Looking out from streets on the edges of Venice, it is impossible to ignore the dark forms that dot the city’s lagoon. Dredging machines idle like large mechanical birds in the middle of calm water, auguring the development that Italian officials and the Port Authority argue will transform Venice… [
Oman’s Port of Salalah plans to issue tender documents for construction work on the $120m expansion of the port’s general container terminal to begin by the end of March… [mappress] Source: AME Info, MArch 1, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH — The director at the port of Georgetown said the dredging situation there is now bad enough that the port turns away cargo and diverts it to Charleston… [mappress] Source: The Post and Courier, March 1, 2010;
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has undertaken massive dredging and reclamation works in Pakistan’s largest city to develop in phases a deepwater container port to the south east of the existing port without obtaining the statutory environmental clearance… [mappress] Source: The Peninsula, Mar
ABUJA—IN a swift move to nip in the bud what is capable of sectionalizing his Presidency, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described as outright falsehood reports that he has cancelled the ongoing N36 billion dredging of the River Niger in Lokoja and diverted the funds… [mappress] Sour
Dredging Corporation of India Limited is a premier national dredging company in India and is a Category-I Mini Ratna Enterprise. The Company caters to the dredging requirement of all the major ports in India, Navy, non-major ports all over India etc. The Company has also undertaken some of the prest
The endless saga of incompetence regarding the Cirkewwa terminal is continuing, said the Labour Party spokesperson for Infrastructure and Public Works, Charles Buhagiar in a statement yesterday. [mappress] Source:independent,February 28,2010;
The massive expansion of a north-east town’s harbour is well under way. [mappress] Source:pressandjournal,February 28,2010;
Calcutta: Bengal’s clarion call for a new deepwater port in the state was heard by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today when he announced the construction of a port at Sagar Island. [mappress] Source:telegraphindia,February 28,2010;
Port Otago’s up to $100 million plans for deepening 13km of the its shipping channel is its largest single capital expenditure project. Dredging began in 1866 and has since removed about 34 million cubic metres of spoil. [mappress] Source:odt,February 26,2010;
AVALON–While coastal storms continue to pound on already battered beaches, Avalon and Sea Isle City are moving forward on an emergency beach fill project. The Avalon Borough Council awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Illinois for it’s bid of $10.406 million. [mappress] Sour
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority signed an agreement with Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. to develop an area here into a modern industrial port and logistics hub. [mappress] Source:manilastandardtoday,February 26,2010;
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the Port of Houston Authority Monday to see how $98.8 million in stimulus funding is benefiting the local economy and helping make the Houston Ship Channel more accessible to bigger laden ships. [mappress] Source:chron,February 26,2010;
Wrightsville Beach has been virtually transformed into a construction zone. As of Tuesday, Feb. 23, the beach renourishment project had nearly reached Johnnie Mercer’s Pier. [mappress] Source:luminanews,February 26,2010;
