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It’s supposedly a win-win for the city of Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). In a press statement Monday, July 10, Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada said he is in talks with MMDA chairman Danilo “Danny” Lim about using the sludge of the Pasig river for his reclamation projects. According to Estrada, the… Read More
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Friday convened a meeting to review the progress of dredging work of river Jhelum and its flood spill channel. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore, Chief Engineer Irrigation & Flood Control (I&FC), SP (North), Deputy Director Planning, Chief Conservator Forests Representatives from Reach Dredging Limited Company and other… Read More
Through Aug. 31, the Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District is seeking public comments on two Table Rock Lake plans. The Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan and the 2014 Table Rock Lake Master Plan are available online for the public to review, Laurie Driver, public information officer for the Corps, said in a… Read More
A portion of Ocean City’s storm-ravaged beaches will be repaired after the summer, according to a statement issued Friday by city officials. Mayor Jay Gillian said the Army Corp of Engineers will return to Ocean City to begin a beach rebuild project in the north end of the city. “The multimillion-dollar replenishment work will be… Read More
Safe harbor has been a relative term of late for many of the hundreds of boats that tie up in Bodega Bay to seek refuge from pounding North Coast swells. Navigation channels used by boats to enter and leave the small port — one of the few available to ocean-going fishermen and pleasure boats north… Read More
While there has been much ado about the inadequacy of federal funds to keep the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project on track, a “good news” dredging story has been all but forgotten. For years, federal funding for the annual maintenance dredging and repairs needed to keep the Savannah harbor at optimum depths for shipping has fallen… Read More
Around-the-clock dredging and recharging at Dawlish Warren – part of a £14million beach management scheme – has seen planned works to shore up the western end of the beach completed a month early. The Environment Agency (EA) says the equivalent of 50 Olympic swimming pools full of sand have been pumped onto the beach at… Read More
The fiscal year 2017 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan was announced on May 24, 2017, and included funding to maintain critical navigation infrastructure near the Ports of Ilwaco and Chinook. The navigation channels leading from the Columbia River into the ports are federally authorized and, depending on funding, maintained by the U.S. Army… Read More
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company has successfully completed the work on deepening the channels leading to the Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory, as well as to the production site, located on the territory of the Amec-Tekfen-Azfen (ATA Yard), commissioned by the Saipem oilfield services company under the project Shah Deniz-2. The company reported that during the first… Read More
Port of Kalama commissioners Wednesday awarded a $1.1 million contract to Vancouver-based HME Construction for maintenance dredging at TEMCO grain terminal, and they also approved a salary hike for port employees. The dredging project will remove approximately 108,000 cubic yards of sand from the Temco berthing area. Dredging will start in the first two weeks… Read More
The equivalent of 50 Olympic swimming pools full of sand have been pumped onto the Dawlish Warren beach as part of a £14million engineering project which is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties. The scheme involves increasing sand levels at the beach to protect defences through sand replenishment, replacing and… Read More
Port Houston has completed a channel-deepening project that will allow heavier loading of ships with containers of heavy cargoes such as synthetic resins. Executive director Roger Guenther said dredging of the port’s Bayport terminal had been completed, and that the US Army Corps of Engineers will maintain the channel to a depth of 48.5 feet,… Read More
The first leg of an 8-mile beach widening project was completed Wednesday evening when Great Lakes Dredge and Dock wrapped up work on a section of the Town of Duck’s shoreline. Pumping is already under way in Kill Devil Hills, which was started earlier than planned because two of the company’s dredges were able to… Read More
A major dredging project at the George B. Stevenson Dam at Sinnemahoning State Park is completed, an official announced this week. Workers are now finishing paving the boat launch area along with the main park road from the boat launch area to the top off Goss Road and rechanneling Brook’s Run stream to prevent sediment… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reversing its schedule and will replenish dunes in Margate instead of Ventnor. Operations were halted in Ventnor because of bad weather and maintenance work on machines, reported (http://bit.ly/2ts9s5S ) Philly.com. “One of the two hopper dredges scheduled to do the work is now down for maintenance for approximately… Read More