A proposed project to remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a tidal marsh took an important step here April 30 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented and sought public input on the project’s environmental assessment. “This project will restore channels that have shoaled in and restore
“It’s not the fences that matter, it’s the gates,” Dave Gibson told attendees at the U.S. International Border and Water Commission collaborative meeting held here April 19 at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. Gibson, executive director of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Co
The Hernando Beach Property Owners Association, along with other local civic organizations, is planning an event for Sunday, May 20th, at 2 pm to celebrate the completion of the Hernando Beach Channel Dredge Project. The Hernando Beach Coast Guard Auxiliary will be holding an open house with free bo
According to BN Americas, the Spanish company Acciona is eyeing a potential project to expand Mexico’s port of Veracruz. Guillermo Jiménez, the Acciona Mexico director, said: “We’re very interested in the potential expansion of Veracruz port. It’s a very important project.” The proposed US$3.04bn in
The Ministry of Primary Industries said dredging works and the removal of silt and sand forming in the Navua delta would allow for increased flow capacity. Colonel Mason Smith, the permanent secretary, said: “The total proposed length of the dredge channel is 3.39 kilometres of which 1.59 kilometres
Matilda Parker, the Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), has disclosed that the Ports of Monrovia and Greenville dredging agreement is a wide-ranging contract, according to Daily Observer. Madam Parker indicated that the value of the dredging package (survey, dredge and mobilizati
The Government is taking steps to develop inland water transport (IWT) mode by declaring potential waterways as National Waterways (NWs) and developing IWT infrastructure thereon. In this process five waterways totaling about 4382 km. have been declared as NWs. Commercially viable stretches such as
BAM International, a Dutch construction company, was awarded a contract by APM Terminals to operate a 25-year concession at the Port of Monrovia by the Liberian Government. BAM International signed a contract with Eligoz Industrial Liberia to supply 100,000m3 (130,795 yds³) of sand for the construct
According to sunherald.com, the Members of the Corps of Engineers Mobile District and the Jackson County Port Authority will hold a public hearing Thursday on the environmental aspects of a plan to widen the ship channel from Bayou Casotte to Horn Island. The governing agencies will take public comm
The entrance to Wenona Harbor is becoming more dangerous because of the constant shifting of the sand and mud which have been accumulating there. The local boaters are used to the situation and rarely run aground, but the visiting boaters run aground regularly. During the winter months the tides are
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has stressed that all water management projects should be completed before the end of August in order to prepare the country for a possible runoff during the rainy season. Also in her statement, the Prime Minister said she was hoping to attract foreign investors to
As the Sun Herald reports, I-beams jutting from the sand east of the Pass Christian Harbor are part of the ongoing construction of the city’s new harbor. Seawalls are being built to define the shape of the 243-slip harbor, where 350,000 cubic yards of sand are being dredged from the site. Dredging i
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is hoping to raise Rs 2,000 crore from the low-cost tax-free bonds window in the current fiscal year. “We have written to the government for raising Rs 2,000 crore by issuing the tax-free bonds during 2012-13,” Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust chairman L Radhakrishnan stat
José Muniz Rebouças, the chairman of state port authority Codeba, said that the Aratu port in northeastern Brazil’s Bahia state is planning at least 685mn reais’ (US$357mn) worth of investments in port expansion works this year. Two groups have presented project studies for the lease, which Codeba i
