OCEAN CITY — As one major storm passed over the town of Ocean City last weekend, resort officials were putting the finishing touches on plans to clean up the damage left behind from last month’s storm that hit Ocean City square in the face… Source:mdcoastdispatch,December 25,2009;
The European Commission adopted on December 18 the decisions for the financing of three major projects submitted under Priority Axis 2 – “Modernization and development of national transport infrastructure outside the TEN-T… Source:financiarul,December 23,2009; [mappress]
DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme – boosting new industrial development in South Tyneside… Source:shieldsgazette,December 26,2009; [mappress]
The military will help dredge the sand, mud and driftwood that Typhoon Morakot deposited in Tsengwen Reservoir in Chiayi County, Water Resources Agency (WRA) Director-General Yang Wei-fu said yesterday… Source:taipeitimes,December 26,2009; [mappress]
The city of San Angelo had planned on dredging the North Concho River — sucking up and dumping all the silt that has deposited at the bottom — some time around late September or early October, but it didn’t count on having to work around the annual habits of the Concho water snake, which is [&hellip
The group pushing for a major expansion to Sydney Harbour says its major financial backer is down, but not necessarily out… Source:thechronicleherald,December 24,2009 [mappress]
Primorje Wins Bid to Extend Container Terminal in Croatia’s Main Port Ajdovscina… Source: Invest Slovenia, December 23, 2009; [mappress]
SACRAMENTO — The effects of global warming will be felt worldwide, scientists say — and Southern California harbors will be hit especially hard by rising seas, according to a published report by the California State Lands Commission… Source:thelog,December 22, 2009; [mappress]
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony today Mrs Lau said the terminal will be an iconic building in the region. Upon its commissioning, Hong Kong will have four berths for cruise vessels… Source:news.gov.hk,December 23,2009; [mappress]
A permanent cruise passenger terminal will be built at White Bay Wharf Five by 2012 after the New South Wales government yesterday signalled the end of visits into Darling Harbour… Source:lloydslistdcn,December 22,2009;
Zidell the longtime Portland barge builder, is pursuing one of the biggest Willamette River cleanup plans to date, a $20 million project that would address decades of contamination, improve 3,000 feet of rubble-strewn shoreline… Source:oregonlive,December 21, 2009;
Unanimous decision upholds Maryland’s denial of water-quality permit A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., upheld Maryland’s denial of a water-quality… Source: Baltimore Sun, December 23, 2009
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is planning a $100 million project to deepen the harbour channel by four metres… Source:stuff.co.nz,December 23,2009
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is optimistic that construction of the second container terminal will start on schedule despite uncertainty surrounding the dredging of Likoni channel… Source: Africa Business Daily, December 23, 2009;
