The removal of underwater mines by exploding them starts in the Finnish Gulf along the route of the North Stream gas pipeline… Source: RZD-Partner, November 23, 2009
Director General of Debt Management at the Ministry of Finance Rahmat Waluyanto said the World Bank offered aid for coping with flood in Jakarta. The offer will be included in the Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative… Source: VIVA News, November 24, 2009;
NEW ORLEANS — State officials are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to stop discarding sediment it dredges from the Mississippi River and use more of it to restore Louisiana’s eroded wetlands. Source: USA Today, November 23, 2009;
Banks in Europe are breathing easy after it was confirmed much of the continent has emerged from recession… Source: Associated Press, November, 2009;
Following a hostile takeover, Smit’s salvage business will remain in the group for three years. But what then?… Source: Fairplay, November 19, 2009
TRENTON, N.J. (CN) – The Army Corps of Engineers ignored new information about environmental damages in approving a 102-mile-long, $310 million project to dredge the Delaware River all the way up to Philadelphia, six environmental groups say in Federal Court… Source: Courthouse News Service, Novembe
Awka — Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, Minister of Federal Ministry of Transport on Sunday in Onitsha commended the quality of work being done at the dredging of Lower River Niger… Source:All Africa, November 24, 2009;
The Defense Department’s plans to build a deep draft wharf that can support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier inside of Apra Harbor may be considered a critical component of the buildup, but the construction of such berthing won’t come without some consequences on the island’s ecosystem…
What does the International Maritime Organization’s eNavigation strategy mean to you? Without wishing to begin on a down-note, probably not that much. That is if you have heard of it all. Amid the clang and clamour of the… Source: BIMCO, November 4, 2009
Crews on contract with the Environmental Protection Agency have pulled about 85,000 tons of heavy metal-laced sediment from Keswick Lake. A hydraulic dredge is set to keep working until Dec. 12… Source: Redding, November 22, 2009
Kandla Port Trust is busy exploring ways to expedite the setting up of a Special Economic Zone over 5,000 hectares identified for the purpose… Source: The hindu Business Line, November 23, 2009
The harbor dredging project is more than 90 percent complete and is expected to be concluded ahead of schedule, according to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who yesterday commended Boskalis International, which is carrying out the work… Source: The Nassau Guardian, November 23, 2009;
THE Philippine Ports Authority has signed with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and its partner Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. a $308 million, 25-year contract to modernize the Manila North Harbor… Source: Manilla Standard, November 20, 2009;
Costs to deepen the Main Channel and other waterways at the Port of Los Angeles soared to $298 million Thursday night, when the harbor commission approved a plan that calls for dumping some of the dredged dirt at three new disposal sites… Source: Daily Breeze, November 20, 2009
