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
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;
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
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;
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
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Nov. 18, 2009, a $5,559,750 firm-fixed-price contract for the maintenance dredging, Wilmington Harbor Outer Ocean Bar, Brunswick County, North Carolina… Source: Defpro, November 23, 2009;
Marshfield – Boats bottoming out and tilting over toward their heaviest side in Green Harbor during low tide… Source: Marshfield, November 19, 2009
A joint venture of VolkerStevin Marine and Westminster Dredging has been named as preferred contractor for the design and construction of the Siadar Wave Energy Project on the Isle of Lewis… Source: Construction News, November 20, 2009;
AHMEDABAD: Adani Group arm Mundra Port and SEZ will develop non-LNG port facilities at Hazira in South Gujarat. The group will commission 13 berths for bulk cargo and containers that will be developed in phased manner… Source: The Econimic Times, November 20, 2009
Qatofin inauguration to give exports a fillip… Source: Gulf Times, November 19, 2009;
AVALON CONDITIONS WORSE THAN EXPECTED… Source: Shore News Today, November 18, 2009;
Europe’s largest energy project, Nord Stream, this month received vital approvals from Sweden and Finland when they gave their OKs for the twin underwater pipelines to pass through their exclusive economic zones in the Baltic Sea… Source: ENR, November 18, 2009;
TEXAS CITY — A New Jersey-based marine construction firm was awarded a $61.8 million contract Wednesday to deepen the Texas City Ship Channel… Source: The Galveston Daily News, November 19, 2009;
HARVEY CEDARS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contractor Weeks Marine dumped the first load of sand Tuesday morning on the borough’s 86th Street beach, marking the beginning of the long-awaited beach-replenishment project… Source: Press of Atalantic City, November 17, 2009;
