A GIANT dredger is helping to make the £260m second Tyne Tunnel a reality – and protecting the environment… [mappress] Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, March 12, 2010;
Mar 12, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has initiated a number of projects to expand the ports network in the country to attract more service form the international shipping industry, the Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Aviation Ranjith de Silva said today at a press briefing… [mappress] S
Jordan’s Aqaba Development Corp (ADC), the central development company for the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), has invited firms to submit expressions of interest by April 11 for a marine works contract on the $700m Aqaba New Port project… [mappress] Source: AME info, March 14, 2010;
The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port… [mappress] Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010;
A port survey has shown that the total investment earmarked for expansion and renovation projects along the 2,838km navigable length of the Yangtze river now comes to around $4bn… [mappress] Source: Port Strategy, March 11, 2010
JOHANNESBURG – Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds has been selected as the preferred candidate to build and operate a new dredge and a 11,5-million ton a year floating treatment plant (FTP) for Namibian diamond-miner Namdeb… [mappress] Source: Mining Weekly, March 12, 2010
The Centre has finally admitted that excessive siltation of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers was primarily reasons responsible for recurring floods in Assam… [mappress] Source: The Assam Tribune, March 11, 2010;
A sustained dredging program of the Swansea Channel over the 2009-10 summer means that boats should have no problems coming up the coast and getting into the lake… [mappress] source: Sail World, March 12, 2010
The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010… [mappress] Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010
APPROVED: Mayor Bong Gordon, First Lady & Zambales Vice Gov. Anne Gordon and Vice Mayor Cynthia Cajudo give the thumbs-up on the powerful IMS Model 5012 HP dredging machine. The regular desilting work has started at the mouth of Kalaklan River. Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. proudly announced the ar
The battle lines were drawn as economic growth came face to face with cultural values in Mount Maunganui yesterday… [mappress] Source: Bay of Plenty Times ,March 11, 2010
Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) recently completed its scheduled comprehensive, maintenance dredging project, 11 days ahead of schedule and more than two million dollars under budget… [mappress] Source: The Dolphin, March 11, 2010; October 14, 2008
Toxin tests on live mussels put in bags in the Swan River and Fremantle Harbour for the first six weeks of port dredging have shown detectable levels of tributyltin, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals… [mappress] Source: the West Australian, March 11, 2010
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. [mappress] Source: Trading Markets, March 11, 2010
