Terminal Catalunya (Tercat), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, is to take over the site of the Muelle Prat container … [mappress] Source: worldnews, July 14, 2010;
Rio Tinto this morning announced $226.8 million worth of funding to expand its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, Western Australia… By Michael Mills [mappress] Source: miningaustralia, July 14, 2010;
The Ispat Industries-owned Geetapuram Port, which recently got the go-ahead from Maharashtra to handle third-party cargo, has announced a … [mappress] Source: business-standard, July 14, 2010;
USD 350 million is being invested in the Port of Luanda, one of Africa’s most congested, in an effort to restructure the harbour and its facilities. This was disclosed at a meeting between port and government officials and a visiting US delegation to Luanda, which included US Assistant Trade Represe
The price N.J. taxpayers pay to replenish beaches with freshly dredged sand has skyrocketed over the past two decades because of weak … [mappress] Source: nj, July 14, 2010;
Brazil’s transport infrastructure department (DNIT) will spend an estimated 520mn reais (US$296mn) to dredge Para state’s Tocantins river… By Daniel Bland [mappress] Source: Business News Americas, July 14, 2010;
The third phase of the St. Johns River harbor deepening project in Jacksonville Harbor (Florida) is now complete, ahead of schedule. Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District have deepened 5.3 miles of the river from mile 14.7 to mile 20, from a depth of 38 feet to 40 fe
Beach 6 at Presque Isle State Park is scheduled to be closed today and Tuesday so crews can replenish sand there, park officials said… [mappress] Source: goerie, July 14, 2010;
People with boats in Oak Harbor Marina could begin seeing a significant increase in their moorage rates. At its July 6 meeting, the Oak … By Justin Burnet [mappress] Source: pnwlocalnews, July 14, 2010;
PCBs have become a factor in transportation along the Champlain Canal, Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports. The state once regularly removed sediment accumlated at the bottom of the canal, but has not done so since 1980 when it was determined that PCB contamination made the cost of disp
A consortium comprised of Dutch firms Van Oord and Boskalis will complete a 97.9mn-real (US$55.7mn) dredging project for Brazil’s Sao Francisco do Sul port in Santa Catarina state within 12 months, a spokesperson from the special ports department (SEP) told. SEP gave the order for work to start on J
Two days of public hearings begin today on Army Corps of Engineers proposals for deepening the Delaware River shipping channel, a project… [mappress] Source: delawareonline, July 13, 2010;
Illegal sand dredging has caused severe erosion to the banks of Tien River, threatening the lives, farmland and houses of hundreds of … [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, July 13, 2010;
The Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has received new equipment expected to greatly enhance the company’s cargo… [mappress] Source: thecitizen, July 13, 2010;
