Three weeks of dredging has begun at the Port of Ramsgate in preparation for the launch of a new ferry service to Belgium… [mappress] Source: Thanet News, March 8, 2010
PLUM ISLAND — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open bids Monday on a long-awaited project of beach re-nourishment at Plum Island and Salisbury… [mappress] Source: The Daily News of Newburyport, March 7, 2010
Dredging Supply Co. Inc. (DSCI) will be offering a special lease agreement option for its equipment to Philippine mining companies, especially small-scale operators, giving them the opportunity to significantly cut capital requirement… [mappress] Source: Business Mirror, March 9, 2010
La Push, WA – In conjunction with the United States Coast Guard, and various other state agencies, the dredge Nehalem that sunk late last month in the channel entrance of La Push was raised late Saturday night… [mappress] Source: Olympic Peninsula Enviromental News, March 7, 2010
A tiny marine bristle worm has stopped dredges from pumping sand along Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach for the past decade, while officials spent almost $68 million bulking up the oceanfront to the north and south… [mappress] Source: Florida Today, March 7, 2010
Sea level rise creates new business opportunity and “green jobs” that we’ll see more of, borne from the effects of climate change, as sea levels rise. The first floating island has just been commissioned this week by the sinking island nation of the Maldives, from Dutch Docklands… [mappress] Source:
The minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), Javier Flores Galarza, along with the minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, visited the regions of Ortega and Bolsón of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste,in order to observe the lower bank of the Tempisque river… [mappress] Source:insidecostarica,Ma
The folks at Dole are looking forward to the day when a deeper shipping channel on the Delaware River might allow them to bring in their fruit in bigger ships… [mappress] Source:delawareonline,March 7,2010;
GREEN BAY – More than $12.5 million in state grants will be used to improve ports and add jobs in Green Bay and Manitowoc… [mappress] Source:fox11online,March 7,2010;
The Bashundhara Group (BG) has decided to become a supporting force of the government in pacing up the capital dredging project for the major rivers and the coastal belts… [mappress] Source: The Financial Express, March 7, 2010
Russian investors would like to develop a coal terminal at Liepaja Port, according to the newspaper Bizness&Baltija. The planned investment is from EUR 50 to 100 million (LVL 35-70 million), but the time period for the implementation of the project has not been revealed… [mappress] Source: The Balti
A BOOZY sea captain who was drunk in charge of a ship on the Tyne has been fined… [mappress] Source: The Shields Gazette, March 5, 2010;
Projects like Dubai’s “The World” will cause untold damage of shoreline erosion and habitat loss. So do modern ports, threatening endangered species. But there are solutions, says US expert… Source: Green Prophet, March 5, 2010
Shipowners may run into both heavy fines and imprisonment as a consequence of lacking international rules for organic load in sewage plants. Many sewage plants may simply be too small. The issue will be a hot topic at the upcoming Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) conference in London fro
