State Rep. Lake Ray of Jacksonville is asking fellow lawmakers to approve a plan for steering up to $500 million to Florida’s ports by using a portion of taxes paid by insurance companies. [mappress] Source:jacksonville,February 19,2010;
PALMETTO, Fla. – The Manatee County Port Authority announced at its Feb. 18th meeting its intent to seek bids for a major dredging project at Port Manatee. [mappress] Source:earthtimes,February 19,2010;
VENTURA — For most of 2010, heavy equipment has been operating in Ventura Harbor to improve the integrity of the detached breakwater at the harbor’s entrance… [mappress] Source:thelog,February 18,2010
SAN DIEGO — Large waves from a major mid-January storm apparently damaged the southern tip of Mission Bay Jetty. [mappress] Source:thelog,February 18,2010;
Dhaka, Feb 18 — Water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen brushed off a common allegation on Thursday that India’s Farakka Barrage causes droughts and floods in Bangladesh, with the backdrop of renewed Bangla-Indo ties. [mappress] Source:bdnews24,February 18,2010;
New Jersey and Delaware have parted ways in a legal battle over a plan to deepen the Delaware River’s main channel. New Jersey officials this week formally supported an environmental coalition’s court challenge… [mappress] Source:dailyrecord,February 18,2010;
Equipped with a hard hat and a neon orange vest, Ed Foxworth is used to criss-crossing the country to work on beach renourishment projects. But as a skilled laborer from Wilmington and a homeowner in Monkey Junction, he lept at the opportunity to work on Wrightsville Beach, the closest he’s worked t
It is very unfortunate that rather than address the clear-enough allegations of fraud and siphoning of public fund belonging to Imo people, the state governor, Ikeddi Ohakim, who has come to be known as IkedinnaKoboko chose to flog the daylight out of a journalist, Ikeena Iwuoha who against all odds
At least five sand-dredging boats have begun mining operations off the coast of Koh Seh (Horse Island) in Preah Sihanouk province, an official said Tuesday, in an apparent violation of a sand-export ban ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen on two occasions last year. [mappress] Source: The Phnom Penh N
THE NSW government has unveiled plans for the development of Port Kembla’s Outer Harbour. [mappress] Source: Shipping Industry, February 17, 2010
Green Bay this year has a harbor that needs to be dredged, an island that could be developed and a federal government coming up short with money for both projects… [mappress] Source:dailyreporter,February 17,2010;
CATEECHEE, S.C. (AP) – A landfill is ready to store dangerous chemicals to be removed from a South Carolina river that feeds into Lake Hartwell, but some local residents are worried about the project… [mappress] Source:wmbfnews,February 16,2010;
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Guyana over the years has been capitalising on its natural resources to maximize its growth and development. As such the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Government of India has undertaken a feasibility study to determine a possible location for the construc
