CHEC reports that it has signed a contract with Sonangol recently on the dredging project of a refinery factory in Angola Oil Company. The value of the contract is USD 60.89 million with a duration period of 17 months. It is estimated that the quantities of the dredging project will reach up to 920,
An attorney for residents living along the St. Johns River today filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking for an injunction to stop dredging in the river. The Corps did maintenance dredging of the river two days in May, removing 8,000 cubic yards of material. Resid
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoRA) will invest approximately € 25 million in the creation of a site of almost 5 hectares to accommodate the future expansion of Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT). The land will be gained by filling in the south western corner of the Botlek dock with some 600,000 m3 of sa
Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”) today announced it will release its financial results for the second quarter 2010 on Thursday, August 5, 2010, at approximately 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time/4:00 a.m. Central Time. The Company will conduct a telephone briefing at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time/
In an open letter to Thad W. Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral overseeing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, almost two dozen coastal scientists from Louisiana and around the country have urged the federal government to halt the construction of sand berms in the gulf, calling the project in
Coastal communities in Lincolnshire are being protected from flooding as part of a £30m project. The Environment Agency is using a dredger to pump sand onto 20km (12.5 miles) of beaches. The aim of the Lincshore scheme is to raise beach levels to prevent waves going over the sea walls. The agency sa
The city administration’s failure to overhaul the city’s poor sewerage and drainage systems has resulted in the rising phenomenon of localized flooding across the city. Some spots along Jl. RE Martadinata, Jl. Yos Sudarso, and Jl. Lodan Ancol, all in North Jakarta, are perennially flooded even durin
European construction group Strabag said its subsidiary Ed. Züblin has clinched a euros 220 million ($281.5 million) order from Abu Dhabi government for the development and construction of buildings at the new Khalifa Port. As per the contract, Ed. Züblin will build 25 buildings for one part of the
A group of South Bay governmental agencies has contributed 360-thousand-dollars toward a study that will look at developing a port in Alviso. The study will look at the pros and cons of developing a port that will handle supplies during an emergency. Backers of the port plan say it could also lead t
Dredging, the task of scooping up sediment, branches and tossed-out junk that makes passing through waterways a hazard for boaters, is proceeding on the Chain ’O Lakes, though a sopping early summer has slowed the pace. “We had the wettest June in 108 years,” said Ron Barker, Fox Waterway Agency dep
Ellicott Dredges, LLC is a leader in the design and construction of cutter suction dredges. Ellicott was founded in 1885, 125 years ago this year, and has produced worldwide more than 1,500 dredge units of all sizes. This firm has been and remains very active in the Latin American market. Ellicott d
Belgian company DEME Group, which operates a fleet of over 80 dredging vessels, another 200 auxiliary vessels and specialised equipment, has appointed Wilhelmsen Ships Services as specialized supplier for maintenance products and technical gases globally Wilhelmsen Ships Service has started the cont
There was finally some good news Wednesday on the long-awaited Hernando Beach Channel dredge project. Officials got word that state … By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, July 22, 2010;
The first grains of sand have started spilling on to Mooloolaba Spit from a new pipeline that will deliver about 10,000 cubic metres of … By Gordon Clark (sunshinecoastdaily) [mappress] Source: sunshinecoastdaily, July 22, 2010;
