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Dredging of PCBs from the floor of New Bedford Harbor south of Interstate 195 should be finished around March of this year, heralding a new day for the harbor, according to David Lederer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Workers will still bring waste from farther north to the underground disposal cell beneath that portion… Read More
Ocean City is getting emergency federal attention, but you wouldn’t know it unless you do business on the water. Rising sand bars have already caused one ship carrying 11,000 pounds of fish to run aground, and the fear is many others could suffer a similar fate. That’s why Congressman Andy Harris called in the U.S…. Read More
More than 1 million cubic yards of sand is being dredged and pumped ashore at Isle of Palms to put back what Mother Nature stole from the beach during stormy weather in the fall. The same sort of thing will happen starting in March at Folly Beach, but the sand will come from the Folly… Read More
An application for further dredging off the Port of Hay Point is before the State Government. North Queensland Bulk Port submitted the application to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for a permit to conduct maintenance dredging works to remove about 350,000m³ of sediment. A company spokesperson said it would “restore berth pockets and… Read More
On the eve of the holiday season, on December 30, NIBULON started the second stage of dredging operations specified by the project on the navigable path of the Southern Buh River. The company says it started the operations from the largest sandbar of the Southern Buh River – Kostiantynivka sandbar. This stage provides for dredging… Read More
Crews Thursday will begin dredging Mission Bay to help make it easier and safer for boats to navigate. It has been nearly five decades since the last major dredging of the bay. The operation is necessary because years of boating, storms and water currents have rendered the floor of the bay uneven. The dredging will… Read More
More than two dozen barges have broken away from their moorings in the high waters throughout the Pittsburgh area, the Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reported Saturday. Jeff Hawk, spokesman for district, said that 27 barges were believed to be adrift, including at least 15 that were stuck against the Emsworth Lock and Dam,… Read More
Gladstone Ports Corporation has awarded the tender for works at the Boyne River, to restore a safe passage and navigable channel for boaties. Local company East Coast Maritime has been appointed to undertake the works, with activity at the river mouth to commence by mid-February. Material will be removed from the 15 metre wide channel,… Read More
A Great Lakes shipping campaign worth celebrating shuts down Monday with the annual closing of the Soo Locks for about 10 weeks of intense upkeep and refurbishing. Unless something last-minute is still moving, the locks figure to close sometime around midnight. As the last boats point ice-masked bows toward their respective ports of layup this… Read More
DREDGING works in Labasa are expected to mitigate negative effects of heavy rain in the area. Minister for Waterways Dr Mahendra Reddy commissioned dredging works at the Qawa River mouth, Korovatu floodgate outlet and the Labasa River mouth yesterday. Dr Reddy said the dredging of the Qawa River mouth would be completed in two weeks… Read More
The clock is ticking for Plum Island’s ever-eroding dunes, and with recent storms wiping away heaps of sand, nearby residents and city officials are considering options for both short and long-term solutions. But with no set plans in place, and an apparent lack of funding to support dune-related projects, some residents are concerned about the… Read More
The preliminary survey, conducted by the State’s Water Resources Department (WRD) on the entire course of the Brahmaputra in the State for the purpose of dredging its bed and building two expressways by utilizing the dredged materials, has found that an area of around 2,307 sq km could be reclaimed by dredging the riverbed.The Brahmaputra… Read More
If you’ve driven by the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery lately, you might have noticed a bit of construction work offshore. That’s because Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc., the hatchery’s parent company, has been clearing sediment and debris below the hatchery’s net pen. The dredging project is about halfway over. When it’s done, Operations Manager Brock… Read More
The Environment Agency is on the hunt for contractors and consultants for its next generation flood defence framework. It expects to spend around £1.5bn through the framework over four years, and has the option to extend the pipeline to the same firms for another four years. The new panel of pretendered firms will start the… Read More
With the close of 2017 and now the start of 2018, professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District continues to make positive progress hand-in-hand with our partners from the South Florida Water Management District, the Department of the Interior and many other agencies implementing the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration (SFER) program. As… Read More