U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell applauded the start of dredging on the Swinomish Channel in Skagit County. The channel was long overdue for dredging, and more than 500 jobs could have been lost if nothing was done. In 2012, the Army Corps of Engineers supported only two dredging projects on small waterw
On Saturday, the construction work has begun on a submerged breakwater in the Kainan City harbor, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. According to newsonjapan.com, the steel pipes measuring 3 meters wide and 30 meters long were buried in the seabed. “The breakwater will greatly reduce damage caused
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $760,500 contract to repair the east breakwater in Stonington Harbor to Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman Inc. of Branford. According to the Corps, about 3,000 tons of stone will be used for this project. “Several sections of the breakwater incurred significant
Experts and government officials said that the India’s plans of more than doubling its port capacity in five years could become a pipe dream as the major projects involving foreign investors have run aground recently. According to indiatimes.com, in the past few months, four separate port projects h
According to the village’s newsletter, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting bids for the dredging of a channel adjacent to Bald Head Island. The dredging program will replace sand on South and West beaches on the island. The bid calls for dredging of sand that is expected to be used to sho
“A lack of maintenance at Sunset Marina is a threat to the future of the popular harbor,” Rock Island city leaders said. According to kwqc.com, the water has become so shallow that some of the docks are sitting at the bottom of the lake instead of floating. The last time the marina entrance was dred
Federal Government has approved the East Arm Wharf dredging plan for the new $104 million marine supply base. According to the Territory Government, 635.000 cubic metres will be removed until the end of November, and 50.000 cubic metres over 46 days from May next year. ‘‘The conditions require train
Plans to dredge Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach are moving forward, but officials say the choice of dredging equipment could delay the project until next summer. Mayor Sam Cooper said the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has approached Rehoboth Elementary School officials
Kevin Stewart, the Commerce and Employment minister, recently suggested that the States should re-explore potential Belle Greve Bay land reclamation scheme to solve a series of major headaches for the island. He stated that a large amount of the island is reclaimed land. “This is what Guernsey has d
The Port of Barcelona has approved a public tender to build and operate the Bocana Nord marina. Situated 100 metres from the Hotel W, Barcelona, the new infrastructure will occupy a surface area of 2.5 hectares, 5 hectares of sheltered waters and will have a fairway of 75 metres. At an Executive Ses
Dredging project at the Berth Number 2 of the oil port of Kozmino (LLC Spetsmornefteport Kozmino) is scheduled for completion on October 22, according to portnews.ru. This dredging project will enable access for 120,000 DWT tankers to the Berth Number 2. “Increasing capacity of Spetsmornefteport is
Terminal Catalunya, a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings, celebrated the grand opening of its new semi-automated deep-water container terminal – Barcelona Europe South Terminal. The opening was presided over by His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos I. BEST, located in the Port of Barcelona, i
National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has urged the Federal Government to dredge the entire River Niger. He said that the dredging of the entire river would enable it to contain the large volume of water coming into Niger from all the inlets. “The over-flooding took
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the Port Lavaca firm won the Matagorda dredging contract. RLB Contracting Inc. of Port Lavaca, Texas, received a $6,694,600 firm-fixed-price contract. Work will be performed in Matagorda, Texas, with an estimated completion date of August 30, 2013. [
