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Army Corps: Market Research and Sources Sought Notice (USA)

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates several future procurements in fiscal year 2013 for the rental and/or unit price of dredging equipment to perform maintenance dredging of inland river systems as well as coastal harbors, rivers, bays and bar channels. These future requirements for rental and/or unit price dredging equipment will be [...]

Officials Seek Contractor for Sediment Profile Imaging (USA)

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The Office of Acquisition Management has invited bidders to submit their offers for the sediment profile imaging contracts at the Mayport Harbor and Port Everglades areas. The Government intends to award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer best conforms to the specification, meets the Government’s delivery schedule and [...]

USA: Allen Harbor Dredging Project Moves Ahead

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6 scow loads of spoil left the Allen Harbor last week. To date 24 loads for a total of 14,400 cubic yards of spoil have left the harbor. Plans are to start dredging Allen Harbor Marine portions next week providing the Yacht Club soundings come back positive that the job is done there. Bad weather [...]

Fishermen Unhappy with Compensation Offer from GPC (Australia)

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After the Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has released details of a compensation package to commercial fishers affected by loss of access to commercial fishing grounds in certain parts of Catch Sites 12, 13, 17 and 18 in the Gladstone harbor, the Queensland Seafood Industry Association said that this compensation is far from adequate. QSIA chairman [...]

Dawei Deep Sea Port to Bring Foreign Investment to Thailand

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Board of Investment (BOI) has stated that the Dawei Deep Sea Port and Industrial Estate in Myanmar will become an important drive for economic growth in this region, offering a shortcut for logistics and bringing new business opportunities and foreign investment to Thailand. After conclusion on signing of Memorandum of Understand between Thailand and Myanmar [...]

Commissioners OK Masons Inlet Dredging Plan (USA)

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During its regular meeting on December 17, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the nearly $2.2 million contract for the Masons Inlet dredging program. According to luminanews.com, a brief presentation about the $2,178,600 dredging contract has been delivered by the County engineer Jim Iannucci, who also stated that the bid by Norfolk [...]

Dredge Yard: Turning Glands for Several TSHD (UAE)

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The dredge turning glands will be used on board of several TSHD and they are designed according to the customer’s requirements and applications using the latest 3D CAD technologies and Finite Element Analysis to ensure achieving an optimum strength and stiffness. The turning glands are manufactured from cast carbon steel and fabricated steel and machined [...]

USA: Corps Introduces Oceanside Harbor Dredging Details

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the details about the Oceanside Harbor maintenance dredging, San Diego County, California. The project consists of annual maintenance dredging of the Oceanside Harbor federal navigation channel and sand trap. This will be a multi-year contract to cover 3-years – the base contract year, with options for the following [...]

New Surge in Interest in Kizad (UAE)

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The headline in Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper reflected the announcement by Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC, that enquiries in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) saw a dramatic increase following the launch of the showcase and adjacent Khalifa Port on 12/12/12. A delighted Mr Douglas said of the 420 square kilometre Kizad, which forms part [...]

Scottish Canals Invites Bids for National Dredging Framework 2013-2017

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Scottish Canals Canal House has invited bidders to submit their offers for the National Dredging Framework 2013-2017. The object of the contract is to provide dredging on Inland Scottish Canals, and includes: - Land-based and floating dredging; - Additional resources/changed methodology to offset reduced efficiency for increased distances between access/loading points; - Dewatering dredgings; - [...]

Germany: WSA Announces Elbe Dredging Plans

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Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven has announced the details about the maintenance dredging works on the Lower and Outer Elbe, at the area KM 638.9 – KM 755.3, from 2013 to 2016. This work will be undertaken by using a suction hopper dredger in the fairway channel and in the wake of the Lower and Outer [...]

Hanstholm Harbor Expansion Project Presented (Denmark)

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Hanstholm Havn DK has introduced a plan for the harbor expansion works at the Hanstholm area. This development project includes: - extension works to Hanstholm Harbour; - lengthening of the pier; - expansion of the wharves and dock areas and dredging works (250,000m3). The total value of this project is between 350,000,000 and 450,000,000 DKK, [...]

CEDA Dredging Days – Great Succes (UAE)

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“A perfect conference”, “inspiring experience”, “very good atmosphere” reflected many of the participants on the past two days when they said good bye to the organisers of CEDA Dredging Days 2012. Entitled “Virtue, Venture & Vision in the Coastal Zone” this year’s edition of CEDA’s prestigious series of conferences, took place from 12-13 December in [...]

New York Chooses Builder for Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement (USA)

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The design-build proposal for the new New York Bridge to replace the Tappan Zee approved on Monday by the New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors will deliver the project at a far lower cost than initially estimated, Thruway Board Chairman Howard P. Milstein said. The proposal approved on Monday was submitted by Tappan [...]

UKHO Hosts CARIS Event (Canada)

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The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) ran an event entitled CARIS on the Desktop on November 13 and 14, 2012. The event was intended to show staff how their desktop would look in the future: how surveys will be handled, charts constructed and data maintained. In total 350 staff attended over the two days and [...]

The Netherlands Considers Building New Island

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The northern Dutch province of Groningen is making plans for creating a new Wadden Island, Dutch newspaper Trouw reported on Thursday. The current Dutch inhabited islands in the Wadden Sea are Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. The new isle of 500 hectares should arise between the uninhabited island Rottumeroog, the German island of Borkum [...]

Austria: CARIS Attends ELMF

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CARIS recently attended the European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) which was held in Salzburg, Austria. During the forum Pelydryn, a hydrographic survey company based in the United Kingdom, presented a workshop focused on meeting the needs of today’s users of hydrographic data using CARIS software. In order to better meet client demands Pelydryn has worked [...]

Malaysia: Pengerang Terminal Ready for VLCCs

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Dialog Group Bhd, the country’s second-biggest oil and gas services provider, said it has signed some customers for the RM1.9bil storage terminal, it is developing with Royal Vopak NV. Talks with other potential customers were continuing, Dialog managing director Ngau Boon Keat said in an interview at Pengerang in Johor. Dialog, Vopak and the Johor [...]

The Netherlands: CARIS Announces Course for Marine Professionals

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CARIS announces an upcoming HIPS and SIPS training course for marine and hydrographic professionals at the CARIS BV office in Heeswijk, the Netherlands. The hands-on training course will be held January 21-25, 2013 and will focus on data processing, visualization, quality control and product creation techniques. Topics such as multibeam processing techniques, Water Column Imaging, [...]

Ecology Finalizes Port Angeles Harbor Pollution Study Reports (USA)

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The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has issued final versions of two reports and a response to recent public comments on results of a large-scale sediment sampling study in Port Angeles Harbor. Ecology began the study in 2008 as part of the state’s Puget Sound Initiative to restore the Sound’s health by 2020. Ecology finalized [...]
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