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Belgium: CEDA Annual General Meeting 2010 to Take Place in Antwerp

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:50:14 +0000 - The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of CEDA this year will take place on Thursday, 28 October 2010 from 18:00 – 19:00 hours in Antwerp, Belgium. The AGM will follow a technical visit that will be organised by the Belgian Section of CEDA to A.M.O.R.A.S. the Antwerp dredged material treatment plan. The visit will take place [...]

Lower Mon Project Still Not Completed (USA)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:36:57 +0000 - The Lower Mon project – begun in 1992 – was scheduled for completion in 2004. But 18 years into the major reconstruction project involving three locks and dams facilities in the region, it appears the work might not be completed for another 20 years. The source for the delays is money, or moreover the lack of [...]

New Zealand: Lyttelton Port Of Christchurch – Operational Status

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000 - Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is fully operational following an extensive assessment by structural engineers. LPC has however sustained significant damage from Saturday morning’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake, centered approximately 40 kilometres from the port. The cost to repair the damage to the port is likely to be tens of millions of dollars. Following the earthquake LPC [...]

Argentina: Plan for Parana River Dredging Project Moves Forward

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:25:49 +0000 - The government moved ahead last week with the project to dredge and buoy the Paraná River up to its confluence with the Paraguay River, a stretch of some 650 kilometres. The project, long demanded by the northern provinces that border the river, as well as by shipping companies, will require an investment of US$112.5 million and [...]

New Challenges for Warri Port (Nigeria)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:20:30 +0000 - In the early 80s to the 90s when the ethnic crisis in the oil- rich Warri area of Delta State broke out, the Warri Port was the pivot around which economic and social activities in the then Bendel and later Delta State revolved. Today, the story has significantly changed. What major challenges is the port [...]

Philippines: Petron Corp. Joins Marikina River Dredging Project

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:15:14 +0000 - Petron Corp. is joining hands with the Metro Manila Development Authority to dredge the Marikina River in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s floods during the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy. MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said company officials met him on Friday, volunteering to take part in the agency’s priority activities. “Petron’s move is in [...]

Young CEDA Sessions Planned on “Working in Dredging”

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:10:37 +0000 - End of this year, Young CEDA is organizing several sessions for students and young professionals in Belgium and the Netherlands. The sessions focus on working in the dredging sector as a young professional. Young CEDA members from consultants, authorities and the industry will give an openhearted, inside view on their experiences during their first working [...]

Singapore: Regulators Need to Establish Legal Environmental Dredging Framework

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:39:00 +0000 - For many years there have been little ground-breaking developments in the world of dredging according to Tore Hansen-Tangen, Executive Chairman of Viking Development Group. “The vessels have become larger, the control systems and other equipment have become more sophisticated, but the industry still uses the same types of vessels and basically the same methods as [...]

The Netherlands: Papers Invited for CEDA Dredging Days 2011

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:48:27 +0000 - The next CEDA Dredging Days conferences will take place in Rotterdam the Netherlands, from 10-11 November 2011 under the theme “Dredging and Beyond”. Dredging is no longer a stand-alone exercise, but rather is becoming part of a broader, more integrated project realization process. The dredging industry is increasingly confronted by projects involving environmental protection, nature development, [...]

Department of Justice Okays Laguna Lake Dredging Contract (Philippines)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:41:36 +0000 - The P18.7-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project received a nod to proceed from the Department of Justice (DoJ), which said the deal is not covered by the Government Procurement Act that required public bidding. In a 14-page opinion furnished the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima affirmed the earlier findings of then acting Secretary Alberto [...]