Two Port of Olympia shipping berths dredged free of dioxin last year are showing signs of recontamination, according to a port consultant’s report.Dioxin-contaminated sediments underneath the pier and inaccessible during the dredging project have sloughed off several feet from the face of the pier…
Jim Wooder, chair of the Sydney Marine Group, said the company, which tabled a $38-million bid, has a 100-year history and one of the world’s largest fleets of advanced suction hopper dredging vessels… [mappress] Source:capebretonpost,April 9,2010;
Phase 2 of Growth Acceleration Program opens up great prospects for 2011-2014.Brazil launched the second phase of its national Growth Acceleration Program (PAC 2), opening up US$ 220.2 billion in opportunities for foreign investment in Brazil over the period from 2011 to 2014… [mappress] Source:kgun
Hanoi will spend more than US$450 million until 2015 to clean up a local river.The VND8.7 trillion ($457.29 million) project will dredge and tidy up the Nhue River, upgrade drains and build pumping stations… [mappress] Source:thanhniennews,April 9,2010;
A settlement with Honeywell International Inc. estimated to be worth more than $10 million will ensure that cleanup of the remaining areas of the Allied Chemical and Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ironton, Ohio, will move forward, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency annou
Cochin Port Employees’ Organisation (CPEO) has written to the Union Ministry of Shipping to make available the services of government-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to carry out capital dredging work in Kochi for the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT), the Hindu reported
Declaring it a project of regional and national significance, U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre on Thursday, April 1, lauded the New Hanover County beach renourishment efforts in 2010 as a bolster to the economy and a bulwark of coastal vitality… [mappress] Source:luminanews,April 9,2010;
Consultancy Royal Haskoning has provided an update on the proposed development of a new port at Baku in Azerbaijan, and says dredging work there should commence later this year… [mappress] Source:worldnews,April 8,2010;
Led by regional powerhouse Brazil, ports on the East Coast of South America are enjoying the early years of what looks set to be a period of enviable prosperity… [mappress] Source:americananews,April 8,2010;
Malaysia is according top priority to the Port of Penang for new dredging works.“The proposed dredging scheme will be made a priority in the Tenth Malaysia Plan,” Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said… [mappress] Source:worldnews,April 8,2010;
The work includes bucket dredging of mud and silt material into barge or scow at the indicated areas of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the Southgate Terminal Annex. Deposition of material shall be by self-dumping scow or barge to the Rehandling Basin of U.S. Army Corps… [mappress] Source:fbo.gov,April 8
KOCHI: Union Shipping Secretary K Mohandas visited the construction site of the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam to assess the progress of construction, on Monday… [mappress] Source:expressbuzz,April 8,2010;
DOVER — The city’s dredge cell is expected to finally be closed next year — after four years and $1.5 million more than expected when the project began. Environmental Projects Manager Dean Peschel updated the City Council on the project Wednesday night and said the city has already secured… [mappres
The Sunshine Coast Regional Council is stepping up work on a major sand replenishment program at Mooloolaba Beach.Councillor Chris Thompson says a five-metre wall of sandbags has been built and a new set of aluminium steps will be installed in the next few days… [mappress] Source:abc,April 8,2010;
