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The dredging project of the container berth of Bushehr’s Negin Island has started with an initial investment of 210 billion rials ($5 million) to allow the docking of 50,000-ton vessels, caretaker of Ports and Maritime Organization of Bushehr Province, Nourallah As’adi, said. With the completion of Bushehr development project on Negin Island in four months,… Read More
Dredging of Brooklands Lake has been completed after workers battled against poor weather to carry out the popular venue’s overdue revitalisation. Winter weather meant shifting silt from the bed of the attraction was akin to ‘moving around soup’, senior councillors were told on Tuesday (April 10). Five Rivers was appointed by Worthing Borough Council following… Read More
Work began this week to rebuild the beach along the Montauk shore and spread 30,000 cubic yards of sand atop a storm-damaged artificial dune, East Hampton Town officials said. The March nor’easters that hit Long Island battered the artificial dune, exposing a half-mile-long stretch of sandbags buried by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in… Read More
The NSW Department of Crown Lands is the lead agency for dredging across NSW, according to NSW Roads and Maritime Services. “As the NSW boating regulator, Roads and Maritime may issue marine notices for local waterways if hazards indicate a significant imminent or current safety concern,” the agency said. “On rare occasions, Roads and Maritime… Read More
The $50-million expansion at Point Hope Maritime (PHM) could start construction before the end of 2018, says general manager Riccardo Regosa. The investment in expanding the shipyard’s facilities, which are part of the Ralmax Group of Companies, will allow it to accommodate larger vessels within its existing footprint, with the City of Victoria recently giving… Read More
A long-awaited dredging project for the Anclote River should get underway by this summer, said U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor. “I have been assured by the Army Corps of Engineers that the dredging work should start within the next few months,” announced Bilirakis, who worked with state Rep. Chris Sprowles, R-Palm Harbor, to secure… Read More
High water levels in the Great Lakes have helped spare dozens of harbors from the need for expensive dredging projects this year. But that situation is bound to change, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers warned Tuesday. The ports at the greatest risk are shallow draft recreational harbors that handle little or no commercial cargo,… Read More
The dredging of the Aboabo Storm Drain in the Asokore Mampong Municipality has begun in a bid to address perennial floods caused by siltation. Residents along the banks of the River Aboabo have often been displaced by floods during rainy season. Victims have also lost property worth millions of cedis to flood water. The shallow… Read More
State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II) has said it spends Rp 70 billion (US$5.1 million) annually to dredge sediment from the Kapus River, the site of Pontianak Port in West Kalimantan. “The high sedimentation rate of the Kapuas River has made us think about developing a new seaport,” Pelindo II corporate secretary… Read More
About 2.5 million cubic yards of mud, silt, sand and other material will be dredged from the Cape Henry Channel at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Va. — an approach that’s used by shipping lines to reach the port of Baltimore — according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Great Locks… Read More
Emergency dredging of the access channel, quays and manoeuvring basins of the port of Beira is due to be completed this week after work over the last six months resulted in the removal of about 3 million cubic metres of sediment, said the chief executive of Mozambican rail and port management company Caminhos de Ferro… Read More
Port Canaveral is preparing for the biggest single project in its history, as construction will begin this summer on a $150 million cruise terminal complex. That, along with more than $38 million in major Port Canaveral cargo and infrastructure projects during 2018 and 2019, will keep construction crews busy throughout the port. “There’s a lot… Read More
With recent storms dredging up more radiation on Dalgety Bay beach, the local MP wants assurances from the MoD that money will be available to complete long-awaited remediation work. Stephen Ritchie from the MoD’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation told members of South and West Fife area committee the constant monitoring of the site hit by radiation… Read More
Anwai River and Amilimocha Stream in Asaba, Delta State capital, are up for full dredging, Governor Ifeanyi has assured. This is to check the effect of the storm that will empty into those water bodies from the drainages being constructed in Asaba. Okowa made the disclosure while inspecting on-going drainage projects in the state capital,… Read More
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian has announced that he will hold a town meeting at 10 a.m. on April 28 at the Ocean City Tabernacle to present the city’s 2018-2019 bayside dredging program, according to a press release from Ocean City. Representatives of ACT Engineers and the city team will be at the meeting to… Read More