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A dredging barge owned by J.F. Brennan Corp. makes its way down an ice-clogged Grasse River on Friday, after a stop at Arconic’s reclamation site, toward the St. Lawrence River in Massena. Source: Watertown Daily Times
Livingston Parish is expected to get more funds for a shoreline restoration project, according to a Saturday announcement from Louisiana Senator John Kennedy. The Office of Gulf Restoration in the Department of the Treasury is awarding a $400,000 grant to the parish for the Amite River Coastal Wetlands Restoration Project. “Funds from this grant will… Read More
Sand that Holden Beach has received for years to re-nourish its east-end oceanfront may instead go to a neighboring island, a prospect that caught town officials by surprise and questioning why the sudden change. The town is now in the process of obtaining some 60 property easements in the hopes of getting a shot at… Read More
A dredging project is underway to allow boats to dock in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor. The New York State Canal Corporation has started dredging the area to allow more water from Onondaga Creek to make its way into the harbor on Onondaga Lake. Right now, the water in the harbor can be as low as two… Read More
Newport Beach will spend $777,000 to expedite prep work for a planned harbor dredge in hopes that it will make the federal government more likely to award the city a heavy subsidy for the overall project. The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night to pay contractor Anchor QEA to prepare plans and permits that would… Read More
Creating New Horizons in Port Construction – that’s what Boskalis did in Nigeria. In Lekki, 80 kilometers east of Lagos, we constructed a new port and 700-meter-long sandbar breakwater for which we used the natural sand flow along the Nigerian coast. An excellent example of Building with Nature Source: Hellenic Shipping News
Quietwater Beach in Pensacola on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Beach leaders plan to widen Little Sabine and use spoils to renourish Quietwater Beach, the busy beach area behind the Boardwalk Shopping Center.
The start of a restoration project for wetlands along Lake Erie, previously expected to begin in November, has been pushed back. The $1.2 million project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city calls for the conservation and expansion of 12.2 acres of native coastal wetlands near Waterworks Park west of Derby Pond… Read More
The Pima County Regional Flood Control District announced plans to remove approximately 150,000 cu yards of sediment from the bed of the Santa Cruz River channel in Tucson, Ariz. The dredging is scheduled to begin Jan. 8 and will take up to two months to remove the sediment buildup. The project aims to increase capacity… Read More
Crews have begun dredging the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. The New York State Canal Corporation says the $10.3 million project will allow recreational vessels to begin docking at the Onondaga Lake port by next summer. Officials say silt and sand from Onondaga Creek has reduced the depth in the Inner Harbor to as little as… Read More
More than 1.5 million cubic metres of sand will be dumped onto Norfolk beaches in a pioneering effort to stem the tide of coastal erosion. The huge sandscaping project will cost somewhere between £17 million and £22 million, and is aimed at protecting Bacton Gas Terminal and the villages of Bacton and Walcott from the… Read More
When Bend park board member Nathan Hovekamp declared that fish passage at Mirror Pond dam may be critical to support from the park district for dredging, he did not add, “I’ll make sure it is.” But he might as well have. It’s another episode of foot-dragging in the epic foot-dragging to delay dredging the pond…. Read More
Major closures along the Pacific Coast Highway begin Monday as crews start to repair damage brought on by the Woolsey Fire and recent mudslides. Utility crews continue to work to restore power to hundreds in the area who are still without power since the fire. Those crews were delayed by last week’s heavy rainfall. The… Read More
The new Virgin Voyages Terminal will be located on the northwest side of the port in Miami, giving it incredible views of the city’s skyline. Construction is due to start next year and will be completed by November 2021, the beginning of the year’s cruise season. The new 10,000 square-foot terminal will be a palm… Read More
Lach Huyen Port Infrastructure Construction Project Japanese ODA loans (Component A) The Port will be developed in two phases, and will be equipped with comprehensive infrastructure and handling technology. It will be able to accommodate container ships between 4,000TEU and 6,000TEU, with the potential to accomodate 8,000TEU ships after expansion.The port is being constructed south… Read More