Holiday Isle’s eroded beaches will not be restored with the sand now being dredged from Destin harbor, those involved in an all-day Dec. 21 mediation effort say… Source: Destinlog, December 25, 2009 [mappress]
OCEAN CITY — As one major storm passed over the town of Ocean City last weekend, resort officials were putting the finishing touches on plans to clean up the damage left behind from last month’s storm that hit Ocean City square in the face… Source:mdcoastdispatch,December 25,2009;
The European Commission adopted on December 18 the decisions for the financing of three major projects submitted under Priority Axis 2 – “Modernization and development of national transport infrastructure outside the TEN-T… Source:financiarul,December 23,2009; [mappress]
The military will help dredge the sand, mud and driftwood that Typhoon Morakot deposited in Tsengwen Reservoir in Chiayi County, Water Resources Agency (WRA) Director-General Yang Wei-fu said yesterday… Source:taipeitimes,December 26,2009; [mappress]
The city of San Angelo had planned on dredging the North Concho River — sucking up and dumping all the silt that has deposited at the bottom — some time around late September or early October, but it didn’t count on having to work around the annual habits of the Concho water snake, which is [&hellip
The group pushing for a major expansion to Sydney Harbour says its major financial backer is down, but not necessarily out… Source:thechronicleherald,December 24,2009 [mappress]
A permanent cruise passenger terminal will be built at White Bay Wharf Five by 2012 after the New South Wales government yesterday signalled the end of visits into Darling Harbour… Source:lloydslistdcn,December 22,2009;
Zidell the longtime Portland barge builder, is pursuing one of the biggest Willamette River cleanup plans to date, a $20 million project that would address decades of contamination, improve 3,000 feet of rubble-strewn shoreline… Source:oregonlive,December 21, 2009;
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is planning a $100 million project to deepen the harbour channel by four metres… Source:stuff.co.nz,December 23,2009
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is optimistic that construction of the second container terminal will start on schedule despite uncertainty surrounding the dredging of Likoni channel… Source: Africa Business Daily, December 23, 2009;
VESSEL traffic into the Lagos Ports has been on the increase since 2007, when the Federal Government concession the port and transferred marine services, one of the primary responsibilities of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to the international shipping community, to the private sector… Source: T
The construction of a slurry pipeline from Peruvian company Cuervo Resources’ proposed Cerro Ccopane Iron Ore Project to the Peruvian coast has been found to be the most economic according to a study by Sandwell Engineering… Source: Pipeline International, December 23, 2009
Following an Adjournment Debate at the House of Commons on off-shore dredging, led by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, a government minister has answered a series of questions… Source: Graham Stuart, December 18, 2009;
EPA discusses dredging, bioremediation plans. The city’s toxic lakefront is getting closer to being repaired to make way for redevelopment… Source: Suburban Chicago News, December 19, 2009
