The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will carry out an environment impact assessment of the Sethusamudram channel, which aims to dredge a navigable link through the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka, an official statement said Thursday. [mappress] Source: New Kerala, January 14, 2010
Final preparations are under way to get Great Yarmouth’s outer harbour ship-shape for the arrival of its first container vessel – with a pledge from bosses that the £30m scheme will not be a while elephant. [mappress] Source: The Advertiser 24, January 15, 2010;
A dredging operation which will allow abnormally large and heavy equipment bound for Pembroke Power Station to be delivered by sea instead of road, is set to begin this week. [mappress] Source: Milford & West Wales Mercury, January 14, 2010;
The Nereus can take orders through a 25-mile-long fiber-optic cable, but if that snaps, it can find its way back to the mother ship. Source: Discover, January 14, 2010
The Belgian dredging companies are already booked. By the end of February they will deepen the Westerschelde on Dutch territory. [mappress] Source: De Standaard, January 14, 2010
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Corps of Engineers is proposing an 18-year construction project that would cost more than $400 million to rehabilitate eroding jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River. [mappress] Source: Seattle pi, January 13, 2010;
Dredging and survey work along London Gateway Route will start next week [mappress] Source: Port of London, January 13, 2010
Boskalis / Dragamex together with Mammoet make good progress in Cuyutlán, Mexico on getting equipment into the lagoon. [mappress] Source: Maasmond Maritime, January 14, 2010
AVALON — A major emergency beach fill project that may result in more than 1 million cubic yards of sand being placed on beaches here and Sea Isle City this spring took a major step forward on Friday, Jan. 8. [mappress] Source:capemaycountyherald,January 13,2010;
University of Iowa researchers have confirmed that sediments of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind., are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). [mappress] Source: Science Daily, January 12, 2010
Dhaka, Jan 13 – The Netherlands will continue its support to Bangladesh, especially in water management, sharing its own experience of being at the heart of a European delta, the Dutch ambassador said. [mappress] Source: BD24News, January 13, 2010
The Belgian port of Antwerp will today learn whether the deepening of its key River Scheldt artery is going ahead, following a court ruling in the neighbouring Netherlands. [mappress] Source:lloydslist,January 12,2010
GALVESTON, Texas — The Army Corps of Engineers says repairs to Galveston’s Hurricane Ike-damaged seawall should be finished by April 1. [mappress] Source:.chron,January 12,2010;
The US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has awarded the first construction contract associated with the long anticipated construction of the La Quinta Channel Extension project. [mappress] Source: Heavy Lift, January 11, 2010
