On 19 October 2011, a first milestone in the construction of the new locks in the Panama Canal was reached. At 9.40 am, the Administración del Canal de Panama (ACP) flooded the first section of the newly excavated lock lanes on the Pacific Side. The excavation works close to the Centenario Bridge ar
A harsh northerly wind was stoking up the waves Wednesday afternoon in Waukegan Harbor, where a maximum wave height of 21.7 feet was recorde… BY DAN MORAN (suntimes) [mappress] Source: suntimes, October 20, 2011;
Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington grilled Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom on Tuesday about the lack of progress on the issue of dredgi… (delta-optimist) [mappress] Source: delta-optimist, October 20, 2011;
Three area communities are stepping up their efforts to get the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out repairs to two jetties at the mouth of the Merrimack River they say are needed to halt erosion of Plum Island and Salisbury beaches. Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury have been advocating for repai
The Coolangatta and Kirra communities have been urged to provide input into solving sand problems at Kirra Point… (goldcoast) [mappress] Source: goldcoast, October 20, 2011;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has developed surveys for commercial watermen and charter fishing boat operators … (gazettejournal) [mappress] Source: gazettejournal, October 20, 2011
The city of Joensuu in the eastern part of Finland is transforming an old contaminated sawmill area near the city centre into an up-to-date housing district. Before the building can start, the whole area must be thoroughly restored after more than a century of heavy industrial useage. Joensuu (which
Danish shipping and ports group AP Møller-Maersk is preparing to expand its terminal capacity in Lagos to meet rapidly growing Nigerian impo… (freshplaza) [mappress] Source: freshplaza, October 20, 2011;
The river current on Jalan Beringin, in a housing complex in Kranji, West Bekasi, was clogged by trash following the double railway project… (vivanews) [mappress] Source: vivanews, October 20, 2011;
Peruvian private investment agency ProInversión is due to concession Pisco region’s General San Martín port before the end of this year, Jua… By Catherine Setterfield (bnamericas) [mappress] Source: bnamericas, October 20, 2011;
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli witnessed a new milestone at the Canal Expansion with the filling of a segment of the new access channel that will allow the transit of Post-panamax vessels between the new Locks and the Culebra Cut. Panama Canal Authority Board of Directors Chairman and Canal Aff
Between 29th September and 1st October 2011 Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated its 35th anniversary. An open day with over 20,000 visitors concluded the festivities in the Austrian village of Nenzing. Such a high attendance by far exceeded the ambitious expectations in the planning stages. The fe
Van Oord is going to deepen and widen the access channel to the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania. The contract is worth approximately EUR 40 million and is being financed partly by the European Union. The client is the Klaipeda port authority and the project will be executed in 2011-2012. The project i
It is not news that the Gowanus Canal is filthy, for it’s been filled with coal tar, raw sewage and heavy metals for a century, but it is ne… By Will Yakowicz (patch) [mappress] Source: patch, October 19, 2011;
