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The conservation commission on Wednesday unanimously approved an emergency dredging of a narrow passageway between a newly formed large shoal to the west and the north tip of North Beach Island. This northern inlet avenue has become the most reliable for boaters and the commercial fleet form Chatham Harbor and Pleasant Bay. Director of Coastal… Read More
Oceanside’s City Council asked staffers this week for a study of ways the city can lead its own project to get more sand out of its clogged harbor and onto its eroded beaches. The city is growing increasingly concerned over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to dredge the harbor this year, along with… Read More
Residents of the Timber Lake neighborhood are continuing cleanup efforts after last week’s flooding scattered floats, toys, dock furniture and kayaks across the 57-acre lake. Kathy Carson’s home in the 900 block of Timberlake Road became a collection site for the area after Carson and her children spent Friday pulling neighbors’ possessions from the lake…. Read More
Work has begun on realigning the A379 Slapton Line, the coastal road, damaged by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East in the storms in March. The stretch of road has been closed since it was washed away by Storm Emma in early March. But fears have been raised that if storms once again… Read More
Stopping the state agency from dumping foul-smelling muck in this community is a perfect chance for Murphy administration to demonstrate its green credentials How would you react if the state Department of Environmental Protection granted permits for construction of a massive, open-air garbage dump for tons of smelly river-bottom muck — called “dredge spoils” —… Read More
As the need for dredging in North Carolina waterways has long ago surpassed the availability of funds and equipment to dredge, Dare County, with the help of $15 million provided in the recent state budget, is about to try something different: Build a dedicated dredge to maintain its waterways. The plan would be a private-public… Read More
Photos of Oceanside and Carlsbad beaches taken prior to the mid-1940s show broad, sandy beaches, with room for tents, cars and large public gatherings. Today, most of those beaches, without artificial restoration, are narrow strips of cobblestone. An experimental sand bypass system used almost 30 years ago is one of the ideas Oceanside wants to… Read More
A long-awaited dredging of the navigation channel into Sodus Bay is underway, and boosters say it’s long overdue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the dredging contract was awarded to Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Mich. USACE estimates up to 58,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the federal channel during the… Read More
Dredging method gives new life to Lake Anna community marina The community dock at your lakeside community doesn’t do much for your recreational boating plans if it’s inaccessible due to a long-term buildup of silt. That’s the problem Troy Crites and his Southwind Shores I neighbors at Lake Anna were facing. Crites has owned his… Read More
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on August 8, 2018, began dredging on the offshore maritime approach channel to Chornomorsk Port and in the operating area of the first boot basin of the Sukhy estuary. The dredging will allow large vessels with a draft of up to 14.5 meters, such as Capesize, deadweight up to… Read More
New London — Increasing use and profitability of State Pier is the top priority of a maritime strategy for the state that the Connecticut Port Authority is unveiling Thursday morning. The Day received an advance copy of the strategy, which the port authority will formally announce at a 10 a.m. news conference in Hartford. It… Read More
The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a decision, opposed by environmentalists, by the state lands department to allow the dredging of the port of Coos Bay for a proposed deep-water marine terminal where ships could load liquefied natural gas from a planned pipeline. Petitioners, who are environmental advocacy groups, said the permit was invalidly issued… Read More
The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee has been looking into strategies for cleaning up the lake for more than a year and a half. Next Monday, those strategies will finally be presented to city council in the form of a $19.2 million proposal. At its meeting Monday afternoon at the Mitchell Recreation Center, the committee prioritized… Read More
After three years of trying to secure funding to dredge the Anclote River, the city has received the $3.5 million in federal money it needs. The river’s channel hasn’t been dredged since 1998. Silt has built up, water levels are less than four feet at low tide and large boats can’t get up the river…. Read More
The Benjamin Franklin, the largest cargo ship to call in Puget Sound, arrived in Elliot Bay. Cargo ships are getting bigger so, to stay competitive, the Northwest Seaport Alliance plans to dredge two waterways to create the nation’s deepest seaport. Content Continues Below U.S. exports, such as apples, are heavy. Ships reach their weight capacity… Read More