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RECLAMATION WORK AT TUAS VIEW EXTENSION
from PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 121 OF 2008 dated 19 June 2008

This is a revision of Port Marine Notice No. 3 of 2008. The working period has been extended.

With effect from 7 July 08 to 6 January 09 at the Western part of Singapore.24 hours daily including Sundays and Public Holidays.

The reclamation works involve shore protection and other ancillary works by the crane barges. The grab dredgers will be carrying out dredging, and the trailer-hopper-suction dredgers and hopper barges will be deployed to deposit reclamation materials. The crane barges and grab dredgers will be held in position by 4-point anchor mooring. Soil investigation will be carried out by the jack-up barges periodically. Further general enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr T Watanabe, the construction manager, at Tel No: 9668 1523, email:t.watanabe@mypenta.net

RECLAMATION OF JURONG ISLAND PHASE 4
from PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 120 of 2008 dated 19 June 2008

This is a revision of Port Marine Notice No. 200 of 2007. The working period has been extended.

With effect from 3 July 08 to 02 January 09 at the Western part of Singapore.24 hours daily including Sundays and Public Holidays.

The reclamation works will involve cutter suction (CS) dredgers, railer-suctionhopper (TSH) dredgers and hopper barges. Shore protection works will be carried out by crane barges and the dredging of sand-key trench by grab dredger.

Marine soil investigation works will be carried out by jack-up barge within Working Area “C”.

Further enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr T. Watanabe, the construction manager at Tel No: 9668 1523, email: t.watanabe@mypenta.net

MARINE SOIL INVESTIGATION AT PASIR PANJANG TERMINAL PHASES 3 AND 4
PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 119 of 2008 dated 19 June 2008

This is a revision of Port Marine Notice No. 91 of 2008. The working period has been extended.

With effect from 20 June 08 to 19 July 08, at West Keppel Fairway.Soil investigation works will be carried out by means of marine boring using a jack-up barge. Tug boat will be used for shifting operation of the jack-up barge. There are no anchors required for the jack-up barge. However, a 30-metre radius centred at the location of the jack-up barge should work as a safety zone. A safety boat will be deployed to warn other vessels to keep clear of the barges for the whole duration of the works. Further enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr Y Abe, the project co-ordinator, at Tel: 9664 8810, email: y.abe@mypenta.net.

Sand mining and dumping to take place just right next to Labrador Nature Reserve ...

SAND MINING AT AREA 1 AND DUMPING AT RECLAMATION OF (i) PASIR PANJANG TERMINAL PROJECT AND (ii) JURONG ISLAND LNG PROJECT
from PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 78 OF 2008 4 Apr 08

With effect from 10 April 08 to 09 Oct 08. 24 hours daily including Sundays and Public Holidays.

The reclamation works will involve dredging by Trailer-Suction-Hopper-Dredger (TSHD) at Area 1. Area 1 extends from the Singapore Port Limit into the westbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) within the Singapore Strait.


All dredged materials will be dumped at Pasir Panjang Terminal project (please see Working Area of plan Attached-1) and Jurong Island LNG project (please see Working Area of plan Attached-2).



Further enquiries relating to the project can be directed to the following Project Co-ordinators:

Pasir Panjang Terminal project: Mr. Y. Abe at Tel No: 9664 8810, email: y.abe@mypenta.net;

and

Jurong Island LNG project: Mr. A. Muhaimin at Tel No: 98178572, email: muhaimin@pkdbh.com.sg.

I was back on Labrador today for the first time after the removal of the cofferdam and end to construction on the beach.

What a wonderful surprise to see the Toddycats on a shore exploration!

Justin was leading a very enthusiastic and eager group of students.
Shore Maestro Siva was sharing about crabs with another group.
While the irrepressible Oi Yee led another group further down the shore.Despite the pressures that the shores faced over the last year, there is still amazing marine life to thrill ordinary people. The seagrasses are still doing alright. With lots of Spoon seagrasses (Halophila ovalis) and Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii).As well as colourful seaweeds. The rocky shore was also covered with little snails.
An in a pool of water, were these lively little Crescent perch (Terapon jarbua).
Here's a closer look at these fishes.
But how is the shore doing now? Compared to the sad situation in Dec 07? (see Labrador Nature Reserve: Trashed?)

