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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
To save the city from flooding, the state government is pinning its hopes on robotic excavators to swiftly clear the storm water drains. Bengaluru development minister KJ George on Saturday said eight robotic multi-purpose excavators for dredging and cleaning of drains will be deployed to clean SWDs in eight zones. The excavators may be in… Read More
Erosion from storms Irma and Matthew has claimed much of the sand from a $30 million beach renourishment project completed three years ago, Mayor Tim Goodwin said. He pointed to a big dune next to the pier that Irma hammered. “It’s pretty bad all up and down the beach,” he said. On Friday, Goodwin and… Read More
Sunken and abandoned boats are being pulled from the River Hull in a bid to prevent flooding. So far around six vessels and other obstacles impeding the river’s drainage have been removed from the river. Thousands of people in high-risk flood areas are expected to benefit from the work. It started after 3D mapping of… Read More
The failure of Galway County Council to pursue the completion of the harbour and maintain what work had been carried out at a cost of €14m to taxpayers was strangling the economy of Inis Meáin. Tarlach de Blácam said it was seven years since the Department of the Gaeltacht paid Galway County Council €100,000 towards… Read More
Finding a new focus is in the works for local leaders on the F-M Diversion Project. The Diversion Authority met for hours with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday morning. They are in the process of planning what to do next, and how to go about the project. Right now, they’re weighing in on whether… Read More
Blenheim Palace has launched a rescue bid to save what’s described as the “finest view in England”. The house in Oxfordshire needs to dredge silt from its two lakes as they’ve become so shallow they’re at risk of drying out. The plan will see a team of diggers dredge 400,000 tonnes of silt from Queen’s… Read More
Jenifer Louma, from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Watershed Management, will give a presentation titled “Beach Replenishment: A Delicate Balancing Act” at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Rehoboth Beach Museum, 511 Rehoboth Ave. Beach replenishment, the practice of rebuilding beaches and dunes using sand taken from offshore or… Read More
Community members had the chance to talk with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port of Coos Bay staff about the port’s proposed modifications to the channel and the pending environmental review administered by the government agency during an open house at the Coos Bay public library Wednesday. The port’s $300 million channel modification project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to install a drainage pipe system under the new sand dune in Margate, according to a consent order. The order confirming an agreement between the city, the Army Corps and the state Department of Environmental Protection will require the Army Corps to design, construct and fund an… Read More
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) said it has completed the capital dredging of the shipping channel in the Kingston Harbour six weeks ahead of the nine months schedule. The company said it fulfilled all conditions outlined in its environmental permit issued by the National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA). KFTL said the dredging will facilitate… Read More
Barely a week after a ministerial panel claimed it would verify credentials of a company in fray for dredging of Wular Lake, the constituent ministers seem clueless over the matter. The panel said that it would look into a Chinese dredging firm, Hubei Hongyan Engineering Company Limited, a joint contender with the Kolkata-based Reach Dredging… Read More
The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District is down to its last option as the board discussed what to do with the new funding for the Atchafalaya dredging project Monday during its monthly meeting. An email from U.S. Corps of Engineers representative Tim Connell said Brice Civil Constructors expressed interest in the special purpose dredge… Read More