The Netherlands’ Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. Simon Smits, accompanied by a Dutch Economic Mission and a big delegation of 90 Dutch company representatives recently attended the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit in India. At the event Mr. Smits met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
The Ports and Harbours West Africa summit is scheduled for 26 – 28 January, 2015, in Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, Accra, Ghana. Formally supported by the Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority, the Ports and Harbours West Africa event will focus on operational and construction challenges
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ first public workshop on the Sacramento River Bank Protection Project will begin today, January 14, at 4:00pm in the Arthur F. Turner Community Library, West Sacramento. The release of the Sacramento River Bank Protection Project (SRBPP) Draft Environmental Impact S
The 12th annual conference on “Ports in India- New Focus Areas and Challenges: Solutions and Strategies” will take place on January 28-29, at The Leela, Mumbai. The mission of this conference is to analyse key trends, provide an update on policy developments, discuss key issues, examine implementati
Taking place on 20-23 May 2015 in Singapore, Dredging & Land Reclamation Asia Summit 2015 will again be the premier meeting place for port, dredging and land reclamation professionals. The event will incorporate case studies and updates from the latest port dredging projects around the region and wi
Registration is now open for the 2015 WEDA Midwest Chapter meeting in Milwaukee, WI (March 11th – 13th, 2015, Doubletree by Hilton Milwaukee Downtown). A reception will begin the conference Wednesday night, March 11, followed by presentations Thursday morning, March 12 and a technical tour in the af
A simplified method to map storm inundation with and without sea level rise for varying return periods has been developed and implemented for RI coastal waters. STORMTOOLS was launched online in draft form December 2014 to provide web-based access to a suite of coastal planning tools (numerical mode
People in Cardigan are invited to attend a drop in session to discuss issues around flooding in the town. It comes as Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is assessing the potential for a new flood scheme to protect the 113 properties at risk of tidal flooding. At the event, staff from NRW will be keen to
The World Ocean Council (WOC) has announced that the 3rd Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) will be held on 9-11 November, 2015 in Singapore. The SOS is the only international, multi-sectoral, business event dedicated to “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”. This first SOS to be held in Asia, the 2015 event
The II International Forum of Dredging Companies will be held on February 19, 2015, in Moscow, Russia. Participation of top managers representing the world’s major dredging companies like Van Oord, DAMEN, Jan de Nul, Mordraga, Dredge Yard, Boskalis, HYDROMEC, EKOHIDROTECHNIKA is expected at the even
In direct response to the need for more sustainable processes, CEDA Dredging Days 2015 will focus on innovative dredging solutions for ports and present the latest technical and scientific developments. Experts from port authorities, knowledge institutes, universities, engineering consultants, gover
Now in its 4th year, Dredging and Port Expansion Africa event, taking place from 27 – 29 January 2015, will be held in Durban, South Africa. “Africa’s leading event will focus on partnerships for new projects, port accessibility and congestion management will provide you with strategies on how to de
The conference named “Contaminated Sediments: Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology and Engineering” will be held from 8-13 March, 2015, at the Conference Centre Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland. Each topic will be introduced by one or more invited keynote speakers and completed with presentations
The 5th Edition of the Leading and Definitive International Maritime Expo in Vietnam and Indochina, INMEX Vietnam, will take place from 18-20 March 2015, at Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre (TBECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. This conference (formerly known as Maritime Vietnam) is the most compreh
