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The latest news about PCB contamination in the Hudson River has dismayed both those who opposed dredging and those who championed it as the way to clean the river. After a year of testing fish, the Department of Environmental Conservation announced just before Christmas that contamination levels in fish were “essentially the same” as they… Read More
The completion of a $36 million project to restore and nourish wetlands on the northern edges of Lost Lake in Terrebonne Parish was announced Friday (Jan. 4) by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Weeks Marine Inc., based in New Jersey, but with several locations in Louisiana, was in charge of the dredging operation, which used sediment… Read More
Building a river and the entire ecosystem around it would seem to be a task reserved for Mother Nature or deities of some high pantheon. But the people of Summit County government and the town of Breckenridge have been doing just that, attempting to repair damage from the area’s dredge mining past with the Swan… Read More
The Harpersfield Dam construction is again underway after temporary cofferdams, used to divert water, gave way last Friday. Project Manager Gabriel Schmidbauer said the Harpersfield Dam Project was paused when the cofferdams were knocked down because of heavy rains Dec. 20. The sudden release of water caused some sediment to move downstream. “We won’t know… Read More
Work began on Thursday to extend a small British port that could serve as a back-up if the UK leaves the European Union with no trade deal, providing the government some respite after days of criticism. Less than three months before Britain leaves the EU on March 29, the transport minister has been forced to… Read More
The Minister of Inner-city and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has defended his earlier statement during President Nana Akufo-Addo’s encounter with the press, at which he indicated that the Aboabo Pelele drains in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been dredged by his ministry. Dr Abdul-Hamid emphasised that his comment was the… Read More
The gridlock around Lagos ports that brought the economy to a near standstill underscores the importance of developing other ports in the country, Anna Okon writes Lagos ports In 2018 the government intensified efforts to rehabilitate the access roads leading to Lagos ports. The deplorable roads leading to the Lagos Port Complex and the Tin… Read More
he Port of Ramsgate is being dredged in order to turn the harbour into a “second Dover” in preparation for a no-deal Brexit. Under Government plans revealed last week, the seaside port in Kent is being excavated so that ferries and large cargo ships can begin operating out of the harbour again. Dredging began on… Read More
President Desi Bouterse has announced that the long-awaited dredging of the Suriname River will definitely take place this year. Addressing the community in his televised New Year’s speech on Tuesday, Bouterse said the Saramacca Canal would also be deepened. The project to dredge the Suriname River has been in the works for years, but for… Read More
Seacontractors BV is an example of the many marine service providers whose tugs and workboats undertake support activities including dredging and port construction. Its Damen Stan Tug 3011s Dian Kingdom and Atlantis are however more than capable of performing traditional rescue towage operations and Atlantis recently found itself ideally positioned to assist three vessels encountering… Read More
Army Corps of Engineers officials said that dune and sand replenishment work in Long Beach has been paused because of rough weather and damaged equipment, and is set to resume in March. “There is some dune work going on, but they’re not doing any pumping right now from the dredge,” said Department of Public Works… Read More
Cadrell Advocacy Centre, CAC, a non-governmental advocacy group has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of bias in the handling of the controversial N13.7 billion Warri Channel Dredging contract awarded by the Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, to Dredging International Services Nigeria Limited, DISNL. The group in a statement, expressed surprise that the anti-corruption… Read More
Town officials in Wellfleet are beginning to focus on the possibility of tackling the long awaited dredging of Wellfleet Harbor without federal support. The Army Corps of Engineers once again left the project off its 2019 operation and maintenance work plan. “I would say this is the second year that we really thought we had… Read More
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to repair the hundred-year-old breakwater that protects the docks and anchorages of Bar Harbor. It’s not yet clear how extensive the work will be, when it will be done and whether the town will need to contribute to the cost. According to Captain Skip Strong, a… Read More
Dredging is to begin at Ramsgate port this week, it has been confirmed. It comes as part of preparations to reinstate ferry services at the site, with a £13.8million contract handed to Seaborne Freight by the government. This morning, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has defended the decision to hand the contract to the company, which… Read More