ABPmer has recently prepared a habitat creation design for the Army Sailing Association, Thorney Island. The proposed scheme is intended to offset intertidal habitat lost or disturbed by the construction of a new pontoon proposed as part of the works for an upgraded Army inshore sailing training cen
Dozens of landowners were among a crowd of more than 200 people who attended a public meeting to learn more about a proposal to build a ring levee for the communities of Oxbow, Bakke and Hickson, ND. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Diversion Authority hosted the meeting on Tuesday, January
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company was awarded an $878,000 contract on December 27, 2012 for maintenance dredging at Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River in Maine and New Hampshire. The project was awarded and will be managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. It i
On December 28, China Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHEC) signed an EPC contract with the Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan for NaiGaj dam project, with a total contract value of 390 million US dollars and a construction period of about three years. The project is jointly operated by
Recently, CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the EPC contract for the ro-ro terminal in Nanshan, Sanya, Hainan Province, with a contract value of 122 million yuan and a construction period of 18 months. Located in Nanshan, Yacheng, Sanya, the project involves a 3000t
On December 17, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. announced relevant indexed sample stock would be adjusted from the first trading day of 2013. According to the indexing rules, upon deliberation by the index advisory committee, in the sample adjustment, CCCC was entere
Recently, CCCC has won the bid for Section I and II of Zone A1 and B1 reclamation works and the separation levee works of Phase 2 of the reclamation and soft foundation treatment project of the polder zone in Cangnan County, Zhejiang Province, with a total contract value of 498 million yuan and a co
On Jan. 14, 2013 Governor Rick Scott announced a commitment of $38 million in state and local funding to complete Phase II of the TraPac Container Terminal project at JAXPORT. The investment enables JAXPORT to jump-start the final phase of fixing the navigational problems in the St. Johns River at M
The Florida Ports Council released the following statement from Bill Johnson, chairman of the Florida Ports Council and port director for PortMiami, on Governor Scott’s commitment of $38 million to the JAXPORT Mile Point Project. “Governor Scott has demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to Florid
As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable development, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) will showcase its award winning projects at the International Water Summit (IWS) 2013, part of the World Future Energy Summit, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). ADPC has been recogni
The Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments is scheduled for February 4-7, 2013, at Dallas Hyatt Riverfront Hotel. The Conference is organized and presented by Battelle and sponsored by public- and private-sector organizations active in environmental assessment, rem
Removal of debris Hurricane Sandy dumped in Barnegat Bay is expected to get under way early this week. Gov. Chris Christie says nearly 1,400 boats either sank or were abandoned in New Jersey waterways during the storm. In Mantoloking, 58 homes and eight cars were washed into the bay. After all the m
A Kongsberg TOPAS PS 40 – Parametric sub bottom profiler has recently been installed on MMT’s survey vessel Triad. The acceptance tests of the new system were successfully performed in early December outside Nynäshamn in the Stockholm archipelago. The Topas 40 will add the benefit of high spatial re
Boeing has begun dredging the waterway near its former Plant 2 facility, a major step in the company’s commitment to restore natural habitat along the industrial Lower Duwamish Waterway. While the city of Seattle, King County, the Port of Seattle, Boeing and many other businesses along the waterway
