Qatar plans to complete construction of a new $ 7.4 bn (QR 27 bn) port by the first quarter of 2016, the project’s executive director said. “About QR8bn of contracts for dredging and other work have already been awarded,” Nabeel Mohamed al-Buenain stated. “This capital project should be completed be
A massive dredging project on Whitefish Lake started on Tuesday morning, according to nbcmontana.com. Crews will dredge sediment that was contaminated after two tankers spilled 25,000 gallons of diesel into the bay in 1989. EPA officials say the project is state of the art. On-Site Coordinator Steve
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public comments on plans to place sediment in two ocean disposal sites near Yaquina Bay. The Corps maintains the Yaquina Bay federal navigation channel to federally authorized depths by periodically removing naturally occurring sedimentary material. Ther
The Rhode Island Senate passed a resolution approving plans of the RI Economic Development Corporation to issue $7.5 million in bonds for maintenance dredging at the Port of Davisville. Introduced by Sen. William A. Walaska, the resolution officially approves a Kushner Public Corporation Debt Manage
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District has announced plans to hold a joint public hearing with the Missouri Clean Water Commission on the Jameson Island Shallow Water Habitat Project. The hearing will be held on June 11 at the Department of Natural Resources at 1101 Riverside Drive, J
The annual general meeting of Ackermans & van Haaren took place yesterday. The shareholders approved the proposal to distribute a gross dividend of 1.64 euro per share. After deduction of the withholding tax, the net dividend amounts to 1.23 euro per share. Shareholders who benefit from reduced with
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 June 15, 2012 to the holders of record of common stock of the Company at the close of business on
Bangladesh Coast Guard last week seized seven dredgers and one sand carrying vessel from Bakalia Char in Karnaphuli river near Chittagong Port for extracting sands illegally. According to The Daily Star, the seized vessels were: dredger TMSG and vessel Gangchil, owned by Pacific Marine Services; MV
A Delta Preparatory Team worked from July 2011 until January 2012 on a Delta Plan for Bangladesh. Wednesday 22nd May 2012 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Dhaka between the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of the Netherlands. Through this MoU the Government of Bangladesh
Lagos State Government has unveiled the long-awaited Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Eko Atlantic City, according to allAfrica. Mr. David Frame, the Managing Director of the South Energyx Nigeria Limited (developers of the Eko Atlantic City), said that the number of jobs the city would
PD Ports’ container terminal facility at Teesport, Middlesbrough has won the ‘Over £4m Project’ category at the annual Robert Stephenson Awards. These prestigious awards are presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) North East to recognise the excellent engineering projects being underta
The Board of Directors of Dredging Corporation of India Ltd at its meeting held on May 28, 2012, considering the massive capital commitments underway towards procurement of three Trailer Suction Hopper Dredgers amounting to about Rs. 1500 Cr., for which orders have been placed and in the interest of
As a result of the need for innovation in the dredging market, Niron Staal and VOSTA LMG Cutting and Coupling Systems have entered into a long term agreement for manufacturing and delivery of advanced cutting systems. Both companies have a rich history of cooperation which goes many years back. The
Last week, the British-German artist duo HeHe realised a colourful art project on the new bathing beach of Maasvlakte 2. For the project, entitled RODUIN, around 75 tonnes of red sand was spread on the beach, where it forms a large red stain that will gradually disappear under the influence of wind,
