State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud has sought Japanese assistance in river dredging in Bangladesh to allow uninterrupted flow of water for stopping shrinkage and erosion of the river… Source: The New Nation, November 14, 2009
Who wants to know how a peasant is laughing with pain in the teeth, was yesterday afternoon at Hotel Okura Amsterdam to come. As Smit International and Boskalis announced a Rotterdam (!) Port merger. CEO Ben Vree, Smit presented his best to the photographers… Source: NRC, November 13, 2009
Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei might have just found a solution to “better control” flood situations, as a new, efficient and economical dredge has arrived in the Sultanate to deepen and de-silt rivers, lakes, coastal areas and marinas… Source: BruDirect, November 14, 2009
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded on Nov. 6, 2009, a $6,976,300 firm-fixed-price contract for the Mississippi River, Cubit’s Gap and Southwest Pass, Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 11-2009, Plaquemines Parish, La… Source: DefPro, November 13, 2009
KOCHI: The ordeal of the captain and crew members of dredging vessel Meka I, stranded in Kochi after being detained by port officials here, has finally come to an end… Source: Express Buzz, November 12, 2009;
Ex-Coast Guard captain brings new data to light. As Georgia Ports Authority officials continue to inch closer to getting the green light on a $500 million-plus harbor deepening that’s been more than 10 years in the making, the last thing they want to see at this point is a glitch… Source: Bluffton T
Another $18 million is needed for deepening the St. Johns – A dredging project that will benefit cargo ships calling on Jacksonville’s Talleyrand port faces a multimillion funding shortfall because a federal survey incorrectly calculated the amount of material that would have to be dredged… Source:
Fortescue Metals Group will decide in 2010/11 whether to mine its Solomon iron ore project in Western Australia and estimates the development will cost $3.6 billion… Source: The Age, November 12, 2009
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a Dh2.3 billion (US$639 million) contract to National Marine Dredging related to a project to build artificial islands in the Gulf… Source: The National, November 12, 2009
Prime Minister Ali Mujawar got acquainted on Wednesday with the work progress in Aden Container Terminal (ACT) in Aden Free Zone (AFZ) and the expansion plans in the ACT… Source: Yemen News Agency, November 11, 2009
Calling the first year of the massive Fox River cleanup process a surprising success, project officials said progress made in 2009 could shorten the $700 million project by an entire year… Source: Post Cresent, November 11, 2009;
The Ukrainian government has given the go-ahead for the expansion of Odessa, Yuzhny and Illichevsk into additional land areas… Source: Port Strategy, November 11, 2009;
Sand exporters have complained to the Prime Minister after falling foul of new regulation… Source: VietNamNet Bridge, November 11, 2009;
A GREAT swathe of sand off the coast of Gower could be left untouched following a major rethink by a dredging company… Source: This is South Wales, November 6, 2009;
