AMSTERDAM –Dutch maritime services provider Smit Internationale NV Monday said it would recommend a takeover offer from Royal Boskalis NV after the dredging company raised its offer with a dividend for Smit shareholders… Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2010
Construction for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is stopped at the Haman weirs of the Nakdong River as a result of the discovery of sludge, in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, Jan. 22. This marked the second time sludge was discovered, following the discovery… [mappress] Sour
The $6,2 million contract consists of excavating shoal material from the project channel to a required depth of 40 feet plus an allowable 2-foot overdepth… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
DHAKA — A seven-member Indian team of experts is now working in Bangladesh responding to a request of Dhaka for helping restore the navigability of rivers under the dredging assistance programme… [mappress] Source: Associated Press of Pakistan, January 23, 2010;
QUIETLY but steadily, the whitish sand-water mix is churned out of giant underwater pipes as the roaring waves of the Atlantic Ocean give way to advancing machines, and the foundations of a new city literally emerge off the shores of the famous Bar Beach in Lagos… [mappress] Source: Guardian, Januar
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission estimates 2 million cubic meters of silt or about half the targeted volume dredged after seven months of work… [mappress] Source: Manila Standard Today, January 25, 2010;
No vessels and barges loaded with fertilizer, fuel and rice could reach Baghabari port for the last 18 days due to poor navigability in the Jamuna River, and thereby virtually brought the activities of the port into a halt. Sources said that a total of 32 vessels… [mappress] Source:nation.ittefaq,Ja
MUMBAI: The Shipping Ministry is planning to dilute the Government’s stake in three companies under it — Cochin Shipyard, Shipping Corp of India (SCI) and Dredging Corp of India (DCI) in the next fiscal (FY11), a top Shipping Ministry official said… [mappress] Source:economictimes.indiatimes.,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a recent report that the river expansion at the J.T. Myers Lock & Dam is needed to make room for a long-delayed extension of the dam’s auxiliary lock… [mappress] Source:chicagotribune,January 22,2010
The project work consists of maintenance dredging of shoal material at Kings Bay U.S. Navy Submarine Base Inner Channel… [mappress] Source: US Army, January 21, 2010;
The project work consists of removing shoals from the Entrance Channel, Trident Access Channel , & Trident Turning Basin. [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
THIBODAUX — Work has begun to clear thousands of trees officials say are clogging and slowing the flow of upper Bayou Lafourche, threatening drinking water supplies for Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes. [mappress] Source:dailycomet,January 21,2010;
The European Strategy for the Danube Region will bring to Romania primarily the improvement of the navigable channel, the development of ports on the Danube, the creation of jobs and economic growth nationwide, Liberal Euro-deputy Ramona Manescu told on Wednesday. [mappress] Source: Financiarul, Jan
ALBANY, N.Y. — Hudson River dredging released almost 25 times more PCBs into the water than expected, General Electric said Thursday in calling for changes in performance standards before the massive Superfund cleanup resumes. [mappress] Source: Associated Press, January 21, 2010
