At Port Everglades, excitement in the air as the port opens its brand new $120 million dollar terminal. It is the second new terminal in Fort Lauderdale in less than 10 years. Terminal 25 opened to serve Celebrity Cruise lines and their brand new Celebrity Edge, which arrived in port Monday as well. The ship… Read More
Indonesia’s state-owned electrical utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) is reviewing a preliminary grid extension feasibility study recently submitted by UK-based marine renewable energy developer SBS as part of the Nautilus tidal energy project development. The study explores the options to expand the grid on Lombok Island to accommodate the electricity that will be fed… Read More
Dredging is expected to start Monday on the Zumbro River from the Broadway Bridge near Soldiers Field to the area near the Mayo Civic Center. The removal of sediment from the flood control channels helps maintain the proper channel capacity to handle flooding, since the loss of channel capacity could lead to water leaving the… Read More
Kalamazoo city commissioners gave the green light to a plan to help address the chronic flooding issues in the city. Commissioners approved a $1.08 million plan Monday to dredge the Crosstown ponds and nearby Axtel Creek. Leaders said it’s the first step of many that are needed to fix the problem. John Milne, the owner… Read More
Few things are worse for boaters than hearing the sickening thump and scrape after unexpectedly hitting bottom, and many boaters have reported damage to their boats in areas when shoaling has occurred. That won’t be a problem for much longer in township channels, because for the first time in decades, the NJ Department of Maritime… Read More
Four Gulf states are getting an additional $280 million in restoration grants from the BP oil spill of 2010. Louisiana is getting $161.4 million to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity islands, which “are currently at a critical minimum width in some areas,”… Read More
After many resident comments on the proposed public navigational dredging of the Bark River inlet area of Lake Nagawicka, the common council decided not to include the project in the 2019 capital budget. The council debated the subject, which was proposed to improve public access in that area of the lake, for half an hour… Read More
Lido beachgoers now have another attraction to take in the next few months. 185,000 cubic yards of sand is being pumped in to fix the major erosion that has plagued the Sarasota beach. The sand is being dredged from New Pass and big machinery is helping to put the sand in it’s place. “I’m very… Read More
The federal government will contribute another $41.4 million toward the Charleston Harbor deepening that’s designed to keep big container ships visiting the Port of Charleston, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday. The money is coming from the Army Corps’ work plan, which provides funding for waterway navigation and other projects in addition to what… Read More
The news about Port Mansfield’s ship channel getting dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just gotten better, Willacy County Navigation District’s Executive Director Ron Mills reports. Mills initially thought the much-needed dredging from the harbor to the sea buoy would be to a depth of 14-feet. However, he has now learned it… Read More
After weeks of absence, dredge boats will be returning to Seaside Park to continue beachfill and dune-building operations, officials said Tuesday. An accident in which a dredge pipe burst Sept. 3 and other maintenance issues, as well as the diversion of dredge boats to projects in New York, have hampered the schedule of the project… Read More
Few things are worse for boaters than hearing the sickening thump and scrape after unexpectedly hitting bottom, and many boaters have reported damage to their boats in areas when shoaling has occurred. That won’t be a problem for much longer in township channels, because for the first time in decades, the NJ Department of Maritime… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has approved a $5.4 million dredging project that will make the paper mill and Panama City’s new port more accessible to bigger ships than ever before. U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn said the Corps approved the project as part of its 2019 fiscal year spending on Tuesday. Making port access easier… Read More
Funding to complete the second phase of JAXPORT’s harbor dredging project has been committed, according to Jacksonville Congressman John Rutherford. Rutherford says the US Army Corps of Engineers has slated $46 million for the project in its FY 2019 Work Plan, which will cover the final funding needed for the five-mile stretch. The USACE recently… Read More
The much needed dredging for the Depoe Bay Harbor will likely soon become a reality. Depoe Bay has been allocated nearly $900,000 for the project. The US Army Corps of Engineers has released its FY19 work plan and officials said Oregon did very well, gaining “significant plus-ups” for the work in the Columbia River and… Read More