The work consists of maintenance dredging of Suisun Bay Channel and New York Slough of approximately 175,000 cubic yards of materials, to provide a project authorized depth, -35 feet plus 1 foot allowable paid over-depth plus 1 foot allowable nonpaid over-depth for for Suisun Bay Channel and New Yor
Karachi—Intensive dredging in the approach channel of both East and West wharves and widening/realignment of the navigational channel has enabled KPT to accommodate large vessels during 2008-10. [mappress] Source:pakobserver,March 28,2010;
The first phase of the Hambantota harbour construction will be completed by August this year and it will be followed by the process of filling the harbour with sea water and the construction will cost US $360 million, the Minister of Ports and Aviation Chamal Rajapaksa said. [mappress] Source:newslk
Here is a New Jersey riddle: Why is what’s good for the north not good for the south when it comes to deepening ports? Political leaders embrace deepening to 50 feet the behemoth New York-New Jersey Harbor at a cost of $2.5 billion. [mappress] Source:philly,March 28,2010;
Satkhira/Benapole, Mar 27 —India began dredging of the common Ichamati river at the border with Bangladesh on Saturday, to restore navigability and prevent flooding in West Bengal. [mappress] Source: BD News 24, March 28, 2010
Work on the new deep-sea terminal will take between three and four years to complete, Government says.Plans to build a major new container terminal in the Severn estuary have been approved.The new deep-sea terminal at Avonmouth will be built partly… [mappress] Source:motorboatsmonthly,March 26,2010;
Excessive land reclamation from the sea poses a growing threat to oceanic ecology and aggravates coastal pollution, a top administrator has warned.Sun Zhihui, head of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), said strict laws to protect arable land have prompted local authorities to resort to sea recl
Launched last November, the South Korean government’s Four Major Rivers Restoration Project calls for building 16 dams, dredging 570 million cubic meters of sand and gravel to deepen nearly 700 kilometers of riverbed, renovating two estuarine barrages, and constructing bike trails… [mappress] Source
THE two great industries of North East Lincolnshire have received an incredible double tonic.A blueprint for the Port of Immingham’s future detailing up to £400-million of investment and hundreds of jobs has been revealed, as Grimsby’s seafood status received a national accolade. [mappress] Source:t
State-owned Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) will spend VND4 trillion to build a huge breakwater at Ke Ga Deepwater Seaport whose construction is expected to begin in August this year. [mappress] Source:vietnamnet,March 26,2010;
Spending on developing the ports of Szczecin and the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot conurbation will reach as much as zł.2.5 billion by 2015. [mappress] Source:Rzeczpospolita,March 26,2010;
The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules a proposal by the Cypriot government to impose a special reduced tax on companies engaged in international maritime transport,dredging and cable-laying,which replaces the corporate tax. [mappress] Source:europa,March 26,2010;
Industrial waste from factories, construction site outflow and clean-up projects pose an ongoing challenge to America’s efforts at protecting the country’s water resources. The government is beginning to invest prodigious amounts of time and money into enacting strict regulatory… [mappress] Source:o
Massive vessel breaks nation’s cargo record. RISING out of the ocean like the Incredible Hulk, the Xin Yan Tai dwarfed the tug boat bobbing below it at a West Melbourne dock yesterday. [mappress] Source:heraldsun,March 25,2010;
