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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
DREDGING will begin in Corio Bay this month as part of Geelong Port’s new works program. The initiative would further improve access, safety and efficiency for ships entering the port, Victorian Regional Channels Authority chief executive Michael Harvey said. New Zealand firm Heron Construction Company received a $4 million contract for the works, which are… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) on Sept. 25 announced award of the North Cove Federal Navigation Project contract for maintenance dredging to DonJon Marine Company of Hillside, New Jersey. The firm’s winning bid was $4,283,562.50. The dredging work in the entrance channel and 11-foot deep anchorage will begin this month and continue for about… Read More
The public comment period concerning citywide bay dredging in Ocean City is now underway, city officials announced on Tuesday. If approved, the application would allow every property owner on the bayfront and lagoons to be covered under the city permit. The city applied for the permit in December. “The applicant, the City of Ocean City,… Read More
A delegation of contractors Wednesday refuted the allegations that the dredging work on Rambagh flood spill channel has come to a halt. Terming the allegations malicious and an attempt to appease few, the contractors said that work on the Rambagh flood spill channel is going on full pace and those who resort to fake propaganda… Read More