India dredging projects and port development

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The Ministry of Shipping of India has formulated a revised Central Sector Scheme aimed to provide financial support for the creation of infrastructure.

Under the scheme, projects for construction of exclusive coastal berths for coastal cargo and berths/jetties for passenger ferries; mechanization of coastal berths; capital dredging for operating non-major ports; construction of breakwaters for existing & Greenfield Non-major ports; construction of berths/ jetties in National Waterways and islands by State Governments/UT; and construction of platforms/ jetties for hovercrafts/seaplanes will be considered for assistance.

The main purpose of the revised scheme is to promote coastal shipping and increase its share in domestic cargo movement, which is currently only as low as 7%, compared to other developed countries in Europe and Asia.

The creation of exclusive berths for coastal shipping and its mechanization will reduce waiting time for coastal vessels resulting in reduced cost. The capital dredging and construction of breakwaters shall help in smoother navigation of large vessels into the ports and thus facilitate the development of existing and Greenfield ports. With coastal shipping being more environment-friendly mode of transport compared to rail and road, it would also help in reducing pollution.

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Aurora approves Waubonsie Lake dredging

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Aldermen have approved a $1.85 million contract with Lakes and Rivers Contracting Inc., of Lemont, to dredge and filter the lake bottom in Waubonsie Lake Park, off Kautz Road near Clarendon Lane.

Waubonsie Lake Park is a Fox Valley Park District park, the district and the city have an intergovernmental agreement dating to 1991 that says the district takes care of the park and all the land around the lake and the city maintains the lake itself.

The creek runs from Willow Lake Park at McCoy Drive and Frontenac Street, twisting through the East Side, through Waubonsie Lake and eventually to the Fox River. New development in the past 20 years is pushing more runoff and silt into the lake.

The lake and the park include trails, open areas, and a modern picnic shelter and is considered one of the crown jewels of the Park District system.

The agreement between the district and the city is somewhat unusual, although the city does have maintenance responsibility for other lakes or waterways in the city.

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Weeks receives $15.6 million dredging contract at Houston navigation channels

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract to Weeks Marine Inc., worth $15,692,500 for the maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel, Redfish Reef to Morgan’s Point.

Weeks Marine, Inc. operates as a proven leader in marine construction, dredging, and marine services. Weeks has successfully completed projects throughout North and South America, from inland waterways to off-shore sites in the Pacific and the Atlantic.

Contractors will remove approximately 2.3 million cubic yards of shoal material from the channels using a hydraulic pipeline dredge to ensure waterways remain open for navigation. The project is totally funded by the federal government, and the work is scheduled to begin in September 2016.

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River Parrett Dredging Project Wrapped Up

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The River Parrett dredging program was successfully wrapped up last week.

This dredging program was funded by the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) and carried out by the Environment Agency and its contractors Land & Water and Black and Veitch.

The contractors, Land & Water and Black and Veitch, have spent the past three months removing 13,000 cubic meters of material from a 750 m stretch of the Parrett between Northmoor Pumping Station and Linden Farm.

After the Environment Agency removed 130,000 cubic meters of material from an 8 km stretch of the Rivers Tone and Parrett around Burrowbridge, another important piece of work to reduce flood risk in the county has been completed.

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JNPT begins dredging project of navigational channel

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Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India’s leading container port, has already started Phase II of a dredging project in its 33.54km long navigational channel.

JN Port has successfully completed the Phase I of the dredging campaign in April 2014, including deepening and widening the existing channel to a depth of 14 meters for accommodating vessels of +6000 TEUs. Phase-II dredging will allow a bigger container vessel of 12, 500 TEUs to be docked at JN Port.

The project work is scheduled to be completed within a period of 24 months.

The consultancy service for project management has been assigned to M/S TATA Consultancy Engineering Ltd.

The key benefits of the project include handling bigger size vessels up to a draft of 15 meters by using a tidal window, increasing in future container traffic, reducing ocean freight cost per TEU, faster turnaround of larger vessels & optimum utilization of capacity.

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Petersburg pursues dredging project for south harbor

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Petersburg is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a dredging project to solve a growing problem at the south harbor. Many of the larger boats at the south harbor have been going aground due to the rising basin, which has affected commercial fishing operations.

According to Harbour Master, fifty-eight-foot boats and some bigger 100 feet boats are going aground especially at the entrances. The federal agency would pay for about half the costs of the dredging and take over part of the permanent maintenance of the south harbor.

The project involves removing and store about 50.000 cubic yards of dredge spoils. The work is expected to be completed by 2019.

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