The provincial government and a Taiwanese mining firm signed an agreement for the immediate dredging of the narrow and silted Abra River which threatens low-lying areas in Metro Vigan including the Heritage City. Raymund Sinay, Environment and Natural Resources Management Officer, said a monitoring and assessment of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of… Read More
The Port of Paranaguá, Paraná, prepares to expand its capacity to receive post-Panamax ships thanks to a R$394 million dredging contract, the largest ever for a Brazilian port. Slated to be completed in 22 months, the project will deepen the internal and external channels, as well as access points to berths at one of the… Read More
General partnership “BMGS S” delivers to the Freeport of Riga the completed infrastructure object, that was built in the framework of “Development of Infrastructure on Krievu Island for the Transfer of Port Activities from the City Centre” – the most ambitious project in the history of the restored Latvian independence, reports BC port’s press service…. Read More
Pilbara iron ore miners could ship more ore from the region’s key port if a forecast 16 per cent increase in shipping capacity is delivered over the next three years. Modelling work over the past two years by the Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has identified opportunities to increase the shipping capacity in Port Hedland’s channel… Read More
Sakhalin branch of FSUE Rosmorport has announced an open tender in electronic format (No ??/15-35) to select a contractor for the development of project documentation and execution maintenance dredging at seaport Shakhtersk in 2016-2020, the company says. According to the tender materials, initial price is RUB 4,800,393 (VAT included). The source of financing – internal… Read More
Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-R-0007 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: USACE District, Baltimore Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-R-0007 Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: Added: Nov 17, 2015 8:53 am Responses are due no later than 11:00 a.m. eastern standard time December 1, 2015. This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for… Read More
Sometime over the next several weeks, the Muddy River will be unearthed from its stretch of underground pipes and once again allowed to run freely above ground from the headwaters of Jamaica Pond to the Charles River. The long-delayed US Army Corps of Engineers project will restore a broken watery link in the Emerald Necklace… Read More
ince superstorm Sandy struck, Twilight Lake floods often. The storm dumped sand into the lake when it pushed feet of water through this Bay Head neighborhood in 2012, raising the already shallow lake bed. The video below shows ocean water pouring onto streets in the community. In the three years since, Twilight Lake has overflowed… Read More
The restoration of an endangered species habitat on Bird Island is expected to begin very soon. According to the project manager from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “I feel like we’re making good progress,” Adam Burnett, of the Corps’ New England District said. “We are not behind at all.” In September, the Quincy-based Cashman… Read More
Significant progress is being made on the €6m dredging works at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre in Waterford. The works, which involve removing approx 27,000 metres cubed of material located in the harbour basin and in the approach channel to the port, commenced in June and are substantially complete. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and… Read More
For months, the West Bank’s flood protection authority has been holding forums and meetings with voters, preaching a seemingly noncontroversial message about the millage proposal that will go before West Jefferson voters on Nov. 21: Flood protection is essential, and a newly beefed-up system needs a dedicated revenue source to keep it in top form…. Read More
After much delay and several impassioned pleas from Port Isabel residents, the entrance to The Fingers is set to undergo maintenance dredging in the coming weeks. Over the last several months, dredging of the channel entrance has been a topic of conversation during numerous Port Isabel City Commission meetings, drawing extended discussion from both the… Read More
Work to repair, upgrade and strengthen Island Bay’s seawall will begin next week. Contractors Fulton Hogan will have workers on site setting up from next Wednesday 18 November. They plan to complete the job by mid-June next year. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the upgrade work will address structural issues and make the seawall more resilient… Read More
This morning, the EIB took part in the inauguration of the fourth lock in the Belgian town of Lanaye, close to Liege and just across the border from the Dutch city of Maastricht. In the company of several Belgian and Dutch Ministers and EIB Vice President Pim van Ballekom, King Philip of the Belgians officially… Read More
Notice Date 11/13/2015 Notice Type Modification/Amendment NAICS 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Contracting Office Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Savannah, Attn: CESAS-CT, 100 W. Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah, Georgia, 31402-0889, United States ZIP Code 31402-0889 Solicitation Number W912HN-15-B-0004 Point of Contact Travis J Specht, Phone: 9126525470, Bruce… Read More