According to the Hindu Business Line, a Parliamentary Standing Committee has pointed out in its latest report that DCI has not been able to procure any new dredging machinery in the last nine years. As against the targets of 672 million cubic metres (MCMs) in capital dredging and 430 MCMs in mainten
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Ports in India 2012” report to their offering. The sixth edition of Ports in India report provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date study on this sector. The Ports in India 2012 report provides the very latest information on the sector and
Winfred G. Elizalde, the Philippine Ports Authority Manager said: „The development of the Iloilo river wharf will support the growing shipping, trucking, and all other industries that co-exist with shipping.“ From dredging to driving of piles and steel sheets in order to contain the area from erosio
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has revealed that she will personally inspect construction works in upstream, mid-stream, and downstream provinces which are part of the flood prevention measures in June. Speaking after the closing ceremony of a canal dredging project at Klong Sanamchai in the cap
According to Asia One, a private company engaged by the operator of the Tanjung Agas Gas and Oil Logistic Park in Pahang is being investigated for smuggling sand into Singapore. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has started investigating the company which was contracted to carry out sand recl
According to the Vanguard, the Nigerian Ports Authority has attributed its inability to dredge the channel leading to the ports in Lagos further than 13.5 meters to the nature of the port. „The quays of the Lagos ports are about 14 meters and should the channel be dredged to or above 14 meters, they
A community in Oceana county is pulling together to help make sure their Pentwater Harbor is deep enough for large power and sail boats, reports wzzm13.com. Pentwater Village Manager Jim Miller says water currents have caused sand and sediment to collect at the harbor entrance where the water is onl
The Gangavaram Port expansion, which will see the port’s capacity increasing from the current 15 million tonnes to 45 mt, envisages an addition of three multi-purpose berths and a coal handling terminal. “We expect to wrap up the expansion project by 2013 or the first quarter of 2014,” Mr Pranav Cho
The head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation will visit Onondaga Lake today to mark the start later this summer of a long-planned dredging project. According to syracuse.com, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens will be joined by Doug Garbarini, chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection A
On 22nd May 2012 Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) set two important new productivity benchmarks for container terminals in Vietnam. While handling Maersk Line’s vessel, the 116,100 DWT, 9,038 TEU MV Mette Maersk, CMIT handled 2,100 containers during an 11 hour, 30 minute port stay. Gross crane
BHP Billiton’s outer harbour project in Port Hedland has secured federal environmental approval. The go-ahead from the government includes 37 conditions, including orders for the company to develop a plan to protect dugongs, marine turtles and their habitat. According to foxbusiness.com, the first p
CSA International, Inc. (CSA) recently completed a 5-year monitoring program of nearshore hard bottom habitats in relation to the Sectors 1 and 2 Beach Renourishment Project (2007), offshore Indian River County, Florida. This program was a storm recovery project to replace sand losses following Hurr
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approximately $3.8 million in new pilot grants to nine recipients across the country for cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties. The pilot Multi-Purpose grants, funded by EPA’s Brownfields program, will help recipients to conduct
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District continues to make repairs through the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project to rock structures along the Missouri River from damages caused by the 2011 flood. The district has received more $31 million of Disaster Relief Appropriations Act fu
