A body was found during dredging work in the IJ near IJdok in Amsterdam on Thursday morning. So far nothing is known about the victim and how he or she died. According to NH Nieuws, an employee of the dredging company found the body around 10:00 a.m. The police are investigating. Source: NLTimes
Mahaffey Theatre. Salvador Dali Museum. Davis Islands. They all sit on dredged land. “Dredge and fill” is when mud and weeds from an open waterway are used to extend land. The Hillsborough County Planning Commission recently approved a project north of Rocky Point Drive that would utilize the practice, a first for the county in… Read More
After nearly a decade of waiting people in west Augusta are finally seeing a neighborhood pond get cleaned up. Even with the rain slowing things down dredging has started on Hiers pond in the Kamel West subdivision. Voters approved the work back in 2009, but concerns with soil contamination slowed down the permitting process with… Read More
The dumping of sewage sludge in deeper waters beyond the Kish Bank “might well serve as a model” for the current dredging of Dublin Port. In a letter to The Irish Times earlier this week, Cormac F Lowth, a diver and member of the Maritime Institute of Ireland, suggests that the claims of Dublin Port… Read More
Residents are still sounding off about the City Dock. One month after the Southport Board of Aldermen approved a letter of intent to explore a public-private partnership with Southport Marina Inc., residents say they feel the issue needs more thoughtful consideration. Margaret Campbell, a resident of Brunswick Street, took issue with the speed at which… Read More
The €6m revamp of an historic Cork city quay which will include the city’s first flood defences has been given the go-ahead. City councillors have voted 22-6 during a city council meeting to approve the Part 8 report on the Morrison’s Island regeneration project despite significant opposition about the inclusion of flood defences proposed as… Read More
The ocean inlet to the Bolsa Chica wetlands, once again being dredged to allow the tidal flushing vital to the abundant wildlife in the area, could run dry of funds necessary for the near-annual pumping operation required to maintain the ecosystem. Money earmarked for dredging at the state reserve in Huntington Beach will be exhausted… Read More
Long-awaited beach replenishment in Sussex County has been set back for a second time. The work was set to start May 15 in Bethany Beach and work south, ending in Fenwick. But on Monday, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman told WBOC the contractor for the replenishment was held up on another project. According… Read More
Keeping Dare County waterways open is a constant concern. Commissioners advanced a dredging proposal last week, just as an idea about using the county’s occupancy tax for dredging is floating around the General Assembly. Dare commissioner Jim Tobin proposed a public-private partnership to secure dredging for Oregon and Hatteras inlets. The board unanimously supported a… Read More
A £13.453 million scheme to stabilise the cliffs behind the Spa complex in the Yorkshire coast town of Scarborough will get underway at the end of this month. The Scarborough Spa Slope Stabilisation Scheme, which will start on Wednesday 30 May, will involve piling along the rear of the Spa complex with almost horizontal drainage… Read More
Port Aransas ferry operations will close temporarily Tuesday. The closure will begin at 10 a.m. and last for up to two hours on May 15, according to a Texas Department of Transportation news release. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested the department close the ferry system for a dredging project. Orion Marine Group will… Read More
The annual dredging of the Dillingham small boat harbor is slated to begin Wednesday. Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tasked with pumping a slurry of mud and water out of the harbor and back into the bay. On average, dredgers remove 90,000 cubic yards of muck. Dillingham port director, Jean Barrett,… Read More
President Muhammad Buhari has flagged-off the commencement of trimming of age-long Typha grass from the Hadejia river valley in Jigawa State. The canal dredging project was first awarded in 1981 and had since been abandoned by successive governments. When dredged, the canals would be expected to provide enough water for irrigation purposes and other domestic… Read More
Dare County is actively pursuing creation of a partnership between the state and a yet-to-be-identified private company to purchase a shallow-draft hopper dredge, with the county paying for its operation in Oregon and Hatteras inlets and other channels. And while Dare would likely be using it the most, the dredge would be available to help… Read More
The Ministry of Waterways has set aside five million dollars for dredging work to be carried out at the Sigatoka River. Minister for Waterways Dr Mahendra Reddy says the Government tender board has awarded the dredging contract to a contractor. He says a joint survey will be carried out from this week before the dredging… Read More