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There’s more progress on long-touted plans to deepen the channel at Broward County’s seaport to host larger ships, boost business and create jobs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set aside $1.2 million this budget year to help fund the next phase of the dredging project, Port Everglades chief Steve Cernak announced Tuesday. Nearly… Read More
A massive dredging project at the Port of Redwood City has entered a new phase. The aim of the $12.8 million project is to deepen the channel to greater than 30 feet to allow more vessels to dock at the port. Before the project began, the depth of the Redwood Creek channel was 22 feet,… Read More
The Port of Calais in the north of France has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to go ahead with plans for a new €270 million cross?Channel terminal. The project funding had been under scrutiny in relation to the EU’s competition rules with concern that it may unduly distort competition in the internal market… Read More
The project will see the removal of almost 40 thousand tonnes of silt from the harbour, and will be ongoing for the next two months.The operation cost in the region of 6 million euro.County Clare engineering firm L&M Keating Ltd were announced as the contractor in May. Dunmore East Harbourmaster Harry McLoughlin says the dredging… Read More
The Taipei City Government will revise river dredging plans, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je said yesterday. “Even though funding might be the same, dredging plans will change to focus on allowing boats to enter and exit docks,” Ko said, adding that previous dredging of the river channel had not had any effect. The Chinese-language Liberty Times… Read More
Mr Danladi Ibrahim, Acting Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has said the dredging of the Lower River Benue, awarded at a cost N26 billion, would be completed in two years…Ibrahim made the disclosure when he visited the Lagos Area Office of NIWA, as maritime activities closed on Friday. He said the contract… Read More
Visakhapatnam Port has added yet another feather to its cap when it received m.v. Han Fu Star, the larges-ever bulk carrier it berthed in its history. Since it was made operational in 1933, the port received largest-ever Cape vessel generating a lot of interest among port community. Vizag General Cargo Berth Private Limited (VGCBPL), one… Read More
The planned half-billion dollar deepening of the Charleston Harbor shipping channel has passed another milestone, and final approval of the plan is expected from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by early fall. Three years ago, the Obama administration designated Charleston and four other harbor projects as nationally significant and allowed required studies to be expedited…. Read More
THE World Bank Vice-President for the Africa Region, Dr Makhtar Diop, said at the weekend that his institution is impressed with the ongoing improvement at the Port of Dar es Salaam, saying the move will have positive impact on the economy of Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours. D r Diop made the remarks when he… Read More
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc will today begin the tendering process for three main operations and maintenance (O&M) contract packages to support the £1billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Having previously named General Electric and Andritz Hydro as preferred bidders to manage the operations and maintenance of the lagoon’s turbines and power generation facilities, Tidal Lagoon… Read More
WORK which was supposed to dredge 25,000 cubic metres of sand from Rhyl harbour has left boat users angry. A dredging operation to “ensure Rhyl Harbour is fit for purpose” started at the end of May 20 and finished last week, but harbour users have said the dredging has taken place on nearby beaches and… Read More
The special task force of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Monday pulled down more structures along the Odaw River in Accra to pave the way for the dredging of the river. The demolition exercise, which started at 9 a.m., was supervised by the police. About 100 structures along the rails from the Graphic Road to… Read More
Three years after work stalled on a new lock at the Chickamauga Dam, construction should resume on the $860 million project by the end of the year using revenues generated by a new barge fuel tax Congress adopted last year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday released $3 million of the $6 million left… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles will begin construction this summer on a two-year project to improve the marine container terminal operated by Yusen Terminals LLC. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has awarded Manson Construction a US$44.6 million contract to upgrade berths, and backlands at Berths 212-224. “This project consists of strategic improvements to… Read More
The much awaited dredging work on the Srivaikuntam tank in Tuticorin district has commenced, as per an order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in June this year. Farmers of the region considered it a gift from chief minister J Jayalalithaa to mark her victory in the bypoll. Tuticorin MDMK district secretary S Joel… Read More