The construction of Maasvlakte 2, the land reclamation project in the North Sea that will enlarge the port of Rotterdam with 2,000 ha, is proceeding well. Two weeks ago, construction consortium PUMA shifted the largest amount of sand ever in one week in a land reclamation project. Eleven Boskalis… [
The council is to invest £3 million this year in dredging Scalloway Harbour, it was agreed at a meeting of the harbour board today. The work will create a channel 8.5 metres deep by 100 metres wide, and straighten the approaches into the harbour. The harbour board had originally… [mappress] Source:s
For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies, in co-operation with UNESCO – IHE, organises… [mappress] Source:IADC,A
Olmsted and Wabasha counties’ efforts to establish a dredging district around Lake Zumbro are back to square one. Legal research by the Olmsted County Attorney’s office turned up a 1989 state attorney general’s opinion that the 50-percent threshold for signatures… [mappress] Source:postbulletin,Apri
The under-utilised Cuddalore minor port in Tamil Nadu is to be developed by the private sector under the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode. This is for the first time in the country that an existing minor port is to be developed in the PPP mode while other minor ports developed… [mappress] Sourc
Holland harbor’s first commercial vessel of the season got stuck before it got there. Annual dredging is scheduled to start as early as next week, according to the Army Corps of Engineers Detroit office. A tug boat-barge combination had to back off of a sandbar at the entrance to the Holland… [mappr
ST. PETERSBURG — The Baltic Sea port of Ust Luga expects to more than double exports this year on its way to becoming a major trade route for refined oil products, coal, grains and even cars, the port’s director said. Coal miner Kuzbassrazrezugol will expand its terminal at Ust Luga… [mappress] Sour
SAN DIEGO — The last time Mission Bay Channel was dredged, Los Angeles was hosting the Olympic Games, Apple just introduced the Macintosh computer, and Robert Duvall won an Academy Award for best actor in “Tender Mercies.” A lot of water has rushed in and out of Mission Bay since… [mappress] Source:
Korea and the Netherlands have agreed to work together on Korea’s river restoration and land reclamation projects.During a bilateral summit between President Lee Myung-bak and the visiting prime minister of the Netherlands, Peter Balkenende in Seoul, the two leaders welcomed the signing of various a
There’s still a lot of oil and gas under the earth’s crust, but it’s often buried extremely deep or found in barren locations subject to extremes of heat or cold. If you want to extract such costly energy sources and transport them to the civilised world, you’ll need a brand new ship to make it [&he
St. Charles Mayor Patti York is seeking up to $80 million in federal funds to carve a canal between the Missouri River shore and Bangert Island to help boost a plan for a mammoth commercial/residential project nearby.The request was made public during a briefing Monday… [mappress] Source:interact.st
The Department of Defence and the Royal Australian Navy plan to start dredging sediment at Garden Island by the end of this month. The site was last dredged in 1999. The sediment has been classed as “solid waste” according to the Defence Department but may also be contaminated with… [mappress] Sourc
Florida environmental officials tentatively approved plans Tuesday to dredge Mayport Naval Station’s basin and navigation channel to handle larger ships. Dredging to make the basin 52 feet deep is one in a series of steps that have to be completed before a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can be bas
THE new Mersey Ports dredger Shoalway will be named at Liverpool Cruise Terminal on Friday. Shoalway will be sponsored by Patricia Hodgson, wife of Peel Ports Mersey managing director Gary Hodgson, at midday. The 90m long suction dredger is owned by Westminster Dredging Co and replaces bucket dredge
