Caterpillar has been awarded a contract by the City of Tucson that will be marketed nationally by the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (National IPA) to supply construction equipment and related services to current and future National IPA participants. The award is the result of a nati
The Philippine Ports Authority is undertaking engineering projects worth P86 million to improve its various terminal management offices in Negros Occidental. According to The Philippine Information Agency, the renovation of Bacolod Terminal Office costs P58.58 million. Fetsy Diamante, the PPA Resour
“Do tides influence turbidity?” was just one question students from Gladstone High School asked this week to Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project (WBDDP) environmental scientist Dr Daniel Spooner. Dr Spooner’s visit to the school is part of Gladstone Ports Corporation WBDDP schools program wh
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District launched its new website offering visitors quick and easy access to essential information about the district’s missions. The site is number eight of 58 USACE sites to be migrated this year to a cloud-based system, enabling the Corps to create a con
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire BlueView Technologies, Inc.. BlueView, located in Seattle, Wash., provides compact high-resolution acoustic imaging and measurement solutions. Terms of the
A major dredging programme has started at the Bembridge Harbour. ML Dredging Limited have been awarded the dredging contract by Bembridge Harbour Authority and have bought their split leg backhoe dredger Witton Two into the Harbour – having an overall length of 22.5m and a gross 120 ton capacity. Th
Siport21 has presented the paper “New Outer Port of Ciutadella. Nautical Studies for the Design and Operation of the Port”, in the Congress of 4th Technical Association for Ports and Coasts and 2nd Edition of the Mediterranean Days of Coastal and Port Engineering. This project was developed in assoc
Essar Ports Limited, one of the largest private sector port companies of India, today announced the creation of a long-term strategic alliance with Port of Antwerp International (“PAI”) and aninvestment of approx. Rs 175 croreby PAI in Essar Ports. PAI is the international investing arm of the Antwe
Dutch engineering and consultancy firm DHV will be responsible for the construction management of eleven new fishing ports in Ghana. Construction will start in summer 2012 and be completed in 2017. The fishing ports will improve the standard of living of Ghanaians in the coastal provinces and lead t
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) reported an increase in its net income for the first quarter of the year as a result of higher port revenues despite the slight increase in its expenses. In its report, PPA said it earned P1.13 billion for the first three months of the year, up by nearly 30 percent [
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are seeking sources to a strategy to potentially dredge Grays Harbor, reports KXRO. “The purpose of this is to measure the interest of businesses in the dredging nearly 1 million cubic yards of sediment from the Grays Harbor Inner Harbor Navigation Channel per year f
Michael Rama, the Cebu City Mayor, is encouraging barangays to enlist volunteers to clean waterways and to be vigilant against flashfloods. Alvin Santillana, the head of City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council said: „The dredging of clogged creeks and esteros, and clearing of illegal structu
The Hindu reports that the Cochin Port Trust has decided to engage Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to complete the capital dredging work for the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT). The port authority said that normal shipping operations have not been affected and that the capi
The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) received and worked the first eastbound call of the new ABX (Asia – Black Sea Express) Service operated by the G6 Consortium, comprised of APL, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line
