The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Priyath Wickrama has said that the port was in the final stages of negotiations with a private investor consortium, led by China Merchant Holdings, for the construction of a new deepwater container terminal. [mappress] Source: Baird Maritime, Febr
LR-Fairplay reports that Fortescue Metals has announced that it will postpone a key phase of a major iron ore mine, port and rail development until 2013. [mappress] Source:wotnews,February 22,2010;
BAY CITY — The country’s largest diversified supplier of construction materials has acquired two docks on the Saginaw River, creating the potential for increased shipping traffic on a waterway that has seen sluggish times of late. [mappress] Source:mlive,February 22,2010;
Morgan Joseph repeats ‘Buy’ advice for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Nasdaq: GLDD), price target $8. Source: StreetInsider, February 22, 2010
Dredging work at Finnish harbours and along shipping routes are stirring up sediments on the sea bottom significantly more than the laying of the planned undersea natural gas pipeline would. [mappress] Source: Helsingin Sanomat, February 22, 2010
“SMELLY black goo” has been bubbling to the surface of Newcastle Harbour near the Stockton Ferry terminal, authorities confirmed yesterday. [mappress] Source: The Herald, February 22, 2010
A university scientist has been appointed chief investigator in a £607,000 research project aimed at understanding what happens when rivers meet tides in the world’s largest estuaries. [mappress] Source:brighton,February 19,2010;
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Projects to dredge sediment and silt from Tsengwen Reservoir in Tainan County and the Gaoping River in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area were launched Thursday in an effort to complete them before this year’s rainy or typhoon season. [mappress] Source:chinapost,February 21,2010;
Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers will discuss a variety of restoration and hurricane risk-reduction projects that are either being planned or are under construction along Louisiana’s coastline. [mappress] Source:nola,February 21,2010;
Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to continue the state’s fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel from Philadelphia south. [mappress] Source:newjerseynewsroom,February 20,2010;
EAST CHICAGO | Invoices went out at the beginning of the year seeking money from industries along the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and companies that use the waterways, but so far, no one’s paid up. [mappress] Source:nwitimes,February 21,2010;
A project to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel to 43-feet should be complete by the end of the year, officials said Friday… [mappress] Source:oregonlive,February 19,2010;
One of the engineers reviewing the dredging project in Saratoga Springs this week expressed some skepticism that PCB removal in the Hudson River could finish by its the expected end date. [mappress] Source:poststar,February 19,2010;
State Rep. Lake Ray of Jacksonville is asking fellow lawmakers to approve a plan for steering up to $500 million to Florida’s ports by using a portion of taxes paid by insurance companies. [mappress] Source:jacksonville,February 19,2010;
