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Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of Gelegele Seaport between the Edo State Government and China Habour Engineering Company (CHEC) Ltd., in China three weeks ago, senior officials of the company arrived Benin City, Tuesday, to commence preliminary development. The Executive Director of the company, Mr Jason Wang, led… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers anticipates beach replenishment on Long Beach Island will begin in March, and should be completed in June. Contractor Weeks Marine Inc. must complete a project in Brigantine before moving its equipment to the Island, and because this initial project was delayed due to weather, the start of the LBI… Read More
The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) Ltd. will begin its overseas dredging project at Mongla Port in Bangladesh by this month end, said DCI Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Tripathi. Discussions were also going on with BEXIMCO for one more prestigious overseas project at Kutubdia in Bangladesh and if it was taken up, it would… Read More
A massive project to rehabilitate the North Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River will force the closures of some roads and parking lots at Cape Disappointment State Park near Ilwaco starting next month. The closures will be in place much of the next two years. The jetty itself, North Jetty Road and nearby… Read More
The city is slowly moving toward obtaining all the necessary state and federal permits needed to dredge the backbay, which has become filled with silt and is dangerous to boaters. On Jan. 11, the Board of Commissioners approved several professional services contracts to do the preliminary work necessary to file for approvals with the state… Read More
The Wyandotte City Council is delaying a decision to consider declining a $1.1 million grant for a transient marina, but the city’s options appear to be limited. At its Jan. 22 meeting, the council was asked to consider a recommendation from City Engineer Mark Kowalewski to withdraw the city’s grant agreement with the U.S. Fish… Read More
Amex Resources Limited’s new wharf will definitely dwarf the present Queens Wharf in Lautoka. Even the sea bed will be much deeper than that of the main wharf this to cater for Handymax vessels, which will load magnetite iron rich sand. Handymax and Supramax are bulk carriers with a capacity less than 60,000 deadweight (DWT)…. Read More
The Blaine County commissioners don’t want another baseline study of the Big Wood River. In the wake of last spring’s destructive flooding, the commissioners met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last Thursday and agreed it was time for action. Numerous studies of the river have been completed in the past 25 years. But… Read More
Aberdeen Harbour Board and Dragados UK, the principal contractor for the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project, have opened a Harbour Expansion Visitor Centre, where schools, community groups, organisations and members of the public can gain insight into the construction of the landmark £350 million development. Located in Walker Park, by Girdle Ness Lighthouse, the Harbour Expansion… Read More
Federally funded sand dunes will soon be built in Point Pleasant Beach after a private beach lost a court battle. The project will add dunes to the beaches between Trenton and Delaware avenues on the private beaches south of Jenkinson’s Boardwalk. But many residents are not happy about the decisions. “I think this is like… Read More
With the close of 2017 and now the start of 2018, the team of professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District continues to make progress hand-in-hand with our partners from the South Florida Water Management District, the U.S. Department of the Interior and many other agencies implementing the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration… Read More
China has purchased 200 dredging ships over the last 11 years. Most of the technology was from Germany, Japan and other countries. China tripled its dredging capacity over the last 15 years. China can now build its own large and modern dredging ships. China has stated that a US ship passing within a dozen miles… Read More
Town officials gathered at the West Marina in Point Lookout to call on the state to expedite permits to dredge waterways in Point Lookout. Officials said the plan to dredge Sea Dog Creek, a channel north of the Loop Parkway, and a portion of Reynolds Channel that connects to the West Marina, would make the… Read More
There will be a Nauset Estuary Dredge Project Update Meeting at the Eastham library on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. Eastham’s shellfish advisory committee has worked with Woods Hole Group in organizing this meeting to inform residents and town officials about the status of the proposed dredging project so that science-based decisions… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiming to build up a sandbar on the Missouri River near Washburn, about 40 miles north of Bismarck, for threatened and endangered birds. As part of its efforts to reinvigorate least tern and piping plover populations, the corps is starting the approval process for a $2 million project… Read More