ALBANY — A panel of independent experts this week will begin sorting out two massive technical reports on the first year of PCB dredging from the Hudson River to offer a possible road map for the project’s future. [mappress] Source: Times Union, February 16, 2010
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010
SLUDGE-LIKE sediment containing lead, copper, chromium and mercury is washing up onto river-side rocks in East Fremantle, activists say. [mappress] Source: Perth Now, February 16, 2010
CHITTAGONG, Feb 15: After a lapse of over two decades the physical work of the capital dredging of the heavily silted areas of the River Karnaphuli is likely to begin this year. [mappress] Source: The Financial Express, February 16, 2010;
The Japanese financial assistance will be used for buying a medium-size dredger along with dumping barges, repair/up gradation of navigation aids and extension and repair of the breakwater. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010;
Stena Line has announced investment details of approximately £200m in a new ferry port facility at Loch Ryan in Scotland. A 28 acre site two miles north of Cairnryan has been chosen to locate the facility which will be constructed to accommodate a mix of travel… [mappress] Source:webwire,February 15
INDIALANTIC — An Illinois dredging company began to deliver the first new sand over the weekend in a $12.4 million project to widen Indialantic and Melbourne Beach… [mappress] Source:floridatoday,February 15,2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Guyana over the years has been capitalising on its natural resources to maximize its growth and development. As such the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Government of India has undertaken a feasibility study to determine a possible location for the construc
RATTLESNAKE POINT — Without Jason Thibodaux’s help, the Rio Grande would have a hard time making it past this sediment-choked desert flood plain. [mappress] Source: Albuquerque Journal, February 14, 2010
The government has chalked out a Tk 12,000 crore project for dredging more than 300 rivers within the next eight years, as the length of navigable waterways in the country nearly halved in just two decades. [mappress] Source: The Daily Star, February 15, 2010
US Amry Corps of engineers has launched a dredging tender to maintain Bayou Freshwater. [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the Point at Emerald Isle gained beachfront. [mappress] Sourcecarolinacoastonline:,February 12,2010
The island city-state’s size has increased by over 20 per cent since the 1960s and demand for sand for lucrative land reclamation and development projects is higher than ever. [mappress] Source:telegraph,February 12,2010;
Yemen and Dubai’s DP World plan a major expansion of Aden’s container port, betting on growth in the country despite Al Qaeda, instability and Somali pirates, officials said. [mappress] Source:maritimenews,February 12,2010;
