It may be the most studied civil works project in the history of this region. But, some 13 years and $36 million later, the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is still awaiting an anticipated OK, now expected in April of next year… [mappress] Source:savannahnow,April 25,2010;
New York State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis celebrated 40th anniversary of Earth Day by highlighting progress in the Greater Capital Region at a news conference at the Corning Preserve along the Hudson River… [mappress] Source:readmedia,April 23,2010;
The massive reclamation at Pasir Panjang continues until Oct 10. This huge site is next to Labrador’s shores, near Sentosa’s natural shores and close to Cyrene Reef.Dredging and reclamation works lead to high levels of sediments and thus murky waters. Like haze in the air, this ‘cloudy’ water… [mapp
Five teams have been constituted to complete the annual dredging of Nullah Leh by the first week of June, Water And Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed said on Thursday… [mappress] Source:dailytimes,April 23,2010;
Dredging operations will displace one fisherman from a slip at the West Ocean City Harbor, the county decided this week. The Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge the Ocean City Inlet to the West Ocean City Harbor and the harbor turning basins needs somewhere to offload the dredge spoil… [mappre
Capt. Terence Pittman, chairman of the corporation’s board of directors, says the Netherlands-based company chosen as the preferred bidder for the contract needs a response by mid-May — before Ports Day (May 20 at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion in Sydney).The Sydney Marine Group… [mappress] Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to make sure sediments do not flow out of the nearly dry North Park Lake while contractors dredge the body back to its original depth. The lake was drained last year to allow for dredging this summer. Two creeks flow into the lake and they have… [&hel
WORK should begin in June on two new deep-water berths at Montrose Port, after the project received over £8million in funding on Friday. On a visit to Montrose Harbour, transport infrastructure and climate change minister Stewart Stevenson announced a £3.2million… [mappress] Source:montrosereview,Ap
The Port Authority of Zadar and the Austrian construction group Strabag signed a contract for phase II of the new Gaženica ferry terminal at Zadar, Croatia. The contract is worth € 93 million and covers maritime structures, access roads and basic infrastructure of the new terminal… [mappress] Source
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency last week issued a water quality certification to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows for the disposal of up to 800.000 cubic yards of dredged sediment from the Toledo Harbor into the open lake… [mappress] Source:presspublications,April 23,2010;
Although all signs point to the federal government not picking up the responsibility of dredging the Red River again after abandoning the process in the late 1990s, they are far from leaving the North Red River region high and dry when it comes to helping out with flood mitigation, according to Selk
A New Jersey federal court judge has bluntly rejected what he implied was a “judge shopping” attempt by parties battling over a consolidation of lawsuits targeting the Delaware River deepening project. Judge Joel A. Pisano made the point in denying a compromise that would have merged New Jersey’s ch
Piles of garbage forming small islands in the East Flood Canal (KBT) have drawn serious attention from Jakarta capital city government. To overcome that problem, the government has given direct instructions to East and North Jakarta Mayors as well as local heads of urban villages to immediately remo
Coordination of feasibility study of the project of construction of new Baku International Sea Trade Port Complex to be located in Alat settlement in 40 km south of Baku has been finished. The Azerbaijani government says that readiness of technical documentation enables to begin works on port constr
