While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the Point at Emerald Isle gained beachfront. [mappress] Sourcecarolinacoastonline:,February 12,2010
Porto Novo, Cape Verde, 12 Feb – The first phase of refurbishment and expansion work on the port of Porto Novo is due to begin next May, the chief executive of national ports management company, Enapor, Jorge Pimenta Rodrigues said in Santo Antão. [mappress] Source: Macauhub, February 12, 2010;
Larry Penny, East Hampton’s director of natural resources, said on Tuesday that he was shocked during a Jan. 29 meeting when representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it would be at least three years before the Montauk Harbor Inlet and a portion of the harbor itself got the thorough d
The £6.4m Welsh Assembly Government-funded scheme is set to see the construction of a new rock breakwater above low tide level, rock groynes, and rock revetment to protect properties in the town. [mappress] Source: Cumbrian News, February 10, 2010;
CANCUN, Mexico – The depositing of 5.2 million cubic meters (178.5 million cubic feet) of sand to restore Mexico’s Caribbean beaches has been completed, officials of the trust in charge of the project said. [mappress] Source: The Latin American Herald Tribune, February 10, 2010;
Public sector undertakings (PSUs) often face dilemmas while finalising high-value procurement contracts in a market where prices are falling. This is because there are no clear-cut government guidelines. If they scrap tender and invite fresh bids to take advantage of the decline in price… [mappress]
This week workmen in Panama will start to dig a hole partfunded by Japan, aided by Latin American cash and big enough to hold the world’s biggest Danish-owned, South Koreanbuilt megaships. The ultimate winner, though, will be China. [mappress] Source: The Press, February 10, 2010
Corps: No clearing of channel, turning basins until 2017… [mappress] Source: Greenbay Press Gazette, February 9, 2010
The central government is awaiting a detailed proposal from the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to undertake capital dredging of the Haldia channel, union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan said here Tuesday. [mappress] Source: Thaindian News, February 9, 2010; Image: Google Earth
Engineers are about halfway through designing a complex dredging operation to scoop 40,000 cubic yards of sediment containing cancer-causing dioxin from the bottom of the Passaic River. The $45 million project is scheduled to begin in December and last nine months under the supervision… [mappress] S
Local scientists are claiming that the Marine Facade project and other construction on reclaimed land is a threat to the ecological situation in the Neva Bay. [mappress] Source: The St. Petersburg Times, February 9, 2010
Preliminary construction work on a new commercial seaport south of Baku will begin in April, now that the blueprint has been completed. mappress] Source: News.az, February 8, 2010
Sri Lanka will appoint a dredging contractor to bring up three million cubic metres of sea sand to supply the domestic market which is running out of river sand and also for export. [mappress] Source: Lanka Business Online, February 8, 2010;
KARACHI — Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), which is endeavouring hard to ensure ‘zero tolerance’ on corruption and procurement, has come out hard on Port Qasim Authority’s clarification with regard to the alleged “misprocurement by PQA… [mappress] Source: Business Recorder, February 8, 201
