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Singapore: Pasir Panjang Dredging Makes Progress

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:15:36 +0000 - Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore announces changes about dredging works off Pasir Panjang Terminal. The working areas and the working period have been revised. Dredging works will be carried out by the grab dredgers, “YTC V”/“YTC 15”, held in position by 2 spuds as anchors. The dredgers, with hopper barges in attendance, will have a [...]

Malaysia: Officials Need Funds to Alleviate Flood Problems

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:10:36 +0000 - RM33 billion. That’s the staggerring sum the natural resources and environment ministry needs to alleviate flood problems nationwide under the 10th Malaysia Plan. Admitting it would not be easy for the government to come up with such huge amount at one go, minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said the flood mitigation programmes would be carried [...]

Officials Plan to Speed Up Cocheco River Dredging (USA)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:05:17 +0000 - A federal agency is considering modifying the dredging of the Cocheco River, potentially speeding up a project stuck in the mud. City Manager Michael Joyal this week said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is mulling dredging to a depth of 5 1⁄2 feet at the confluence of the Cocheco and Salmon Falls River where they [...]

Van Oord’s Important Australian Contract

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:14:25 +0000 - Van Oord was recently awarded the dredging works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. The project comprises the construction of a new port facility adjacent to the existing Cape Lambert Port facility in Western Australia. This will involve the construction of a new train unloading infrastructure, stockyard, ship loading [...]

The Netherlands: IHC Merwede to Exhibit New Innovations at SMM 2010

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:50:51 +0000 - All sea routes lead to the port of Hamburg – the largest port in Germany and second biggest in Europe – on 7-10 September for the biennial Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology (SMM) international trade fair. IHC Merwede will be taking its place on Stand 300 in Hall B4 as one of the leading exhibitors [...]

Bangladesh: BIWTA Plans to Dredge Buriganga River

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:19:52 +0000 - The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority is going to launch a Tk 6.6 crore project to dredge parts of the Buriganga river although some traders are offering to do it free of cost and would rather pay for the extracted sand. The BIWTA officials have completely ignored the sand traders’ offer, selected a private contractor for [...]

Dredging at Cagayan – Threat to Environment ? (Philippines)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:58:53 +0000 - Extraction of sand in the waters of Cagayan continues to threaten one of the country’s most expensive fish, whose dwindling population is already beset by unregulated fishing. According to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), dredging or sand extraction in Cagayan’s northern coastlines may have negative impact on efforts to save the ludong, which [...]

Venezuela: CHEC to Build New Container Terminal at Puerto Cabello Port

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:45:25 +0000 - Chinese construction company China Harbour Engineering Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuelan Transportation Minister Francisco Garces to build a container terminal at Puerto Cabello port. The conditions of the agreement, which could not be released, has been reportedly signed on September 1. Garces said that the new terminal at Puerto Cabello will allow [...]

USA: Port of Savannah Expansion Project Falls Behind

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:54:52 +0000 - The Port of Savannah is falling behind in the race to deepen its busy shipping channel by the end of 2014, when cargo ships too large to navigate the Savannah River are expected to begin passing through the Panama Canal, the Georgia Ports Authority’s top official said Thursday. Curtis J. Foltz, the ports’ executive director, told [...]

Paraguay and Argentina to Discuss Dredging Project

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:52:54 +0000 - Paraguayan government officials expect to meet with Argentine authorities in two weeks’ time to discuss dredging the binational stretch of the Paraguay-Parana waterway, Paraguay’s public works and communications minister (MOPC), Efrain Alegre, told BNamericas. Paraguay shares the 400km Pilcomayo-Confluencia stretch of the waterway with Argentina, and is looking for a joint solution to improve navigability along [...]