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Eric Ferguson is one of three full-time captains with Wahkiakum County who ferry about 80,000 people a year between Puget Island, Washington, and Westport on the Oscar B, the only remaining interstate ferry on the Columbia River. Running perpendicular to the flow of the Columbia, the 1,900-foot-long channel requires dredging every few years to allow… Read More
A Burton pensioner and lifelong resident has urged the Environment Agency to consider dredging the River Trent to prevent flooding and potential damage to homes and businesses. Bill Schofield, 87, who lives in Stapenhill, says he can remember walking over the Ferry Bridge as a boy and seeing the flooding. He said: “When I was… Read More
A healthy seabed is essential for the survival of marine wildlife as it is an important source of food. This health is threatened by the presence of persistent contaminants that don’t break down and remain in the environment, threatening the marine food web. Today, the Government of Canada today awarded a $5,343,787.94 contract to Milestone… Read More
THE Vale Council is to have meeting with the Welsh Government next Wednesday, November 8, to discuss the disposal of dredged material at ‘Cardiff Grounds’ in the Bristol Channel. The council recently said it was keen to ensure all the necessary safeguards were in place in case radioactive material is deposited. It said it wanted… Read More
The Bengal government and the Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) may consider an alternative location for the proposed Tajpur port to access a deeper draft to handle bigger ships and compete with the neighbouring ports. The new site being discussed could come up 12 kilometres into the sea as opposed to a shore-based location, modelled on… Read More
The Congressional paralysis in Washington, D.C., is being felt by residents of the Cape Fear region as the planned Wilmington Harbor maintenance dredging has been delayed by at least one month because of budget constraints. The good news for Oak Island is that an emergency sand placement project—separate from the harbor work—is on track to… Read More
It looks like plan B is right around the corner. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul announced their initial plan to dispose of nearly 11 million cubic yards of dredge material from Lower Pool 4 over the next 40 years, that plan was met with near universal animosity. From local landowners… Read More
Delays in a long-awaited beach replenishment project could push the completion date for Delaware beaches into the summer season. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Philadelphia District awarded a $17.2 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) to dredge 1.2 million cubic yards of sand to fortify the beaches… Read More
New Jersey homeowners have been fighting Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to build protective sand dunes since he announced the effort months after Superstorm Sandy. They’ve lost at almost every turn. But five years after the storm, the latest challenge brought by homeowners objecting to the state’s intention to seize privately owned land for the dune… Read More
Dutch contracting company and dredging specialist Van Oord has been contracted to carry out emergency dredging works in the container Port of Beira in Mozambique. Mozambique. CFM, the ports and railways company of Mozambique, is the client. Reinstating the port access channel to its charted lines and levels is of great importance to facilitate the… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District plans to have the Intracoastal Waterway dredged to its normal depth of 12 feet at the junction of the Colorado River by Nov. 1. Hurricane Harvey closed the waterway at the junction of the Colorado River by bringing in a lot of debris, said Chris Frabotta, deputy chief… Read More
The Dismal Swamp Canal is set to reopen on October 31 following an indefinite closure from Hurricane Matthew damage. The canal was closed last October after Matthew caused extensive damage. This damage lead to an effort to clear the canal through dredging. Officials said the canal rose two feet higher than normal elevation following the… Read More
Construction work is nearing the finish line for Poole’s new South Quay. Due to be up and running in January, the £10 million expansion will be the biggest new port development on the south coast for many years, providing longer and deeper mooring facilities. The first phase of Poole Harbour Commissioner’s (PHC) ‘masterplan’, the quay… Read More
More than 200 Gulf Breeze residents want easier boat access to Santa Rosa Sound, and to get it they’re proposing transplanting the seagrass near their Santa Rosa Shores neighborhood. Several area environmentalists, though, object to the project because of the threat posed to the valuable seagrass by moving it from one location to another. Since… Read More
A contracting firm hired to dredge Carolina Beach Lake is placing material back into the lake while town officials continue to look for a place to permanently store it. The $2.7 million project has been in limbo since last month, when the town was told by the Army to stop depositing the material on undeveloped… Read More