A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held on October 29, 2012 to mark the completion of construction on the confined disposal facility (CDF) and the start of dredging at the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal in East Chicago, Indiana. Government officials joined the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)
MHF, a leading provider of packaging, transportation, logistics and technical services of environmentally sensitive materials, recently announced that it is expanding locations for the transfer of hard and soft-sided packaging from trucks to railcars. MHF is well known in the hazardous and radioacti
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on the city of Entiat’s recently updated shoreline master program. The locally-tailored updates will guide construction and development on about four miles of the city’s shoreline along the Entiat and Columbia rivers. Entiat’s
Samajalu Industrial Port Sdn Bhd expects construction of phase one of the RM1.8 billion Samalaju Port to be completed by the first quarter of 2016. It will have an annual handling capacity of 18 million tonnes of cargo for industries operating in Samalaju Industrial Park (SIP), which is part of the
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on the city of Buckley’s proposed updated shoreline master program. The draft shoreline program update will guide construction and development along the city’s three miles of White River shoreline. It combines local plans for f
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is holding the first stakeholder meeting to begin hammering out the Suwannee River Basin Management Action Plan. The plan will plot the course for restoring the Suwannee River and the unique spring systems that feed it, with activities throughout a
Deltares is helping the city of New York to devise a New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. The plan describes a vision for restructuring a number of districts close to the coast, with the aim of combining urban development with water safety. The main reason for taking action is a pressing lac
Recently, CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. have won the bid for Section B and C of Phase 2 of cofferdam construction in the south of the bulk area of Huanghua Port, with a contract value of 427 million yuan and a construction period of 300 days. Located in
On October 23, the breakwater project in Xuwei area of Lianyungang Port in Jiangsu Province broke ground. With a length of 21.8 kilometers, the breakwater project will cost 4.38 billion yuan. Section DXP-SG1 undertaken by CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. involves a 4,000-meter breakwater and
Armando Duarte-Peláez, a longtime board member of Colombia’s Sociedad Portuaria de Santa Marta, was formally installed on Oct. 25 as the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) chairman of the board for 2012-13. Sr. Duarte accepted his new chairmanship duties at a membership meeting in Mobi
Helix Energy Solutions Group’s new T1200 burial and trenching unit is quickly establishing a positive track record following the completion of an oil and gas project in the North Sea. The T1200 features a 1,200hp jet trenching spread, capable of burying product in water depths to 3,000m (10,000ft).
Orion Marine Group Inc, a leading heavy civil marine contractor, today reported a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2012, of $1.6 million ($0.06 diluted loss per share). These results compare to a net loss of $6.2 million ($0.23 diluted loss per share) for the same period a year ago.
A series of reports on activities in and around English seas are published yesterday by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The four new commissioned publications are part of the MMO’s work to identify and fill gaps in knowledge that marine planners, regulators and users currently face. The re
The Queensland Government has just released the draft Great Barrier Reef Port Strategy for public comment. Deputy Premier Seeney has stated that: ‘We will confine future development to the existing major ports where there is considerable scope for future development at Abbot Point, at Dudgeon Point
