The Newman Government is removing red tape and sand as part of its election commitment to reinvigorate the Gold Coast’s waterways. Premier Campbell Newman outlined the final boundaries for the Gold Coast Waterway Authority while announcing a new $1.8 million dredging program for the mouth of the Coo
The Port’s dredger “Kari Hege” operates in the Wells Harbour from Monday to Friday. Its normal area of work is in the main channel between buoy number 6 and buoy number 2. It works during the low water period, starting three hours after high water until three hours prior to the next high water. All
A roadmap for the next 30 years of cleanup in the Upper Coeur d’Alene River Basin came into sharper focus yesterday, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered the signed, written framework, called an Interim Record of Decision Amendment (RODA). According to Dan Opalski, Director of
Port of Tauranga posted a 26 percent gain in full-year profit to a record and predicted more earnings growth in 2013 on rising volumes of freight. According to scoop.co.nz, the profit was $73.5 million, or 54.8 cents a share, in the 12 months ended June 30, from $58.4 million, or 43.6 cents a year e
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, began dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel north of the Lowry Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis this week. The navigation channel at this point, which is river mile 856, saw an increase in sedimentation after high water both in early and l
DP World today announced financial results from its global portfolio of marine terminals for the first six months of 2012, reporting profit before tax at $310 million, 12% ahead of the prior period on an underlying basis. DP World Chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, commented: “The past six months h
The Port Authority’s Second Quarter Budget Reforecast paints a positive picture, Executive Director Len Waterworth reported at yesterday’s meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority. “The bottom line is that revenues have increased by more than $11 million or 5 percent, compared
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Board approved a $0.021 per share cash dividend, to be paid on September 14, 2012 to the holders of record of common stock of the Company at the close of busine
The New Bedford Harbor Development Commission is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with developing a new boating facility in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Mass. The New Bedford Harbor Develo
China Harbour has won a contract for the development of King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. This “design and build contract” involves construction of a second container terminal to the west of the existing port complex. The new container terminal will have a 600-metre-long quay wall with an alongside dep
The Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the Dhubri to Sadiya stretch of River Brahmaputra in Assam of about 891 kms has been declared as National Waterway in the year 1988. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is
The dredging project at the Darwin Harbour has officially kicked off, the ABC News reports. Barry Carbon, the chair of the Icthys Project Expert Dredging Panel, last week stated that the Japanese gas giant Inpex is bringing in the largest dredge ship ever seen in Australia to the Northern Territory.
The Portland District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for Bonneville B2 Fish Unit Intake Dredging 2013. This dredging project includes maintenance dredging at the Bonneville Dam, Skamania County, Washington. Approximately 7,000 cubic yards will be dredged. A clamshell dre
According to columbiamissourian.com, the ports along the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri are likely to remain open despite the extremely low water. “The problem is worsened because of severe flooding in 2011 that deposited silt and debris in areas that would normally be clear,” say officials
