Jan De Nul Group’s subsidiary Payra Dredging Company Limited (PDCL) entered into a concession agreement with Payra Port Authority for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Rabnabad Channel at Payra Port. This Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract was awarded at the end 2017. Under this agreement, Jan De Nul Group will be responsible for the… Read More
A boat sits at the Hells Gate State Park marina on a breezy Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston. Park staff have until March 1 to complete dredging of the Snake River near the park, but a partial government shutdown may force a delay. Tribune/Pete Caster Officials at Hells Gate State Park are preparing to dredge the… Read More
Batemans Bay Marina on the NSW south coast has launched an online petition seeking support for immediate action to be taken on dredging the Clyde River entrance to provide safe access for boats. According to the petition – which can be signed here – the last dredging works were carried out in 2016 and, since… Read More
Colombo, January 23 (Xinhua): For Sri Lankan engineer Sanjeewa Alwis, a veteran of the Colombo Port City project, the four state-of-the-art Chinese dredging vessels pumping yellow sea sand was an endearing spectacle. With the reclamation of land completed, the Chinese-funded Port City under construction near the Colombo Harbor is beginning to take shape. It will… Read More
In a move to address Cagayan River basin’s continued siltation, the provincial government of Cagayan has urged the public to take responsibility in bringing back the forest cover along Sierra Madre and the Cordillera mountain ranges. Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said that the heavily silted Cagayan River bed had also caused the recent flooding, particularly… Read More
Come monsoon, Sarakki lake, one of the largest in the Koramangala-Challaghatta valley, will be reborn. The hope is that the ongoing dredging and desilting work will conclude as per plan and the lake will get filled with fresh water. For the community around the lake who led the fight to save it, the struggle has… Read More
Ohio’s latest grant of $1.9 million to boost the on-shore disposal of material dredged from the Port of Toledo shipping channel is a positive move from the state. A lot more will have to follow. Toledo cannot afford to lose its port commerce, which is what will happen if the shipping channel can’t be dredged…. Read More
Waikaia Gold has pulled the pin on its gold dredging operation in northern Southland, and is scheduled to finish in March. The company has decided against going into a year-long fourth phase of mining. During more than five years, Waikaia Gold has taken well over 2 tonnes of fine alluvial gold from about 150ha of… Read More
Delta MP Carla Qualtrough, seen in this file photo, was in Richmond late last month to award funding for a estuary restoration project in the Fraser River Delta. Photograph By fileAn estuary restoration project in the Fraser River Delta will now be completed thanks to funding from the federal government. Delta MP Carla Qualtrough was… Read More
A hyacinth harvester at the Kisumu port. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG Dredging Kisumu port has rekindled hopes of turning the lakeside city into a major regional maritime transport hub. According to African Union’s High Representative for Infrastructure Development Raila Odinga the initiative, fronted by the Lake Region Economic Bloc and Uganda’s Mangoe Tree… Read More
Chettinad Mangalore Coal Terminal is building the Rs. 469.46 cr berth The New Mangalore Port will get a mechanised berth for handling coal by March. Addressing the media here today, MT Krishna Babu, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), said that the mechanised operations are scheduled to commence from Berth 16 by Chettinad Mangalore Coal… Read More
This is the sixth span of the bridge at Zajira point One of the spans of Padma Bridge will be transported from Mawa, Munshiganj to Shariatpur’s Zajira upazila point by crane. The 6F span set out towards the Zajira point, on the Tiyan E crane, around 8:30am on Tuesday. This is the sixth span of… Read More
Illegal land occupiers are keen on using the freshly-formed river islands The once flowing and vibrant Mogra and Dhalai rivers are now on the verge of death; this is due to the reluctance of local administration to solve the issue and a lack of dredging efforts in Netrokona. There was a time when these two… Read More
The City of Sarasota nears halfway mark for its emergency Lido Beach renourishment project SARASOTA (WWSB) – The City of Sarasota is nearly half way done with it’s Lido Beach renourishment project and beach goers are starting to see the difference. A dramatic before and after picture marks the City’s progress from November to January…. Read More
Cleaning drive initiated in Dal Lake first time during winters Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 22 (ANI): The Lakes and Water Ways Development Authority (LAWDA) started the cleaning work of Dal Lake during winter season for the first time in Kashmir valley on Monday. They initiated a massive mission to clean the famous Dal Lake…. Read More