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The City of Lockport is allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct more water and soil testing near Eighteen Mile Creek, as part of the federal agency’s cleanup of the creek. Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said EPA requested permission to take soil samples at 501 West Jackson St., and soil, groundwater and sediment samples… Read More
BALLINA’S Marina masterplan could mean big things for the town, but some feel it could be all for nothing if the bar crossing isn’t made safer. Ballina Fishing Co-Op chief executive Phil Hilliard said while the NSW Government suspended plans to dredge the channel into the Richmond River last December, he felt the dangers were… Read More
Emergency dredging of the access channel and manoeuvring basins at the central Mozambican port of Beira, which began six months ago, will end this week, according to a report in Wednesday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”. Budgeted at 24.9 million euros (30.1 million US dollars), the work is in the hands of the Dutch… Read More
The group steering development of the Hammond Marina must look elsewhere for money to dredge the increasingly silted property. A grant application to the Oregon State Marine Board for dredging funds has been denied, Warrenton City Commissioner Pam Ackley announced at a City Commission meeting Tuesday. The city set aside some money for dredging, but… Read More
LAKE Macquarie and Central Coast councils have been invited to apply for a share of $1.5 million in state government funding for essential dredging projects. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and the Hunter, Scot MacDonald, said the new funding on offer would allow coastal councils to apply for up to 50 per cent of… Read More
Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., wants more funding from the Corps of Engineers for dredging projects in Carteret and Dare counties. Jones has asked the Corps for additional funding for maintenance dredging of Morehead City Harbor; the Beaufort Harbor complex that includes Bulkhead Channel, Taylor’s Creek and Morgan Creek; the channel from Back Sound to… Read More
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