Dredging and breakwater construction on a new harbour being built next to Sri Lanka’s Colombo port is on schedule, said a senior official of the Asian Development Bank which is funding the work. But talks on a contract to design and build the new deep-water port’s first container terminal were still
The Dredged Material Disposal Facility, shaped like a shark fin, is seen from the air on the Bay-Saginaw County line as the freighter Calumet makes its way down the Saginaw River last week… [mappress] Source:mlive,April 21,2010;
It is reported that Mumbai Port Trust proposes to create dedicated facilities for containers, dry bulk, pre shipment storage and related infrastructure and increase traffic to over 100 million tonne from the present level of 54.54 million tonne… [mappress] Source:worldnews,April 20,2010;
Officials from General Electric Co. have sent a letter to environmentalists and community leaders offering to hold a meeting with residents to discuss the first year of the Hudson River dredging project… [mappress] Source:poststar,April 20,2010;
Authority chief executive, John Wallace, confirmed last week that he was delighted with the work on the 200m long, all weather deepwater berth at the port, with many folk now noticing a marked difference in the area… [mappress] Source:buchanobserver,April 20,2010;
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – North Beach sand-replenishment contractors, plagued by frequent rains and equipment failures, say they need to stay on the beach for at least nine days of the height of sea-turtle nesting season to finish the first phase of their $10.3 million project… [mappress] Source:tcpalm,
Prock Marine is in town this week to sound Bass Harbor in preparation for the dredging project to begin in November.Prock brought its 140-foot-by-55-foot barge to the harbor by towboat on Monday morning. The massive presence was scheduled to remain through Tuesday… [mappress] Source:villagesoup,Apri
MUMBAI: The Vasai revenue officials conducted a raid at the Vaitarna Creek in Dolvi, Khardi and Khaniwade villages in Thane district and busted the sand mafia operating in the area on Sunday.Bhiwandi sub-divisional officer Revati Gaikar said she and her staff went in three boats to check the sand dr
Three people allegedly under investigation for bids submitted to dispose of river dredge material in a project to reclaim mine-scarred land in Hazleton contributed $10,400 to the 2007 re-election campaign of Mayor Lou Barletta… [mappress] Source:timesleader,April 20,2010;
The LMOA dredging program will soon expand by offering dredging to lakefront homeowners (for a fee). The plan is to incorporate homeowner dredging into the schedule rotation for normal maintenance dredging in the major coves… [mappress] Source:charlottesvillerealestatenews,April 20,2010;
Duluth, MN – No more will ships leave Minnesota’s Great Lakes ports with less than full loads once Congress passes legislation introduced last week. Senate Bill 3213 requires the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (“HMTF”) to spend what it takes in each year rather than amass a surplus that is used to pa
„IT is the Gold Coast’s most valuable piece of real estate and we do almost nothing for it.“ That was the opinion of countless Gold Coast political and business leaders,plus marine industry members when asked about the ongoing battle to have the State Government commit to fixing the Broadwater… [map
A two-week trial is set to begin today to determine who pays to clean up Big Spring Creek outside of Lewistown — decades after cancer-causing chemicals were first detected in wild trout in that area. The renowned trout stream was contaminated for years as paint laden with polychlorinated biphenyl… [
The Port Authority says the construction work in Hambantota Harbour is being conducted as scheduled. Chairman of the Authority Dr. Priyath Banduwickrema says the target is to operate the first vessel into the harbour in November this year… [mappress] Source:slbc,April 19,2010;
