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The prospects of large cruise ships’ calls at the port of Vladivostok were discussed at the meeting headed by Vasily Usoltsev, First Deputy to the Primorsky Territory Governor. According to the press center of the regional government, dredging at the two berths of Vladivostok (No 1 and No 2) will let the port accommodate large… Read More
Around 10,000 tonnes of silt is set to be removed from the tidal basin at Sharpness Dock in Gloucestershire during a major dredging project this week. The Canal & River Trust, the charity that runs the port, is carrying out the work to ensure that the gateway from the River Severn into the Gloucester &… Read More
Removing mercury from the Penobscot River downriver from the former HoltraChem site in Orrington is likely to be complicated and expensive. The Bangor Daily News reported the cleanup must account for tidal and seasonal changes, the plume of contaminants that could form from dredging, and the sheer scope of trying to cap the contaminated area…. Read More
Indonesia is weeks away from dredging a bay on Bali to build a £150 million port facility in an effort to attract “the rich guy”. After five years of planning, work is expected to begin next month. The resulting marina and cruise terminal on Bali’s southern tip will become the nation’s largest port, able to… Read More
A project to dredge channels and straits feeding Gorgan Bay, the largest inlet in the southeastern part of Caspian Sea, is underway, the technical manager of Golestan Regional Water Company said. Speaking to ISNA, Mohammad Nouri added that the project has a budget of 6.1 billion rials ($162,000) and aims to revive the impaired bay…. Read More
The boating community is on notice to pay particular care while operating in Block 60903 Leeward channel in Providenciales as construction work is carried out. That construction started on Friday, August 11, and includes the creation of canal access, beach, pier structures and docks, approach dredging and site grading. Windward Development Company (Blue Cay Estate… Read More
A project to remove a hazardous silt-build up in Throggs Neck’s Hammond Cove now has firmed-up work dates. The study phase for the dredging of a waterway bottleneck has been pegged for this summer to fall period with dredging planned for a three to eight week time span from the late fall of 2017 to… Read More
City Council members asked Friday if they can meet in private with Jacksonville Port Authority officials to clear the way for getting all their questions answered about the ramifications of deepening of the St. Johns River for bigger cargo ships. It would be an unusual meeting, and the private session wouldn’t be open to the… Read More
A total of RM650,000 has been allocated for projects to rehabilitate rivers in the Sibuti parliamentary constituency as part of flood mitigation work. Sibuti MP Ahmad Lai Bujang, who handed over the allocation to 130 village security and development committees (JKKKs) yesterday, said all projects must be completed before the end of this year. “I… Read More
The Fenwick Island Town Council held a public workshop Friday afternoon to hear citizens’ concerns over inland waterways, and see what dredging could do for them. “The channels of the bay are silted in,” says Mayor Gene Langan. “So what happens is you come up from Ocean City and you run aground or you can’t… Read More
The dredging of the Brahmaputra river will start soon as a move to find a permanent solution to the perennial flood problem in Assam. A decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and attended by top officials of central and state government here today. “In… Read More
The Mongla Port Authority (MPA) will dredge the outer bar of the channel of the Pashur river to facilitate movement of vessels with higher draft. The dredging will take place as per the recommendation of the UNESCO that asked the MPA not to destroy the lone breeding ground of marine animals with dredged materials at… Read More
The state has the right to condemn beachfront property in Bay Head and Mantoloking to build dunes and widen beaches, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The decision by state Superior Court Judge Marlene Lynch Ford clears the way for New Jersey to move forward with a massive beach-widening project for northern Ocean County’s barrier… Read More
Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority and Watco have launched plans to make Port Birmingham in Alabama into a worldwide centre for imports and exports, local news website AL.com has reported. City and county officials recently put up $675,000 to develop the inland port so that it could entice industries to use it for imports and exports…. Read More
The low bid to start dredging the St. Johns River for bigger cargo ships came in at roughly half the federal government’s estimated cost for the 3-mile first phase, giving project backers some financial breathing room. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimated the cost would be about $43.2 million. This week, the Corps opened… Read More