Well the big triangular concrete slab near the entrance at the seawall has been removed.

Except for the small triangular portion that was at the tip of the slab. Hopefully the seagrasses will grow back over the area where it was.


The big rectangular slabs have been removed .

Except for this portion.


The pile of large concrete pillars have been removed.
And trash no longer seems to pile up in the corner, although there is still a fair amount of trash there.

This area is covered in a thick layer of fine silt, with black smelly silt underneath that comes up when you step into it.

The cofferdam has been removed.

The vast amount of gravel is probably there to stay.

Some of the trash on the high shore where the cofferdam was has been removed.

But most of the trash is still there. As well as the deities, which are still very well kept.



We had a hard time moving a few of the rocks to look inside the hole, and what do we see inside?The green fencing is STILL THERE!We have to wonder about people who will expend energy to pile up rocks to conceal trash, instead of removing the trash...hmmm....

Past where the cofferdam was, the shore was strewn with dead corals.A closer look...We can only wonder what has happened to the corals that are underwater.

More works are ongoing near Labrador with reclamation at Sentosa and just next to Labrador works are ongoing for massive reclamation for the extension of the Pasir Panjang container terminal.In the distance today, are the line of silt traps laid out for the Pasir Panjang project.

RECLAMATION OF JURONG ISLAND PHASE 4 AND TUAS VIEW EXTENSION
PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 54 of 2008 06 March 2008

This is a renewal of Port Marine Notice No. 116 of 2007. The work period has been extended.

With effect from 15 Mar 08 to14 Sep 08, off Tuas View, within a working area bounded by the following coordinates (please see plan attached).

The above approved craft will be involved in the construction of a seawall. The craft will also be deployed to carry out piling, dredging and reclamation works in the working area. For general enquiries, please contact Mr Cedric De Silva, project coordinator, at Tel: 9757 7858, email: cedric@hdec.com.sg


Location on Google Earth...
a wider view ...

Leading coastal specialist calls for change
AME Info 5 Mar 08;

Full article on wildsingapore news

Some extracts ...

Professor Kees d'Angremond, a leading consultant on coastal engineering, has called for major change in the way countries and corporations plan, execute and manage coastal development.

The pre-eminent consultant from The Netherlands gave an overview of the world's biggest and most ambitious mega-projects.

He charted evolution in both size and technology from developments like the Suez and Panama Canals, which were completed in the mid-19th Century and the early 20th Century respectively, through Lake Ijssel's closure and reclamation in The Netherlands (1950s and '60s), Singapore's Tuas and Changi reclamation projects (1980s), Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok island airport (1990s), culminating with residence and leisure-based projects today in areas like the UAE (The Palm, The World), Oman (The Pearl), Bahrain and Qatar.

Prof d'Angremond focused on the effects these may be having on the natural world, noting that ever-larger projects have ever-larger and more widespread impact. However, he identified accelerated production times, rather than sheer size, as the main environmental issue.

'The Suez and Panama Canals, the Ijssel reclamation, the Delta Project, they were gigantic undertakings - far larger than the mega-projects of today. But Suez took 11 years to build. Including its initial failure, the Panama Canal took double that - at a cost of 27,500 lives. Ijssel took 40 years.'

But slower execution times are actually better for Mother Nature. Although average mega-project scales are three to five times smaller now, completion times are between one to three years on average. However, nature's response time remains a constant. This means the environmental effects are sometimes unclear until long after contractors and consultants have moved on.'

Prof d'Angremond emphasised the danger of less available time for concurrent evaluation. Short job times mean fewer critical engineers with less time observing how the environment is being affected. To offset this danger, he underscored the need for rapid response scenarios formulated in advance, money to be spent on more critical engineers on site, and more investment in post-construction monitoring - our 'after-care' service to Nature.

CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALL AND LAND RECLAMATION IN CRUISE BAY
PORT MARINE NOTICE NO. 52 of 2008 04 March 2008

With effect from 5 Mar 08 to 4 Sep 08, in Cruise Bay, off Sentosa within a working area bounded by the following co-ordinates (see attached plan)
The works include construction of a sea wall, piling, dredging and land reclamation within the working area.

Deployment of a silt curtain around the ferry terminal and removal of existing pontoons and access walkways will be carried out.

