http://www.sandandgravel.com/ A publication for the worldwide dredging industry published by Clarkons since 1999 en Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:44:22 +0200 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:43:22 +0200 FoxwellD@aol.com (DNO) http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13424 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13424 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:44:23 +0200 On 30 July the naming ceremony for the 6,675kW cutter suction dredger Ganga took place at Kakinada Seaport Private Ltd in Kakinada port in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Mrs Navatha, spouse of Mr KV Rao, Chairman cum M http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13423 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13423 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:41:18 +0200 Representatives from port management, port users and politics demonstrated unity at a gathering in the German Port of Hamburg last month to call for deepening of the Lower and Outer Elbe fairways. Port Strategy reports that although Ha http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13422 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13422 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:38:30 +0200 An end to the crippling dredging crisis on the Great Lakes moved a step closer earlier this week when a key House committee approved legislation requiring the federal government to spend all the tax dollars it collects for dredging on dredging rather t http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13421 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13421 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:35:47 +0200 The Herald Review newspaper says the dredging of Lake Decatur, a large reserboir in Illinois, is set to begin again in September, but the project isn't standing still until then, City Manager Ryan McCrady said. In a memo to the Decatu http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13420 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13420 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:23:21 +0200 STX France Lorient has announced that it has signed a contract with Société de Transports Fluvio-Maritimes de l'Ouest (STFMO), a subsidiary of Sablières de l'Atlantique, for the construction of a sand dredger. Said the company: "This order is t http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13419 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13419 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:18:54 +0200 A US$13 million settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agen http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13418 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13418 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:16:39 +0200 TCPalm (Scripps Newspaper Group) reports that a diverse group of politicians, engineers, business leaders, marine conservationists and locals gathered at the Port Salerno waterfront earlier this week to celebrate the long-awaited beginning of the http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13417 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13417 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:13:12 +0200 Macauhub reports that dredging work on the main access channel to the port of Beira in Mozambique’s Sofala province got under way warlier this week. Quoting the Mozambican newspaper Notícias, the report said the work is scheduled to take 14 mon http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13416 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13416 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:09:60 +0200 Local news sources report that Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company involved in the sand dredging business, launched a dredging vessel it built on its own, Inai Ixora, earlier this week. The company's Executive Chairm http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13415 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13415 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:06:52 +0200 Business Standard reports that the Indian government has yet to take a decision on the sale of a stake in Shipping Corp of India, while share sales in Dredging Corp of India and Cochin Shipyard are also yet to be decided. Quo http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13414 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13414 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:25:17 +0200 International workboat operator Acta Marine has successfully obtained certification of its activities in accordance with the ISO-9001 quality standard and the SCC** safety standard. Acta Marine is the new trade name of the former sister compan http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13413 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13413 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:22:39 +0200 The US Coast Guard dispatched emergency teams earlier this week after a dredge barge crashed into an oil well off the coast of New Orleans, reportedly sending crude spewing some 20 feet into the air. The wellhead, located about 65 miles so http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13412 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13412 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:15 +0200 Leighton India has announced that it is a member of a consortium with Sterlite that has been awarded the Vizag Port expansion project.  Leighton will undertake the construction work, which includes widening the existing 350m long gene http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13411 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13411 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:19:16 +0200 International research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford has announced the creation of a new team of environmental specialists to enhance existing capabilities and act as a centre of excellence for aquatic environmental solutions. Env http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13410 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13410 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:13:22 +0200 Metro West Daily News reports that contractors have started removing sediment contaminated with PCBs from Lake Cochituate at Natick, Massachusetts. The contamination was left by an accident at the Soldier Systems Center 30 years ago. T