SAN DIEGO — A giant crane towering over the waters of Mission Bay near Hospitality Point painstakingly picks up one huge boulder at a time from a barge and carefully sets it on the tip of the south jetty… Source: Sign on San Diego, November 3, 2009;
Bald Head Island has started work on a $15 million beach nourishment project to rebuild its badly eroded west and south beach areas… Source: Star News Online, November 2, 2009;
The dredging of Nassau Harbour is more than 70 percent complete, according to project manager Robert Garraway… Source: The Nassau Guardian, November 3, 2009;
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–Plans to invest almost $40 billion to triple port capacity across the oil-rich Persian Gulf region are sailing against stiff global economic head winds, according to industry experts… Source: Zawya Dow Jones, November 3, 2009;
The announcement that plans for a new major deep water port in Mexico have been renewed is bound to stir controversy locally if the project actually materializes… Source: YumaSun, October 31, 2009;
Construction of the first of The World islands, situated off Dubai’s coast, is expected to start as early as next month, while its other site developments await final clearances and permissions from the regulatory body, Trakhees… Source: New Civil Engineer, November 2, 2009;
After two decades of lobbying, several lawsuits and a presidential visit, the long-sought Columbia River channel deepening project will end with a bang… Source: Columbian, October 31, 2009;
National Marine Dredging (UAE) wins Zadco islands reclamation deal as part of a scheme to boost production at the Upper Zakum field to 750.000 barrels a day. Source: MEED, November 1, 2009;
A proposal aimed at dredging 65 million cubic meters of silt and soil from Taiwan’s riverbeds and reservoirs within a year to reduce the risk of flooding will be discussed at an Executive Yuan meeting in the coming week, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Sunday… Source: The China Pos
A huge project to replenish eroded beaches in Mexico’s main Caribbean coastal resorts, including Cancún, has been suspended after legal action by environmentalists… Source: The Guardian Int., November 2, 2009;
Challenging the established aquatic allure of Amsterdam and Venice is the aim of an ambitious plan set to transform the waterways of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province… Source: China Daily, October 31, 2009
$46.3 million project awaits President Barack Obama’s signature… Read More: Jacksonville News
PANAMA CITY – One hundred years after the first blocks of cement were placed in 1909 for construction of the Panama Canal, the interoceanic waterway through which 983,000 ships have sailed during a century of operations… More: Latin America Herald Tribune
The Belgian government is refusing to pay the Netherlands €300m it had agreed to hand over in compensation for environmental damage caused by deepening the Westerschelde estuary, news agency ANP reports on Monday… More: Dutch News
