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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
Ibistek Limited will in January, 2019 commence the physical construction works on the development of the multipurpose Atlantic Terminal Services on-dock facility at the Takoradi Port. It followed the signing of a project management contract with Royal Haskoning DHV of the Netherlands for the provision of a technical advice and construction supervision in relation to… Read More
Each year discoveries are made during the annual dredging season as port maintenance crew work to remove thousands of cubic yards of accumulated silt clogging access and moorage at the Port of Ilwaco and Chinook. Dredge duty Operating a hydraulic dredge is complex and can take months to master. The main controls feature eight identical… Read More
The McHenry City Council agreed this week to partner with the Fox Waterway Agency to complete dredging on Boone Lagoon. The project is expected to begin in May and will include dredging of the lagoon from the Fox River to the Green Street bridge. The city is expected to pay about $160,000 for its portion… Read More
Although dredging work for the proposed National Waterway-5 was stopped in July due to massive public protests, the royalty on the sand dredged amounting to around Rs 3.5 crore has not been collected by the district administration. Meanwhile, the people are asking that if the royalty for the dredged sand has not been collected where… Read More
“Build it and they will come” worked for Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams.” It appears to be working on the Delaware Bay where reefs built as part of Superstorm Sandy ecosystem restoration are attracting horseshoe crabs, Red Knots, oysters and other marine life. According to Capt. Alek Modjeski, habitat restoration program manager, American… Read More
Good news about the improved health of the St. Clair River came in threes, recently. Federal and provincial environment ministries have approved changing the designation of three of the river’s beneficial use impairments (BUIs) to no longer impaired. Recent decisions by Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks,… Read More
Early allocation differs from practices of previous years, when federal money was slow to be released. Sand replenishment to start in May. The sand is on its way. Guaranteed. The federal government has already allocated $1.5 million for sand replenishment at Presque Isle State Park in 2019. The allocation, which the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Members of the community in Bou Sra commune, in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district, alleged that a tycoon and a government official have been dredging sand illegally. However, the latter claimed that they are just “testing” whilst the permit is “being processed”. Kreus Kven, the community representative, told The Post on Monday that the sand… Read More