A $70MILLION project is being proposed for a diversion canal to prevent further flooding in Nadi town. [mappress] Source: Fiji Times, January 6, 2010;
Dhaka — Beginning next month, India will dredge Ichhamati river in Bangladesh and the south Asian neighbours will for the first time cooperate to protect the banks of the rivers they share. [mappress] Source: Asian-Indo News Service, January 6, 2010;
THE Port of Brisbane Corporation has denied recent dredging of the shipping channel off Bribie Island will contribute to alarming erosion on the island. [mappress] Source:sunshinecoastdaily,January 6,2010
YORK, Maine —The Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge the Piscataqua River in Eliot, Maine, where tankers turn, according to Robert Green, an environmental specialist with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in Portland. The Army Corps has applied to the DEP to move an estimated 100,
Major rivers and their tributaries in greater Sylhet region see gradual decrease in their flow due to massive siltation in absence of planned dredging, causing a serious threat to the environment in the region. [mappress] Source: The Daily Star, January 5, 2010
Fisheries and tourism operators in Albany are concerned at a plan by iron ore miner Grange Resources and the Albany Port Authority. Source: Zibb, January 3, 2010 [mappress]
JAKARTA: Bekasi regency plans to construct a Rp 7.6 trillion (US$808 million) international seaport to spur the economy of the regency. Source: The Jakarta Post, January 4, 2009; [mappress]
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has contributed US$4.75bn to the country’s economy since Panama took over the canal’s administration in 1999, according to President Ricardo Martinelli. Source: BN Americas, December 31, 2009 [mappress]
Navsari (Gujarat)– Continuous illegal sand mining in rivers that pass through Surat are not just affecting the natural course of these rivers, but also depleting farmers’ produce every year. Source: New Kerala, December 31, 2009 [mappress]
State environmental regulators are to convene in downtown Toledo on Jan. 14 to hear the public weigh in on the federal government’s latest plan to dredge the Toledo shipping channel this summer. Source:toledoblade,January 02, 2010; [mappress]
THOUSANDS of tonnes of waste silt and sand will be emptied from a lagoon next to Pwllheli harbour next month. Source: Daily Post North Wales, January 2, 2010; [mappress]
The Port of New Orleans has some major projects to look forward to in the New Year… Source: WWL.com, December 30, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hoping that a get-tough approach can turn around the failing effort to save the Chesapeake Bay, outlined Tuesday ideas for punishing states that don’t do their part… Source:washingtonpost,December 30,2009;
The effects of the economic meltdown and near collapse of the financial markets of late 2008 and early 2009 manifested themselves at the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) in a reduction of cargo volumes beginning in January of 2009… Source:jaxdailyrecord,December 30,2009; [mappress]
