The Executive Committee of the National Economic (ECNEC) today approved a project to procure some 35 dredgers involving Taka 4,489.03 crore to keep up navigability in 100 major rivers across the country. The approval came from the 11th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has begun dredging a sand bar at the entrance to the Oceanside Harbor in San Diego. The project was delayed nearly six months after it was scheduled to begin due to a lack of permit. According to the San Diego Union Tribune, the goal of the annual spring… Read More
A massive construction and expansion project completed at the Fairview Container Terminal in Prince Rupert, B.C., is in the spotlight and three companies that worked on the ambitious venture have won silver Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) 2018 Awards of Excellence. Maksim Mihic, general manager of DP World (Canada) Inc. which operates the terminal, said… Read More
There are 6,800 acres of new marshland bordering the Passes of the Mississippi River—land that was created starting in 2011 by a coalition intent on stopping the loss of land in Louisiana at a rate once described as “a football field every hour.” The Mississippi River advocacy group Big River Coalition (BRC) has been working… Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – Port of Vinton officials say dredging operations near the mouth of the Vinton Navigation Channel has been completed. “It has been more than seven years since any maintenance dredge work has been performed on the channel, and in that time, a naturally occurring ‘humping’ of sediment near the mouth of… Read More
Dredging to clear a growing sand bar at the entrance to the Oceanside harbor is scheduled to start Thursday, six months after the annual spring cleaning was cancelled for the lack of a permit. Low tides and high surf can cause problems and even capsize boats at the harbor’s mouth, which steadily fills with sand… Read More
In addition to the wastewater public service delegation contract for Greater Bordeaux recently signed by the city’s mayor Alain Juppé and Antoine Frérot, Veolia Eau France (Paris:VIE) has won a new series of contracts with new municipalities. From Côte de Nacre to Dinan, and Givors to Cannes Pays de Lérins, these successes represent cumulative revenue… Read More
There’s something apocalyptic about this pond on the east side of San Francisco Bay, California. The legacy of a salt industry that has moved elsewhere, it has subsided a couple of meters below the level of neighboring marshland. Algae paints red swirls in the brown water, and the pond’s edge is crusted hard with sparkling… Read More
After a nearly 10-year effort, the Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project rehabilitated the historic Los Angeles lake, improving water quality, restoring habitat and enhancing water conservation. The lake was identified by the regional Water Quality Control Board as an impaired water body for trash, nutrients and toxics. The $100-million project, which included three years of… Read More
The shipping ministry is set to organise a two-day international conference on maritime and logistic sector to encourage local and foreign investments and new technologies in the waterways sector. The South Asia Maritime and Logistic Forum 2018 conference will be held between October 9 and October 10 at Hotel Le Méridien in Dhaka, said officials…. Read More