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DREDGING supporters have ramped up calls that Trinity Inlet be dredged to let in more cruise ships in the wake of the traffic crash at Yorkeys Knob on the weekend. Dozens of cruise ship passengers were stuck in traffic along Yorkeys Knob Rd on Saturday morning after a bus and a car collided near the… Read More
Design work for Arconic’s cleanup of the Grasse River will continue through 2018 and, although a “minimal amount” of contaminated sediment is being removed from the Grasse River this year, removal of the remainder of the contaminated sediment probably won’t begin until 2019, according to an official from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Young Chang,… Read More
The dregs along an estimated 22 miles of river bottom will be sampled as part of study leading to development of a fleeting area for the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. A section of Bird Creek going west from the port and the Verdigris River heading north will be sampled for about 9 and 12 miles… Read More
Dredging works in Dublin Port that began yesterday are to continue to March 2018 which will involve moving loaded material out to sea and dumped in Dublin Bay, writes Jehan Ashmore. The works are part of the Capital Dredging Programme 2017 that arise from the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project which is phase one of… Read More
Port of Brownsville commissioners are looking at forming a new taxing district that would raise taxes on properties in the port district to pay for a series of improvements to the port’s marina. After hearing extensive public comment against the creation of an industrial development district (IDD) Wednesday night, a split on the port’s board… Read More
A ministerial panel has held the massive Rs 376-crore dredging project in Wular Lake hostage, even as a joint venture of two companies qualifies to work on it. The 7-member panel of cabinet ministers led by Convener Lal Singh, Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment (FE&E), was formed by the government over a month ago… Read More
Cruise Broome chairman Shayne Murray expects a A$7m dredging project at Port of Broome in Western Australia to be completed before next year’s annual conference of the Australian Cruise Association. ACA 2018 will be held at Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa, situated on the 22km-long Cable Beach, from September 14-16. Last year Carnival Australia… Read More
The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed optimism that the long-awaited dredging of the Escravos bar that had impeded the coming in of big vessels and other ocean going barges to Warri Port would soon commence. The Escravos Bar dredging is part of measures being put in place to make the seaport commercially… Read More
With a green light from the EPA, the city is poised to win a $15 million federal TIGER grant to at last begin bulkhead construction and dredging at the harbor’s under-used North Terminal, to expand its uses and take some off the pressure off of the rest of the harbor, which is straining at capacity…. Read More
The Merrimack River Beach Alliance is moving along with plans to dredge sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua Rivers and spread it on local beaches to protect houses threatened by beach erosion. At a meeting Friday morning, the MRBA discussed the soon-to-begin permitting process for the project, which aims to dredge 600,000 cubic yards of… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country’s most polluted waterways. At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Wednesday, Corps project manager Natalie Mills said the goal is to clear about 200,000 cubic yards of toxic material from the Indiana Harbor… Read More
Ocean City back bay property owners received news from Mayor Jay Gillian Oct. 19 that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has greatly extended the season when the dredging of shallow bay waters is permitted. According to a release, the NJDEP informed the city that existing timing restrictions on dredging activity are being… Read More
Efforts are underway to make sure county beaches get replenished. While it’s not winter and we’re not out of hurricane season yet, the money from the state is coming to make sure when it’s time, everyone is ready to pitch in and help. A new fund created by the state will allow beach towns like… Read More
An $11.5 million federal beach replenishment project has begun on north end beaches as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teams up with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. A dredging pipe stationed off Great Egg Harbor Inlet will hit the beach near Morningside Road, with pumping proceeding north then switching direction and pump… Read More
Jack Gordon doesn’t expect to be able to walk on the dune that protects the Bethany Beach boardwalk from the pounding waves and rising waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Yet nothing stopped him Friday from walking on arguably one of the most important protective barriers for all of Bethany Beach in an ongoing battle against… Read More