Berrien County has hired Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT) to provide engineering and other services needed to renew a state permit to dredge sections of the St. Joseph River, according to heraldpalladium.com. Under this agreement, ECT is being paid more than $60,000 by Berrien County to s
Dredging project at the Glace Bay harbour is scheduled to commence on January 8, according to capebretonpost.com. “We expect it will take 12 weeks,” stated Brenda Alexander, the area manager for Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s small craft harbours branch. The contractor, J&T Van Zutphen of Port Hood,
Residents give a boisterous welcome to Jakarta’s newly elected governor, Joko Widodo, when he shows up for a town meeting with the residents of a Jakarta slum where residents’ shacks overlook the muddy, garbage-strewn waters of the Ciliwung River. The governor’s administration plans to fix chronic f
The dredging project on the canals in the West Shore area will probably commence in the spring, according to tbo.com. The tides aren’t favorable for effective dredging this time of the year, said the Tampa’s public works director Irv Lee, and added: “If you can’t get the barge in or you can’t get eq
With reference to the press release of 21 December 2012 in which Boskalis announced its decision to make an all cash voluntary public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise at a price of EUR 18.50 per share (the Offer) and to expect the offer document to be sent to Dock
By the new Mintrans of Russia order in accordance with the article 19 of the Federal Law dated 8.11.2007 №261-ФЗ the new list of port dues in the sea ports of Russian Federation was approved. This order determines subjects wich are entitled to charge port dues. In particular, only FSUE “Rosmorport”
DeepOcean UK, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, today announced it had been awarded a trenching contract by Subsea 7 on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project in Australia. DeepOcean will be responsible for the project management, engineering and associated trenching works of approximat
Essar Ports Limited, one of the largest private sector port companies in India and part of the US$ 27 billion Essar Group, has announced the commissioning of its 16 million metric tons per annum (MMTPA) dry bulk terminal at Paradip, taking the aggregate handling capacity of Essar Ports Limited to 10
Citing drought that has led to low water levels, Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken asked in a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee this week to add money to support the dredging of Great Lakes harbors and channels so as not to disrupt shipping. The senators are hoping the comm
The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and Ennore Port (EPL) will together raise around Rs 3,500 crore through tax-free infrastructure bonds, reports thehindubusinessline.com. Regarding this plan, P. K. Sinha, the Union Shipping Secretary stated: “They should issue the
The International Association of Dredging Companies presented its Best Paper Award for a Young Author for the 28th time at the CEDA Dredging Days 12-13 December 2012 in Abu Dhabi, to Mr. Arnaud Verschelde for his paper ‘Erosion Behaviour of a Draghead’. Mr. Arnaud Verschelde graduated from the Delft
A major beach nourishment project that will repair the beachfront in Avalon and Stone Harbor is expected to get underway right before the Christmas holiday. A dredge that will pump up to 710,000 thousand cubic yards on the beaches in both communities is expected to begin on or about Sun
Early Christmas present for the DPWorld team at London Gateway Port, as the 170-metre general cargo vessel, Wieniawski, docked at around 8.00 am today (Friday, 21 December) to discharge a cargo of container crane parts as development of the new port continues. Wieniawski, is the first vessel to dock
Twelve companies from eight states have contracts for a total of up to $500 million in dredging for the Army Corps of Engineers. Orion Marine Construction Inc., Tampa, Fla., (W912EP-13-D-0003); Cavache Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., (W912EP-13-D-0004); Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company L
