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Dredging works were set to commence this week at Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre and are expected to be ongoing until the end of February 2018. The works will involve the dredging of the north/south section of the main navigation channel and an area between the breakwaters off the main quay head. The vessel Grete Fighter… Read More
The final Fountain Lake dredging permit request came back from the Department of Natural Resources with a smaller-scale project approved than the Shell Rock River Watershed District requested. The dredge the district requested would move about 600,000 cubic yards of sediment in the first phase of the project, while the DNR has approved approximately 400,000… Read More
Plagued by storms passing offshore, the Buxton Beach nourishment project is two months behind schedule and will not be finished until at least mid-February. Weeks Marine will ask for a contract extension to avoid liability for damages to Dare County, commissioners were told Monday. Haiqing Liu Kaczkowski of Coastal Science and Engineering, which is leading… Read More
Cleanup work to remove hazardous substances from Victoria Harbour is scheduled to begin this month. Transport Canada has awarded a $5.3-million contract to Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. to remove hazardous materials from the seabed around Laurel Point Park. The cleanup is part of a remediation project to help restore the bay and foreshore areas, said… Read More
Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) is urging the Queensland Government to fund dredging at Round Hill Creek as a sand bar impedes search and rescue efforts of 1,200 square nautical miles of ocean. The depth of the channel at Round Hill Creek means some boats are unable to get in and out when they need to…. Read More
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) will acquire new dredging vessels to conduct offshore dredging in the riverine channels of Haldia under the Kolkata Port Trust despite the fact that dredging revenue from KoPT is on a decline because of lower maintenance dredging. Almost 55% of DCI’s revenue derived from KoPT’s dredging, which started declining after… Read More
Eric Ferguson is one of three full-time captains with Wahkiakum County who ferry about 80,000 people a year between Puget Island, Washington, and Westport on the Oscar B, the only remaining interstate ferry on the Columbia River. Running perpendicular to the flow of the Columbia, the 1,900-foot-long channel requires dredging every few years to allow… Read More
A Burton pensioner and lifelong resident has urged the Environment Agency to consider dredging the River Trent to prevent flooding and potential damage to homes and businesses. Bill Schofield, 87, who lives in Stapenhill, says he can remember walking over the Ferry Bridge as a boy and seeing the flooding. He said: “When I was… Read More
A healthy seabed is essential for the survival of marine wildlife as it is an important source of food. This health is threatened by the presence of persistent contaminants that don’t break down and remain in the environment, threatening the marine food web. Today, the Government of Canada today awarded a $5,343,787.94 contract to Milestone… Read More
THE Vale Council is to have meeting with the Welsh Government next Wednesday, November 8, to discuss the disposal of dredged material at ‘Cardiff Grounds’ in the Bristol Channel. The council recently said it was keen to ensure all the necessary safeguards were in place in case radioactive material is deposited. It said it wanted… Read More
The Bengal government and the Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) may consider an alternative location for the proposed Tajpur port to access a deeper draft to handle bigger ships and compete with the neighbouring ports. The new site being discussed could come up 12 kilometres into the sea as opposed to a shore-based location, modelled on… Read More
The Congressional paralysis in Washington, D.C., is being felt by residents of the Cape Fear region as the planned Wilmington Harbor maintenance dredging has been delayed by at least one month because of budget constraints. The good news for Oak Island is that an emergency sand placement project—separate from the harbor work—is on track to… Read More
It looks like plan B is right around the corner. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul announced their initial plan to dispose of nearly 11 million cubic yards of dredge material from Lower Pool 4 over the next 40 years, that plan was met with near universal animosity. From local landowners… Read More
Delays in a long-awaited beach replenishment project could push the completion date for Delaware beaches into the summer season. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Philadelphia District awarded a $17.2 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) to dredge 1.2 million cubic yards of sand to fortify the beaches… Read More
New Jersey homeowners have been fighting Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to build protective sand dunes since he announced the effort months after Superstorm Sandy. They’ve lost at almost every turn. But five years after the storm, the latest challenge brought by homeowners objecting to the state’s intention to seize privately owned land for the dune… Read More