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Throne to lead Ports Group on the East Coast, strengthening Cushman & Wakefield’s ability to deliver tailored solutions coast to coast Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has announced William Throne as co-lead of the company’s Ports & Intermodal Advisory Group. With 23 years of experience marketing land and industrial properties… Read More
A row has erupted over the first proposal to dredge for kelp in Scottish waters amid fears it could decimate marine ecosystems. The anger was triggered by a scoping report from Ayr-based Marine Polymers which wants to harvest kelp in waters off the west coast. The proposals are at a very early stage – but… Read More
A 30′ construction barge capsized off Surfside Beach, S.C., at the start of a beach replenishment project Aug. 15, 2018. The Coast Guard and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company LLC were working to recover a barge that capsized Wednesday off Surfside Beach, S.C., on the first day of a beach replenishment project. The 12-mile… Read More
The operating results of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) decreased in the first half of the year compared to the first half 2017, the company reported. According to Boskalis, this decline was mainly due to a sharp drop in the result of the Offshore Energy division where the transport activities at the low end of… Read More
A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (A.P. Moller – Maersk) has decided to pursue a separate listing of Maersk Drilling Holding A/S (Maersk Drilling) on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S in 2019. Having evaluated the different options for Maersk Drilling, A.P. Moller – Maersk has concluded that listing Maersk Drilling as a standalone company presents the most optimal… Read More
Cargomatic, Inc., a leading technology platform that connects shippers and carriers, today announced the closing of a $35 million Series B financing round. The financing is led by funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, along with Canaan, Genesee & Wyoming, Xplorer Capital and Muse Family Enterprises…. Read More
“Pollution and erosion, our homes are being moved into flood zones because it’s silting in, houses are sinking and they have to be lifted,” said Impervento. However, city leaders said it isn’t responsible because the creek is privately owned and added that homeowners didn’t approve the Neighborhood Special Service District Dredging Program. The program requires… Read More
The timing is both coincidence and absolutely perfect. In the same month that an American president accused a Canadian prime minister of dishonesty, with a trade war rumbling along a traditionally cordial border, the Niagara Parks Commission decided Friday to approve a new memorial in the Toronto Power Park at Niagara Falls, Ont., not far… Read More
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has established its first ever “soil bank”, also the first of its kind in the Mekong Delta, according to the government’s e-newspaper at baochinhphu.vn. The move is prompted by the fact that local farmers have to dredge their shrimp ponds every year but there is not any place… Read More
Raghunath Bartade watched helplessly as his brother was dragged off the sand-mining boat, his leg tangled in the anchor rope and his arms flailing as he sank into the murky creek near Mumbai. Moments earlier, Raghunath and Babban Bartade had been dredging sand by hand from the bottom of the creek – an often deadly… Read More
Tens of thousands remained in evacuation centers as the Marikina River began to ease early Monday, officials said. The Marikina River reached a peak of 20.4 meters on Saturday night, just 2.6 meters below its 23-meter level recorded during Tropical Storm Ondoy’s onslaught in September 2009, said Mayor Marcelino Teodoro. Rescue boats deployed in Marikina… Read More
The Board of Directors of ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. wishes to announce that based on preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the fourth quarter and full year ended 30 June 2018, the Company and its subsidiaries is expected to report a net loss for 4Q FY2018 and FY2018 Results. The expected loss is… Read More
Three women are in the forefront as slingshot wielding teams patrol the Tien River and fight dangerous sand thieves. On a summer afternoon on the Doi islet, a sand-theft prevention team starts the boat engine and heads for the Tien River from a small tributary. Sitting on the boat prow, Ho Thi Be, 68, quickly… Read More
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Vince Beiser about his new book, The World in a Grain. The book tells the story of sand and the crucial role it plays in our lives. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sand. It’s everywhere, even in places you don’t expect. VINCE BEISER: Windows, silicon chips, the silicone elastic band in… Read More
Then there are the places where the beach itself is being hauled off. Illegal beach sand mining has been reported all over the world. In Morocco and Algeria, illegal miners have stripped entire beaches for construction sand, leaving behind rocky moonscapes. Thieves in Hungary made off with hundreds of tons of sand from an artificial… Read More