The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency in the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $3,247,000 contract to Ellicott Dredges, LLC, under… [mappress] Source: tribwekchron, July 16, 2010;
The government has taken a river dredging project in Rajbari, Faridpur and Gopalganj districts for improving navigation and extend … [mappress] Source: thefinancialexpress, July 16, 2010;
Fish are the primary source of income for residents of this sleepy, rustic border town in southwestern Cambodia, but when the area’s sand… [mappress] Source: irinnews, July 16, 2010;
The Port of Montreal is considering an expansion to handle increased cargo traffic but will first ensure that its existing operations are… By Ross Marowits [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 16, 2010;
A plan to bring 300,000 cubic yards of sand to Imperial Beach’s shore may be back on track. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to deepen… By Janine Zúñiga [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, July 16, 2010;
Hopes for a new and strong Gold Coast waterways board would be assembled to handle botched Broadwater have been ruined when the Bligh … By Christine-Jared-Perrin [mappress] Source: au.ibtimes, July 16, 2010;
The laying of the foundation stone for the building of a new quay for Cabinda Province port, worth 20 US million dollars, is an important… [mappress] Source: portalangop, July 15, 2010;
A delegation of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority representatives and coastal scientists visited the sand berm project in the northern Chandeleur Islands area today. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman (CPRA) Garret Graves said, “We conducted a construction and effective
COSCO Pacific, a port operator subsidiary of China’s state-owned shipping giant China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO), has signed a US$4.2 billion deal to take over management of Greece’s container port Piraeus. Cosco has signed a 35-year lease and will spend US$707 million to upgrade port facilities, bu
After six years of planning, the much-anticipated Manatee Pocket dredging project is set to begin Thursday in Port Salerno… By Nicole Rodriguez [mappress] Source: tcpalm, July 15, 2010;
On the coast of the Bay of Chaleur, a major New Brunswick port continues to out-do itself. For a fifth consecutive year, the Port of … [mappress] Source: timestranscript, July 15, 2010;
Blasting will take place at a busy north-east harbour next week as work on a multimillion-pound port expansion enters its final phase. The massive Smith Embankment project at Peterhead is just weeks away from completion. Work to build a 650ft quay and 330ft breakwater at the busy Buchan port began i
The Port of Longview is looking to deepen the Columbia River three feet at eight of its berths so ships can unload more cargo, port … By Erik Olson [mappress] Source: tdn, July 15, 2010;
You can just glimpse a view of one of Thorold’s biggest toxic cleanups from the bike path along the Welland Canal. An excavator was busy … [mappress] Source: The Tribune , July 15, 2010;
