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The Nigerian Army has launched its Apple Island Project. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, set the ball rolling for the initiative, which will be located off Banana Island, Lagos State. The project, under the auspices of the Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), is contracted to Van Oord and Julius Berger, with Tauraf… Read More
Plans to dump dredge materials from the Little Manitowoc River at the city’s gravel pit were discussed at a recent public meeting with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. A plan to dredge the Little Manitowoc River includes disposing of the low-hazard waste sediment near the police shooting range at the gravel pit on Hecker… Read More
BAM International’s project team at Moín Container terminal in Costa Rica has completed the final pour of the 650 metres long and 35 metres wide concrete wharf deck last week. This marks the completion of a significant part of BAM’s scope of the container terminal for APM Terminals. In the coming months BAM International will… Read More
Visitors had some fun paddling during the 13th annual Utah Lake Festival at the Utah Lake State Park Marina in Provo on Saturday. The festival celebrated the marina’s re-opening after months of dredging to make it better for boating and other activities, including paddleboarding and fishing. Participants got a chance to see for themselves the… Read More
Croatan residents have been watching the beach near their homes slowly wash away for years. They’ve asked the city for a more permanent solution to the problem as storms kick up waves that claw away the dunes. Each year, Public Works reinforces them with sand, but the fix is always short-lived. City leaders have been… Read More
Glen Cove officials failed in their initial attempt to persuade the Federal Highway Administration to extend a deadline to start ferry service to Manhattan. The city faces the possibility of paying back up to $16.6 million in grants used to help build a ferry terminal and dredge Glen Cove Creek if service doesn’t begin in… Read More
Cayo Rosario in San Pedro is a small caye that falls within the Hol Chan Marine Reserve that was sold to a private investor. That investor has already submitted a proposal for a massive development that will see over-water cabanas erected in the reserve. The developers will have to do significant dredging around the caye… Read More
Another delay will push beach replenishment back into August for some southern Delaware beaches. The project is slated to begin June 1 — half a month later than the original scheduled start date of May 15, according to the Army Corps of Engineer’s website. The postponement has been caused by the dredging company — Great… Read More
The rumblings that erupted yesterday over the proposed development of Apple Island by the Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL)was laid to rest Saturday morning following the visit of Tukur Brutai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who ordered NAPL to look for an alternative location for the development. The proposed Apple Island was to be… Read More
The head of the Army Corps of Engineers has finished his review of the proposed reservoir to cut Lake Okeechobee discharges. The Office of Management and Budget has to check the plan before we’ll officially know if the feds have given it a thumbs up or thumbs down. But a letter to OMB Director Mick… Read More
Tony Mikulec, Don Grieco, and Norm Hornunz call themselves the Orchard Park Breakfast Guys. Friday, after breakfast they came to Unity Island to check out the work that’s underway on the northern edge of the island. “This is going to be all marshland over here. I read in the paper they’re planting a lot of… Read More
This year’s legislative short session is expected to be about as short as it can get, and passing an adjusted state budget is going to be even shorter in what’s being called an unprecedented move. The biggest local provision authorizes $15 million from the shallow draft inlet dredging fund to create a partnership between the… Read More
A local state of emergency was declared Wednesday by the City of Sarasota for significant erosion on Lido Beach. The decision was made, city officials said, after a walking inspection along the beach by City Manager Tom Barwin and an official from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Barwin is authorized to declare a state… Read More
After about two weeks of on-site preparation, crews with Weeks Marine Inc. started pumping sand onto the east end of Caswell Beach Sunday, the latest milestone in a effort to clear the shipping channel for large, transoceanic vessels. Parts of the inner ocean bar of the Wilmington Harbor are badly shoaled and maintenance dredging scheduled… Read More
Over the past weekend, contractor Weeks Marine Inc.’s cutterhead pipeline dredge R.S. Weeks began placing sand near 69th Street in Harvey Cedars, commencing beach restoration for the borough. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, work there is expected to be complete by the end of July, pending any delays due to weather or… Read More