Contractors have finished dredging the Shinnecock Inlet, removing more than 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the navigation channel, and the project came in $3 million under budget, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversaw the work. [mappress] Source: 27 East News, January 15, 20
The dredges scouring sand from East Pass and piping it to Okaloosa Island finished work on Thursday, according to Army Corps of Engineers site manager Terry Jangula. [mappress] Source: The Destin Log, January 15, 2010;
The Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) is planning to award projects worth Rs 1,690 crore over the next two years. The proposed investment would enable the port to increase its cargo handling capacity by another 20 million tonnes. [mappress] Source: Business Standard, Janaury 18, 2010
New Delhi, Jan 17 — The government will open bids next week for developing Myanmar”s Sittwe port, which is being fully set up by India, for boosting open trade with ASEAN nations at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore. “We will open the bids on January 18 for dredging and setting up port facilities. [
The Construction work of the 1st phase of Hambanthota harbour project will be completed by next October. [mappress] Source:slbc.lk,January 17,2010;
JUNO BEACH — Nesting sea turtles may be endangered because a $9 million beach renourishment project is about three weeks behind schedule. [mappress] Source: The Palm Beach Post, January 15, 2010
Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, 15 Jan – Construction of the deepwater port in Sao Tome and Principe will only begin in 2011, one year later than planned, Oliver Tretout of the Terminal Link company has announced. [mappress] Source: MacauHub, January 15, 2010;
Dredging which began on Christmas Day to clear the flood-hit Port of Workington of waste and debris has been successfully completed, Cumbria County Council has said. [mappress] Source: New Civil Engineer, January 15, 2010;
The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will carry out an environment impact assessment of the Sethusamudram channel, which aims to dredge a navigable link through the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka, an official statement said Thursday. [mappress] Source: New Kerala, January 14, 2010
Final preparations are under way to get Great Yarmouth’s outer harbour ship-shape for the arrival of its first container vessel – with a pledge from bosses that the £30m scheme will not be a while elephant. [mappress] Source: The Advertiser 24, January 15, 2010;
A dredging operation which will allow abnormally large and heavy equipment bound for Pembroke Power Station to be delivered by sea instead of road, is set to begin this week. [mappress] Source: Milford & West Wales Mercury, January 14, 2010;
Dredging and survey work along London Gateway Route will start next week [mappress] Source: Port of London, January 13, 2010
AVALON — A major emergency beach fill project that may result in more than 1 million cubic yards of sand being placed on beaches here and Sea Isle City this spring took a major step forward on Friday, Jan. 8. [mappress] Source:capemaycountyherald,January 13,2010;
University of Iowa researchers have confirmed that sediments of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind., are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). [mappress] Source: Science Daily, January 12, 2010
