After fighting to secure funding for the Delaware River deepening project in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget, U.S. Senator Bob Casey is urging Senate appropriators to support the full request of $31 million for the project. “The Delaware deepening project will give an essential boost to the
Atlas Copco’s new addition to its heavy hydraulic breaker line, the HB 4100, provides better performance and higher efficiency than the preceding model and weighs less. It has a service weight of 9,039 pounds (designed for carriers in the 88,185- to 154,324-pound weight class), but is as powerful as
Progress on the Port of Charleston’s Navy Base Terminal has reached another milestone with last week’s approval of the next major construction project. The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) Board approved the $42.7-million contract, which includes the placement of fill material on portions of th
The Florida Legislature has recently given its approval to fund the beach renourishment project, including Captiva Island, which would enable Captiva to receive the maximum amount of federal funds. The final word in making this decision falls onto Governor Rick Scott. Governor Scott has the right to
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has published its 2011 Annual Report. The reports, which have been published in English and Dutch, can be read or downloaded from the following link. The 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report will be available on the company’s website as from the end of Ma
The first phase of a multi-million pound redevelopment project of Aberdeen Harbour’s Torry Quay has been completed. A project milestone, it was marked by the vessel Skandi Foula, which docked at the quay before loading cargo destined for a North Sea installation. The vessel is the first to have used
The Jakarta Post reports that North Jakarta Public Works Agency has started the dredging of a garbage-clogged Gubuk Genteng tributary in Cilincing. Residents living around the waterway hoped that the dredging could minimize inundation in their neighborhoods, which often reached waist high levels on
As zeenews.com reports, Kolkata Port Trust has decided to scrap the land reclamation programme for building deep sea port near Sagar Islands in West Bengal for want of enough funds. “We have decided to drop the project, as the shipping ministry was not ready to allot the money for it. They had asked
The capital dredging works on deepening the Paradip Port’s channels that were launched in 2008, but suspended later on in need of higher capacity dredgers, have been continued this Sunday, IBNLive reports. Namely, due to the failure of the principally engaged cutter and suction dredger of the Dredgi
According to portstrategy.com, the design and construction contract to build the third set of locks for the Panama canal is to suffer a seven-month delay. Alberto Alemán Zubieta, who is still the Administrator of the Panama Canal, explained the delay was due to the pouring of concrete. He said the c
Nabil Al-Bouenain, executive director of the New Port Project, said that Qatar intends to award three tenders this year for the construction of the country’s new port, with the estimated cost of QR27bn ($7.4bn), according to Arabian Business. So far 17 projects are planned for the upcoming years and
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday submitted to federal officials a formal request that the Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” project be considered for expedited review under President Obama’s Executive Order (EO) on Permitting and Federal Review issued just 24 hours earlier. T
Ministry of Infrastructure will work over creation of all necessary conditions for the development of inland waterway transport in Ukraine. Now the Ministry has established a working group that will work in this direction. The corresponding order is signed March 16, 2012 by Deputy Prime Minister – M
The Army Corps of Engineers just received the federal hurricane supplement money they need, seven months after Irene hit, WWAY News Channel reports. A channel is an underwater highway that must be dredged to allow safe access for commercial and private boaters. Ray Bleam, a dredge captain who is wor