Crane barges and work barges will be used for piling works and transportation of equipment. The barges used in the project works will be shifted by tugs operating in pusher mode.

For enquiries, please contact the project manager, Mr Chris Kelly at Tel: 9118 2802, or email: Chris_Kelly@macdow.com.au.

wildfilms note: a view of works on these shores taken last year.More background on the issues of reclamation on this shore.
Other blog entries about Sentosa and reclamation there.

The work period was extended in a follow up Notice. More on the wild shores of singapore blog.

Works at Changi Ferry Terminal, sand mining at Changi, reclamation at Sentosa, Tekong continues and other works on our coasts. From the latest notices from the MPA circular website

In the months ahead, Labrador shore will be impacted by two large coastal works: at Sentosa and at Pasir Panjang.

Joseph Lai has just shared photos of what is happening on the waters in front of Labrador on his flying fish friends blog

Reclamation at Pasir Panjang Terminal and Pasir Panjang Wharves
09-01-2008 Port Marine Notice No. 09 of 2008
full PDF document

Closer look ...15 Jan 08 to 14 Jul 08, 24 hours daily including Sundays and Public Holidays. Works will include reclamation, dredging, soil investigation, caisson construction, demolition of PW 1 and PW 2 and removal of submarine cables and pipelines.

Further general enquiries can be directed to Mr Y Abe, the project coordinator, at Tel: 9664 8810, email: y.abe@mypenta.net.


Temporary Staging Ground at Sentosa
09-01-2008 Port Marine Notice No. 11 of 2008
full PDF document
from 14 Jan 08 to 12 Jul 08 24 hours daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays. Project work will involve transportation of excavated earth by tugs and flat top barges.

Further enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr Kwan Soon Boon, the project manager, at Tel: 9150 6390, email: sbkwan@ktcce.com.sg


Horizontal directional drilling off Changi Ferry Terminal
18-01-2008 Port Marine Notice No. 21 of 2008
full PDF document

From 1 Feb 08 to 22 Feb 08 24 hours daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays.

Further enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr Tommy Ng, the project manager, at Tel: 9745 7261 or email:Tommy.Ng@globalmarinesystems.com.sg


Sand mining at Changi East
01-02-2008 Port Marine Notice No. 28 of 2008
full PDF document

from 8 Feb 08 to 7 Aug 08, 24 hours daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays except for Sector C, where only night operations (1900 hours till 0700 hours) will be carried
out.

Further enquiries relating to operation can be directed to Mr S Y Yoon, the project coordinator, at Tel: 9795 5884, email:bluewind0507@hdec.co.kr


Reclamation at Pulau Tekong
23-11-2007 Port Marine Notice NO. 176 of 2007
full PDF document

A closer look ...

This is a revision of Port Marine Notice No. 159 of 2007. The working area has been revised and work period extended. With effect from 30 Nov 07 to 28 May 08 24 hours daily including Sundays and Public Holidays. Reclamation works at Pulau Tekong will involve dredging, construction of revetment, soil investigation and soil improvement works. Soil improvement works will entail sand piling and deep cement mixing. Trailer-suction-hopper dredgers (TSHD) will be used for transporting and pumping sand into the working area.

Further general enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Mr R Kamata, the construction manager, at Tel: 9625 8603, email: ryuji_kamata@tjput.com.sg.

Singapore to spend $2b on port expansion
When completed by 2013, it will increase annual capacity by over 50 per cent.
Bryan Lee, Straits Times 21 Dec 07;

"The Government has also taken extra steps to minimise the ecological impact of the project.

It has spent more than $20 million engaging experts to conduct studies on how the port expansion may affect corals around Labrador Park and has even moved some that would have been hit by the project."

Full report on wildsingapore news

Does the $20million include cleaning up the construction debris around the worksite of the cofferdam on Labrador?

Or the expansion could be taken as an opportunity to show how Singapore can develop port facilities without damaging the enviroment. Such know-how can be applied to other locations around the world, where coasts are increasingly under pressure from climate change, rising sea levels and other impacts of coastal development.

Related links

Singapore port project: $20m to limit harm to environment
Govt focus on saving the coral along Labrador beach near construction works; Bryan Lee, Straits Times 25 Dec 07;

Singapore's hot new export - governance expertise
Former civil servants put in touch with other governments in need of help; Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times 25 Dec 07;