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The consortium consisting of Van Oord and Urbinveste – Promoção e Projectos Imobiliários, S.A. has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of the Marginal da Corimba project in Luanda, Angola. The contract has been signed with the Angolan government (Gabinete Técnico de Gestão da Requalificação e Desenvolvimento Urbano do Perímetro Costeiro da… Read More
Oman is expected to issue a tender for a bulk liquid terminal at the Port of Duqm within a month, a report said. The $1-billion project is a key component of the infrastructure being developed by the Oman government to support a major refinery, reported Times of Oman. “More than 2 km of the quay… Read More
Leland Harbor could eventually close for good unless officials scrape together enough money to dredge its sand-choked entrance. The Leland Township Harbor Commission’s tight budget and limited federal funding over the past several years has stalled dredging efforts for the harbor in Traverse City, which is a refuge for Lake Michigan boaters in distress and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced revised and renewed nationwide permits (NWPs) necessary for work in streams, wetlands and other waters of the United States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The new NWPs will take effect March 19, 2017,… Read More
Spain’s state-owned Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has unveiled a business plan to invest more than €233m to upgrade three of its ports, including Valencia, Sagunto and Gandía, until 2020. As part of the plan, PAV is planning to invest €56.19m during this year and more than €177m during the period of 2018-2020. Of the… Read More
No wonder Port of Port St. Joe officials wish to be part of the club. Florida ports added 200,000 new jobs since 2012 and were responsible for $117.6 billion in economic activity last year, according to a report issued by the Florida Ports Council. As Port St. Joe Port Authority officials, joined by private and… Read More
THIS year the Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) and others within the port will be praying that the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) gives the thumbs up for the capital dredging scheme proposed for the harbour to accommodate mega cruise ships and larger commercial vessels. Examining the records for the port FHC appear to have had difficulties… Read More
A new $2 million Queensland Government program will aim to reduce the amount of sediment washing off building and construction sites and flowing into the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay. Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles said the Palaszczuk Government has provided funding to deliver a four-year urban development erosion and sediment control program through… Read More
Two proposed changes to the placing of cadmium-laden dredged sediments at dredged material containment areas (DCMAs), as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, are available for review in a Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA). This SEA supplements the July 2012 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. Corps officials recommend placing… Read More
2016 has been a difficult year in many ways, with celebrities dying, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. But even with the beating that Somerset took during Storm Angus in November, there is one crumb of comfort which we can take: the Levels and Moors did not flood. In fact, since the disastrous floods… Read More
Ethan Wells has lived along the Ohio River for almost all of his 32 years. One day last August near his home in Sistersville, an hour south of Wheeling, West Virginia, he noticed blue-green algae growing along the riverbank. And each time he looked, there was more of it. “I grew up on a farm… Read More
Iran seeks to reform pipelines systems in Neka oil terminal in time with final negotiations between Iran and Russia over sales of 100 thousand barrels of crude oil per day. Earlier in December, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak reached agreement on finalizing an oil export deal worth 100 thousand… Read More
The Corps of Engineers will get more money for coastal beach replenishment and flood control projects, and more leeway for creatively using sediment from navigation dredging projects. Little-noticed provisions in the final version of the Water Resource Development Act recently passed by Congress authorize new efforts for the Corps to use sand and other sediments… Read More
Jawaharlal Nehru (JN) Port, India’s busiest container port, has launched a global tender to deepen and widen Mumbai harbour channel and JN Port channel. Work to deepen the existing draught to accommodate 15 m-draught vessels, carrying more than 9,000 teu, will stretch over 35.5 km and is projected by the port to cost about USD260… Read More
The federally supervised cleanup of PCB contamination on the Hudson River has failed to protect public health or the environment, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said in a new report on the six-year dredging project. The report released Tuesday and a statement from DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos are the latest developments in an intensifying… Read More