DELAWARE CITY, DEL. — Thursday is sirloin steak day for the 40-man crew on the cutterhead dredger that is now weaving back and forth in the channel of the Delaware River about 1.5 miles from Delaware City… [mappress] Source:courierpostonline,March 19,2010
PITTSFIELD — General Electric has until July 15 to propose its so-called Rest of River cleanup plan to remove PCBs from the Housatonic River, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [mappress] Source:berkshireeagle,March 19,2010;
EAST China’s Yantai port, across from Korea on the Bohai Sea, plans to invest CNY2.5 billion (US$366 million) in 23 building projects with a expectation to reach a harbour throughput of 180 million tonnes in 2010, reports Xinhua. [mappress] Source:wnews,March 19,2010;
Mumbai: Rampant ,illegal sand-dredging,in contravention of rules laid down by the state government in its tender agreement with the dredgers,was witnessed on thuesday when TOI visited Bankot Creek in Raigad along with environmental activists… [mappress] Source:timesofindia,March 19,2010
The work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 800,000 cubic yards using a pipeline dredge in Gulf Intercoastal Waterway Texas main channel across Aransas bay in Aransas and Calhoun counties.The contract is awarded at March 16, 2010 to King Fisher Marine Service with a value of $4,940,65
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Authorities say nobody was injured Wednesday after a boat collision four miles off the coast of Tybee Island… [mappress] Source:macon,March 18,2010;
CEDA’s second stand-alone technical visit will take CEDA members to Port of Gijón, to see first-hand one of Spain’s largest port projects. The project, dubbed ‘Puerto de El Musel’ will double the capacity of the port… [mappress] Source:ceda,March 18,2010;
UPGRADING the Port of Liverpool to be able to handle the biggest ships in the world looks set to finally start next year.Port owners Peel delayed the £100m post-Panamax dock expansion plans when the credit crunch hit.But development director Lindsey Ashworth told delegates at the Mipim conference in
Port funding bill already has support from Governor Charlie Crist, now State Representative Lake Ray is backed by an official on the First Coast… [mappress] Source:wokv,March 18,2010;
The city and port authority don’t always agree, but both are happy with a dredging deal that promises to save millions of Hamilton tax dollars.Instead of the city dredging shallow Windermere Basin at the far east end of the harbour — as it is obliged to do — sediment will be allowed to wash into [&h
The Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) launched by the Government is in progress under the two phases the project was planned.The total estimated cost of construction of harbour Infrastructure works is US$ 330 million while the first South Container Terminal will be constructed under BOT terms… [
The turtle hurdle is over and now the real work begins on Burnaby Lake.Last week saw the first day of the long-awaited dredging project and with it, the start of a cleanup that will soon bring clarity back to the lake.The $16-million project was stalled last September after provincial environment mi
With the Haldia Dock’s financial position under strain following fall in parcel size of vessels due to low draught, the Centre has released Rs 267 crore as dredging subsidy, Minister of State for Shipping, Mr Mukul Roy, said here on Wednesday… [mappress] Source: Business Line, March 17, 2010;
Dhaka, March 12 — In addition to the Teesta’s water share, Bangladesh will talk with India also on dredging of the Surma River at the Joint Rivers Commission meeting starting Thursday in New Delhi, a top official has said… [mappress] Source: bdnews24.com, March 17, 2010;
