DP World today celebrated the 41st UAE National Day with cultural and traditional Emirati festivities for its employees, partners, customers and friends. Activities included the ceremonial planting of a tree in response to the suggestion of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Pr
The Southampton Town Board approved a $24 million beach renourishment project for the ocean beaches of Water Mill, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, according to 27east.com. This project was revived and fast-tracked following the damage to homes and beaches during Hurricane Sandy. With the project appro
The FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director A.Lavrischev, Rosmorrechflot head A.Davydenko and Rosmorrechflot deputy head S.Gorelik on November, 21-23 paid a working visit to the sea ports of Murmansk and Kandalaksha. As planned events, A.Lavrischev, A.Davydenko and S.Gorelik met the Murmansk Region Gover
The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority will ask a Texas company for a detailed proposal to dredge the South Fork Reservoir. Albemarle Supervisor Ken Boyd and fellow RWSA members have heard from county residents who say dredging will enhance the reservoir as a source of recreation, reports wina.com. T
According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Cupsogue Beach has received new sand. Around 130,000 cubic yards of sand, dredged from the Moriches Inlet, has already been placed at the mentioned area, stated Aphrodite Montalvo, the spokeswoman for the DEC. She ad
HaloSource, the clean water technology company, has signed a supply agreement with Enviroclin Bio Solutions, a leading water solutions provider in Malaysia, to market and sell its unique HaloKlear(R) dry blend concentrates for water remediation application in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei
The federal government is scheduled this winter to set up a dredge off the coast of Ocean City, lay underwater pipe and pump more than a million cubic yards of sand onto the island’s storm-ravaged beaches. The $10 million beach-widening project is also scheduled to stop somewhere between 14th and 17
The Fox River Cleanup Project exceeded dredging goals for its fourth season on the lower Fox River, reports greenbaypressgazette.com. Dredging and processing operations on the Fox River for the 2012 season started May 14 and concluded on November 12. Some details are as follows: – Estimated volume o
The Inland Waterways Association has welcomed the announcement by Canal & River Trust that it will increase its spending on dredging over the next ten years. In a speech to the AGM of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators on 23rd November, John Dodwell, Canal & River Trust trustee explained th
Experts from the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) are in the process of preparing a detailed report on the possibilities of using seabed sediments for reclaiming the land for Koyilandy harbor, Times of India informs. The team visited the harbor to study which type of sediments would b
Jharkhand plans to develop its own inland port facility, reports dailypioneer. According to Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, mineral shipping is a good opportunity for the country’s rapid progress, having in mind that the country is rich in minerals. “During my trip I have witnessed that the po
The plan for the Little Narragansett Bay dredging project, as a very important venture, is slowly but surely taking shape despite the lack of funding. The proposed dredging program at the mentioned area includes removing 35,000 cubic yards of sand and 50,000 cubic yards of the silt, according to the
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyard Alabama LLC in Mobile yesterday had a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two dump scows to be built for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co, according to al.com. When complete, the entire first vessel will weigh about 1,600 tons and measure 295 feet long and 62 feet wide,
A concrete decision about the Salalah Port expansion plan will be introduced next year, according to Peter Ford, Chief Executive Officer of Salalah Port Services. Mr. Ford stated: “We have seen a growth of around 15 pct till the third quarter of this year. If we can expect that again on a regular ba
