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Environmental activists have released a letter from Prime Minister Hun Sen to the National Assembly penned in response to allegations of illegal sand dredging in Koh Kong province. In the letter, Hun Sen dismisses claims by activist group Mother Nature of foreign ownership of the two firms in question – Direct Access and International Rainbow… Read More
Wahkiakum County commissioners approved transportation plans for 2016 and beyond and worked on other issues when they met Tuesday. Besides working on road construction and ferry improvement plans, the board discussed progress on placing dredged sand on eroding properties. The board approved a contract with Coast and Harbor Engineering for engineering design and permitting for… Read More
According to the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority”, dredging fleet of the contractor started works over the 7th sweep of Dnieper-Bug estuary channel in accordance with the agreement concluded between the State Enterprise “USPA” represented by the branch “Delta-pilot” and SE “Ukrvodshliakh” (state enterprise of the Ministry of Infrastructure administration). Operational dredging is performed… Read More
Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, said on Tuesday that Kolkata Port Trust would take the help of IIT-Madras for dredging at the Sagar anchorage, which is proposed to be turned into a major port. “The draft at Sagar (150 km downstream on the Hooghly from Kolkata) is proposed to be… Read More
Efforts to settle a lawsuit brought by the owner of a popular beach against New Jersey’s plan to build protective sand dunes are making progress, and a court hearing has been postponed to allow the talks to continue. In a filing made Nov. 20, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman told a federal court judge that settlement… Read More
The future of the southern Brazil port of Itajai is once again in the balance as federal authorities refuse to release the urgently needed funding for emergency dredging to restore the 41 to 42.6-foot draft of the port following heavy rains from El Nino.
The Centre will start work on the much talked about Sagar Port in Bengal soon. This is one of the three new major ports coming up in the country. It is also planning to take up a major dredging activity at Sagar next year to improve the draft of the proposed port. This was disclosed… Read More
The city has decided to again venture deeper into the process to take over the federally owned Owen Sound Harbour. Council on Monday night directed Mayor Ian Boddy to sign a letter of intent, which officially informs Transport Canada that the city has an interest in acquiring the port, as well as a disclosure of… Read More
While he is celebrating a “record breaking” winter tourism season, based on the number of cruise vessels to the island, President of the Antigua & Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association Nathan Dundas said government will have to go back to the drawing board to make additional changes to accommodate much larger vessels. Making specific reference to… Read More
The work at the side canal in Egypt’s East Port Said will be completed by the end of June 2016, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish announced. The statement came following President Abdel Fatah al Sisi’s visit to the site Thursday. “Digging operations of the new side canal will start next week. It… Read More
Mayor Lovely Warren wants to study what it might take to turn the Port of Rochester into a greater destination for cruise ships and boating. Warren submitted legislation to City Council this week to enter an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the study. If approved, the city would pay… Read More
In an interim order, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Kiranpani Port Private Limited (White Orchid Estate Private Limited) not to undertake dredging at the mouth of River Tiracol without required permissions, till further hearing. NGT has also directed the seven respondents in the case—Kiranpani Port Private Limited government of Goa, Goa coastal… Read More
A Chinese dredging company that is the world’s largest has delayed a planned initial public offering in Hong Kong as it responds to queries from the city’s stock exchange about dredging work done for Beijing in disputed territory in the South China Sea, according to people with knowledge of the matter. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The terminal of Transneft – Port Kozmino LLC (port Vostochny, Primorsky Territory) is going to boost its annual production capacity by 20% to 36 mln t in 2017, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Sergei Dolgikh, the stevedoring company’s Deputy Director General for commodity-transport operations, as saying at the 10th International Congress ‘Oil Terminal 2015’ in Saint-Petersburg…. Read More
There was a time when the Los Angeles River was in danger of becoming a freeway. In 1988, California Assemblyman Richard Katz proposed exactly that. He figured that by turning this concrete drain system of a river into a freeway would ease traffic congestion on the Ventura and Long Beach freeways by as much as… Read More