Mr Aminu Yar’Adua, Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), says the dredging of the River Benue will commence soon. Yar’Adua disclosed this in Lokoja on Wednesday while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime. He told the committee members
The operator of the largest cruise liner to dock at Cairns has renewed a call to dredge the shipping channel and the swing basin… By Nick Dalton (cairns) [mappress] Source: cairns, December 15, 2011;
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama dropped by the Office of Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia last Tuesday afternoon to tap the Metro Cebu Development … By Jujemay G. Awit and Oscar C. Pineda (sunstar) [mappress] Source: sunstar, December 15, 2011;
State-owned China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (Cosco) plans to heavily invest in US, German and Indian port facilities, in a bid to increase… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, December 15, 2011;
Of the three locations identified by the state government, the Shipping Ministry is likely to soon finalise one for the proposed integrated… (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, December 15, 2011;
With the aim of retaining traffic, the Cochin Port has taken the decision to refrain from raising tariff for the next three years… (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, December 15, 2011;
An independent panel of technical experts established prior to the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal project to provide high level advice to the project team and government regulators will meet in Gladstone today. The Dredge Technical Reference Panel (DTRP) is chaired by an independent expert in d
New York/New Jersey port authority is to invest $346m in port projects for 2012, in addition to the $15m it will spend on increasing air … (portstrategy) [mappress] Source: portstrategy, December 15, 2011;
The pace of development at Major Ports has been hampered due to delays caused by litigations, regulations and clearance requirements … (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, December 15, 2011;
A ship carrying limestone had trouble reaching a St. Joseph River’s dock in Benton Harbor because of all the sand and sediment build-up … By John Paul (wsbt) [mappress] Source: wsbt, December 14, 2011;
The Newport Beach City Council is expected to contribute $2.5 million toward a federal dredging project of Lower Newport Bay… By SEAN GREENE (ocregister) [mappress] Source: ocregister, December 14, 2011
The Port of Charleston is in search of more support. Tuesday, port leaders reminded the public they’re still in need of hundreds of … (abcnews4) [mappress] Source: abcnews4 , December 14, 2011;
Mandurah MLA David Templeman is appealing for residents to save the Peel Harvey Estuary… By Rachel Fenner (inmycommunity) [mappress] Source: inmycommunity, December 14, 2011;
The Port of Portland dredge Oregon currently works in the Columbia River off Kalama. The dredge is expected to clear 400,000 cubic yards of silt out of a mile-long stretch of the river through Christmas under a $1.5 million contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to corps spokeswom
