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The prospects of large cruise ships’ calls at the port of Vladivostok were discussed at the meeting headed by Vasily Usoltsev, First Deputy to the Primorsky Territory Governor. According to the press center of the regional government, dredging at the two berths of Vladivostok (No 1 and No 2) will let the port accommodate large… Read More
A project to dredge channels and straits feeding Gorgan Bay, the largest inlet in the southeastern part of Caspian Sea, is underway, the technical manager of Golestan Regional Water Company said. Speaking to ISNA, Mohammad Nouri added that the project has a budget of 6.1 billion rials ($162,000) and aims to revive the impaired bay…. Read More
A DREDGING advisory committee will be formed to help Cairns Regional Council oversee the dumping of spoil at Trinity Beach. Maintenance dredging at Bluewater Marina and Half Moon Creek has been happening for nine years with State Government approval for two offshore spoil disposal sites. The area now falls under the Federal Government’s control, meaning… Read More
Cayuga County has received federal approval for the Owasco Flats restoration project, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved federal wetland permits for the project. The county needed the permits to advance the restoration work. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said… Read More
The Baker administration this month began taking small steps toward addressing one of the region’s pressing infrastructure needs. In a series of “listening sessions,” Jay Ash, Gov. Charlie Baker’s secretary of housing and economic development, heard from town and city officials on the status of the state’s waterways, long treated as an afterthought when placed… Read More
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday, Aug. 7 signed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) and Chris Brown (R-Atlantic) to limit NJ Department of Environmental Protection shellfish habitat rules and make dredging of the back bays easier. Democrats Bob Andrzejczak, Bruce Land and John Burzichelli also sponsored the bill. The law makes it easier… Read More
Satellite pictures do not lie. Washington-based think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Amti-CSIS) on Thursday disproved the claims of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano that China is no longer doing reclamation work on any of the disputed islands in the… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”), a leading specialty construction company, today announced a contract award of approximately $14 million. The Company’s Marine segment, Orion Marine Group, was recently awarded a contract from a port authority in the Caribbean to improve its port facilities. The project involves refurbishment and upgrades for a cruise ship… Read More
The Surfbreak Protection Society is appealing against Lyttelton Port of Christchurch’s dredging resource consents because it says the company failed to adequately measure existing baseline conditions. The port company said the appeal, along with Ng?i Tahu’s, would delay cruise ship visits because some dredging would be required around a new proposed berth area. Surfbreak’s appeal… Read More
A multimodal transportation infrastructure provides area manufacturers access to global markets, but there is a growing concern about the failure of the aging inland navigation system. The cost of addressing the backlog of critical maintenance projects along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System has increased 43 percent during the past two years — from about… Read More