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Representatives of about 100 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Wednesday said they decided to temporarily halt their campaign against two sand-dredging companies because a group of suspected agitators had appeared in the area. Over the past four days, the protesters have been attempting to stop Rainbow International and Direct Access from dredging… Read More
Business leaders in Cairns have told a state parliamentary committee the far north Queensland city should be exempt from a new bill that limits port expansion. A public hearing was held in Cairns yesterday to take submissions on the State Government’s Sustainable Ports Development Bill. The bill is designed to protect the Great Barrier Reef… Read More
Laguna Lake looks more like a meadow than a body of water. The park and natural reserve are also dried up because of the drought. Some residents say neglect by the city is partly to blame. Neighbors say they are not worried about the water level. They know in time, with a lot of rain… Read More
Chief minister Oommen Chandy will convene a meeting to sort out issues related to International Container Transhipment Terminal at Vallarpadam. The meeting will be held on July 30. Ministers, local representatives, officials from Cochin Port Trust(CPT) and DP World will take part in the discussions. Though the terminal completed four years of operations since its… Read More
The approval granted by the Abia State House of Assembly for the state government to proceed with its plans to secure N30 billion bank loan may be heading into stormy weather as members of the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have backed out of the resolution. The state legislature had last week passed a… Read More
The questions associated with the potential economic and environmental impacts of deepening Jacksonville’s shipping channel have different responses depending on who’s answering them. The main question — how to fund the $500 million-$700 million project — remains without an answer. While the concept for the project has been approved by the federal government, no funds… Read More
Conflict and opposition – an inevitable response to any major dredging project? A new concept says it doesn’t have to be that way. Felicity Landon reports. There can’t be many major maritime dredging projects that have moved swiftly from conception to conclusion without a battle. It’s an accepted and expected part of life for all… Read More
An appeal against an order to stop Lough Neagh sand extraction could end up costing the companies involved £250,000. Five sand companies and the Shaftesbury estate, which owns the bed of the lough, are challenging an order from the Environment Minister to stop the dredging. It could cost each of them £40,000, according to a… Read More
Despite the naming of EEL Infraestruturas Ltd.’s lowest bid of $110 million as a winner for a new dredging tender for the Port of Santos, shippers using Brazil’s leading gateway have started to get nervous about if and when work needed to handle larger vessels will be completed.
The Federal High Court Lagos has been asked to stop the ongoing dredging of the Atlantic Oceanand building construction on the Eko Atlantic City by the Lagos State Government and private investors. The Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) is alleging that the defendants did not undertake any approved Environmental Impact Assessment as required by… Read More
Owen Sound council voted Monday night to participate in the federal government’s latest process to sell or otherwise divest federal lands around Owen Sound’s port. The city may not be the one to ultimately take possession of the federal port lands and waters but by joining the process it will receive more information and maintain… Read More
The town of Wellfleet has formed a task force to assess the silting in of Wellfleet Harbor. The area was last dredged in 2001, and now officials are worried that the silt problem will cause safety hazards if it is not dredged soon. Task force member and Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting Executive Director Michelle… Read More
Waving American flags and toting signs demanding, “Save our Beach. Dunes now!” more than 600 residents of Ortley Beach and their supporters marched from the bay to the ocean early Saturday to call attention to the narrow beaches and tiny dunes in this oceanfront Toms River neighborhood that they say provide little protection from a… Read More
A Newton Stewart resident who has monitored the River Cree almost every day for 18 years says Dumfries and Galloway Council could save millions in flood defences by simply dredging the river. Jim McDonald, who lives in Arthur Street, believes the big flood of November 2012 was linked to work done on weirs further up… Read More
A plan to spend $1.3 billion or more restoring the Los Angeles River and redeveloping nearby land inched forward Thursday as a federal review board agreed to let the proposal proceed. The Civil Works Review Board of the Army Corps of Engineers unanimously approved the plan, echoing support pledged 14 months ago by Assistant Army… Read More