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A new multi-purpose cargo berth at Port Canaveral was given the green light at the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners meeting this week. Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with building a new North Cargo Berth 8 (NCB8) to accommodate a growing cargo portfolio that includes commercial spacecraft components. The landside and waterside investment… Read More
Texas Department of Transportation will cease Port Aransas ferry operations for up to two hours beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to a news release. Changes in operations come amid the Port of Corpus Christi and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging project. The required temporary closure will give Orion Marine Group time to connect… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan’s fiscal year 2019 budget includes $1.115 million to underwrite a pilot dredging project at Deep Creek Lake’s Arrowhead Cove, Sen. George Edwards has reported. The governor submitted his proposed budget to the Senate and House of Representatives last Thursday. “We are very pleased that Gov. Hogan has made this financial commitment to… Read More
A TENDER is expected to be advertised Saturday 27 January seeking a contractor to dredge the Penang River. Speaking at a public consultation in Rakiraki yesterday, Minister for Waterways Dr Mahendra Reddy said they were looking at a comprehensive package — a three-year program for Rakiraki. “Immediately what we want is — this Saturday there… Read More
The East Hampton Town Trustees have been granted a permit by the State Department of Environmental Conservation to resume removing sand from the floodplain of the Georgica Pond cut. The removal of the sand, the Trustees have said, helps with the flow of water out of and back into the pond when the cut is… Read More
The Western Regional Office of the Ghana WaterCompany has commenced a four-day dredging exercise at the Bosomase raw water intake point to open up the silted facility due to incessant illegal mining along the Pra River. The mountain heap of clay and sand had blocked the easy flow of water from the raw water intake… Read More
Four projects that support freight movement on Minnesota’s waterways received a total of $5 million in grants through the state’s Port Development Assistance Program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced. The program will help one project in the Twin Cities metro area and three projects in Greater Minnesota improve the transportation system and support growing… Read More
Mango tree group limited had been licensed by the Uganda Investment Authority to build a ship, a port and shipyard at Bugiri-Bukasa in Katabi, Wakiso district. The company had built a dredger to clear the silt around the lake which the community and local leaders said was being used in illegal sand mining in the… Read More
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