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State-owned enterprise Ukrainian Sea Port Authority on May 18, 2017 signed a contract with China Harbour Engineering company Ltd (CHEC) to carry out dredging works at the Yuzhny seaport (Odesa region), the largest port in the country in terms of handling. An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the contract was signed with participation of Ukrainian… Read More
The residents of this town, known as the casket and pottery capital of the province, and the nearby City of San Fernando can sleep well this rainy season, as the river causing massive flooding in the area will at last be dredged by a non-government organization. Engineer Marni Castro, a leader of the NGO called… Read More
Nearly 18 months after town officials and local business owners began sounding the alarm about the increasingly shallow Chesapeake City Basin, real progress is starting to be made. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns about half of the basin, applied for a dredging permit and a water quality certificate for the dredge spoils… Read More
Aransas County Navigation District (ACND) commissioners, at their regular meeting on Monday, May 15, approved the low bid of Derrick Construction Company for maintenance dredging of Rockport harbor. The district received six bids, ranging from $1,358,850 to $9,710,938 Bidders were asked to provide a base bid, to provide dredging of the harbor south of the… Read More
The Dunedin City Council is calling on the Otago Regional Council to work with it to plan for the future of the city’s harbour. In a submission to the ORC draft annual plan, the DCC sought the regional council’s agreement on a harbour and harbour edge management plan. The plan would include the dredging of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Ecology are taking comment today through June 1 on proposed changes to the Port of Skagit’s dredging process for the La Conner Marina. Ecology recently approved changes to the port’s permit for dredging, according to state Clean Air Act regulations. According to a public comment… Read More
Dare County released a new video on the status of the Hatteras dredging project on May 17. The video can be seen above and can also be found online and on the Dare County Website. Per the video, the planned dredging within the connecting channel of Hatteras Inlet is underway. The Army Corps of Engineers dredge, The… Read More
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is scheduled for a good cleaning. The New Jersey Water Supply Authority is proposing to dredge a 10.5-mile stretch of the canal, which runs parallel to the Millstone River, from Kingston to Amwell Road in the East Millstone section of Franklin. The project, which is estimated to cost $51.86 million,… Read More
It’s a classic strategy: When someone tells you “no,” go ask their boss. That’s apparently the approach being taken by Humboldt County Supervisor and recently appointed California Coastal Commissioner Ryan Sundberg, who last Monday sent an email to Jack Bowles, director of state and local relations at the United States Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in… Read More
The scheduled Bandon Flood Relief Scheme work programme for 2017 has now commenced on the River Bandon in Co Cork. The scheme consists of a combination of flood defences and dredging of the river bed to a level of 9.5m downstream of the Bandon weir (about 1.8m below the existing bed level) in the town… Read More
For the past couple of years, Delaware beaches have been slammed by strong storms, causing its dunes to deteriorate. Jack Gordon, the Mayor for Bethany Beach says, “the dunes used to be 14 feet tall, they used to go out that far. Then another 50 feet, so we would have another 150 feet of beach…. Read More
Center Springs Pond, which is choked with sediment and algae, will not be dredged this year as planned because the initial cost estimate was far too low, town officials said Monday. Originally projected at $500,000 to $750,000, the cost actually will be $1 million to $1.2 million, General Manager Scott Shanley said. The six-acre pond… Read More
Last Monday night’s meeting sounded like a scene out of Exodus with a wrathful and vengeful Yahweh ready to cast a reign of terror on the north end of Longboat Key. Snakes. Mosquitoes. Dead mangroves. Salination. Loss of tourism. These will be the likely consequences say Longboat Key residents if the town does not act… Read More
Federal, state and local officials have spent years studying ways to clear out the sediment that’s slowly filling in Lewis and Clark Lake. With all the time spent seeking solutions to either removing the sediment or reducing the amount flowing into the lake, one would think just about every avenue had been explored. That wasn’t… Read More
New Jersey officials remain hopeful that the dredging of a key South Jersey inlet will begin early this summer. The state Coastal Engineering Department said in March that dredging of Little Egg Inlet is needed because parts of the channel have sand buildup, making navigation challenging and dangerous. At the time, officials set an initial… Read More