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Rockdale MP Steve Kamper says extra groynes should be constructed and existing structures repaired to combat erosion on Lady Robinsons Beach. Mr Kamper was speaking in State Parliament following the Leader’s report on continuing loss of foreshore, with the beach at Ramsgate baths the latest to be washed away. The MP said “report after report”… Read More
The borough assembly Monday voted again to move forward with a dredging study for Petersburg’s South Harbor. The borough will sign an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the best course forward for dredging South Harbor. Cost of the dredging could be around five million dollars. Just to study that work… Read More
A FERRY captain is under investigation by Roads and Maritime Services after he ran aground in the silted up Ettalong channel in July. Fantasea Cruising which owns the vessel involved has defended its skipper, placing the blame squarely on inadequate dredging of the frequently dangerous channel. The company’s head of sales and marketing Wendy Harch… Read More
Plans are under way to dredge a portion of Winnapaug Pond after the town received word Monday that $2.1 million in federal funding has been approved for the project. The coming weeks and months will include a whirl of activity as the project must be completed by Jan. 31 to satisfy federal grant requirements and… Read More
Bags of sediment that was dredged from the Ballina Boat Harbour and Fishery Creek have been removed from the site. Parliamentary Secretary for Northern NSW, Ben Franklin, said the dredging works were done to maintain safe access for the commercial fishing fleet and recreational vessels. The dredging was finished last year. “The original dredging work… Read More
A $700,000 sand-dredging operation described as “robbing Peter to pay Paul” will end at the Maroochy River mouth this week. However despite criticism the sand pumped onto Maroochydore Beach has created dangerous surf conditions, Sunshine Coast Council remains intent on continuing the exercise in two years’ time depending, according to a spokeswoman, “on monitoring results… Read More
Hurricane Irma didn’t just leave behind wind and flood damage. The storm also took some things with it, like sand. Parts of coastal Pinellas County suffered what an official calls “considerable sand losses.” But, there’s help on the way. Buddy Brown walks Indian Rocks Beach 5 days a week. “I look forward to it every… Read More
An MP has condemned a “cheapskate approach” over the dredging of the Goodwin Sands to make way for a major port redevelopment. Sir Roger Gale has written a letter of objection to Dover Harbour Board’s public consultation condemning its plans to dig the area to cut costs. He says there could be 2,000 ships buried… Read More
More than a half-century after Congress authorized building a replacement for the Industrial Canal’s navigation lock, optimism is rising among some maritime industry officials that the nearly $1 billion project is about to happen. The hope is built on President Donald Trump’s calls for spending up to $1 trillion to shore up the nation’s aging… Read More
A team studied Anna Maria Island from stem to stern today, agreeing that Hurricane Irma took a bite out of the beach. The storm, which was a strong Category 2 when it passed over Manatee County, caused “deflation and retreat” on the beach, which means the beach lost some of its depth and width, said… Read More
River activists on Sunday demanded firm steps to revive and rejuvenate the virtually dying Yamuna river. Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society President Surendra Sharma said there was an urgent need to construct a barrage some 10 km downstream of the Taj Mahal to ensure that the river was always full of water behind the 17th… Read More
Governor Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Port Authority Friday afternoon kicked off a $350 million dollar project to dredge Boston Harbor, opening the port to bigger industrial ships and promising new economic opportunity. The Republican governor joined Democratic US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and Congressman Stephen Lynch to highlight the economic impacts of… Read More
Dublin Port is deploying four data buoys in Dublin Bay over the weekend which will monitor whale and dolphin activity in the area during the Alexandra Basin redevelopment project. The four buoys will “live stream” information on the presence of marine mammals, including harbour porpoises, in the Burford Bank area where dredge spoil is dumped…. Read More
Citing weather and the need for additional dredging, the U.S. Corps of Engineers will not be able to reopen the Dismal Swamp Canal to boaters at the end of this month as planned. The Corps originally planned to reopen the canal on Sept. 30, but that date has now been moved back to late October,… Read More
An unsightly riverbed silt pile at Sarnia’s airport is finally getting smoothed over, easing the mind of at least one city councillor. “I’m glad to see things are moving along and coming to a successful conclusion,” said Anne Marie Gillis, at the news grading and berming is expected to wrap up by Sept. 22. Gillis… Read More