detailed site investigation work for its new £500 million… (logisticsmanager) [mappress] Source: logisticsmanager, October 12, 2010;
The strengthening of North Quay Berths 4 to 9, to cater for bigger container ships, is now about 40% complete. Work is currently underway on Berths 6 and 7, with wharf and sheet piling, construction of strong anchor points and the installation of new fenders. Construction contractor Thiess Georgiou
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that dredging works of Pasir Panjang Terminal and Pasir Panjang Wharves begin. Works will include reclamation, dredging, soil investigation, caisson construction, demolit
Seven months after work was officially “paused” on public facilities in the €300m Greystones Harbour redevelopment project in north Co … (build) [mappress] Source: build, October 12, 2010;
The reconstruction of Berth 10 has won the Management of Engineering award at the 2010 WA Engineering Excellence Awards held by Engineers Australia in Perth on 18 September. The berth, previously unsuitable for container shipping, now provides an additional 180 metres of operational wharf space for
Jan De Nul Group is pleased to inform that on September 28th a contract was signed with the Peruvian Government for the further deepening of the access channel to the port of Callao. The scope of works consists in deepening the port from current 14 meters to 16 meters, converting Callao in one of th
DP World has commissioned a $500m port in the Callao district of Peru. The Muelle Sur port can handle around 850,000teu annually… (ship-technology) [mappress] Source: ship-technology, October 11, 2010;
Good progress is being made by the two dredges being used for Phase 2 of the dredging and, at this stage, this phase of the dredging should be completed well before the contracted completion date of 19 November. Specialist dredging company Boskalis Australia Pty Ltd is using two of its most sophisti
The Rajang River has become navigable again after a massive logjam caused by widespread landslides upriver cleared, bringing relief to operators of passenger and cargo vessels. The long stretch of logs and wooden debris floating from Balleh in the Kapit Division over the past two days has drifted to
Fundamental shifts in global trade patterns present a growing challenge to Long Beach and Los Angeles as they seek to maintain their coveted… By Kristopher Hanson (presstelegram) [mappress] Source: presstelegram, October 11, 2010;
