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The Baker administration this month began taking small steps toward addressing one of the region’s pressing infrastructure needs. In a series of “listening sessions,” Jay Ash, Gov. Charlie Baker’s secretary of housing and economic development, heard from town and city officials on the status of the state’s waterways, long treated as an afterthought when placed… Read More
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday, Aug. 7 signed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) and Chris Brown (R-Atlantic) to limit NJ Department of Environmental Protection shellfish habitat rules and make dredging of the back bays easier. Democrats Bob Andrzejczak, Bruce Land and John Burzichelli also sponsored the bill. The law makes it easier… Read More
The Barnstable County Dredge Program has launched a campaign giving the public the opportunity to pick the name of their newest dredge. The vessel is currently under construction in Baltimore, Maryland, by Ellicott Dredges, and is expected to make its way to the cape sometime next month. Interim Assistant County Administrator Stephen Tebo explained the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday they had no choice but to start work on the $63.3 million Absecon Island beach-replenishment project during the busy summer 2017 season, a move that has angered both businesses and residents up and down the island. “For the dredging industry, their safest and most efficient use of… Read More
The revitalization of the Bay Avenue area took a big leap forward Thursday when City Council here passed several resolutions that pave the way for a transient marina to be constructed at the Higbee Pier site. According to Somers Point City Administrator Wes Swain, the marina will provide an excellent facility for New Jersey boaters… Read More
Two environmental groups and the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County will host a public meeting on Aug. 22 in Mechanicville to discuss PCBs in the Hudson River and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup efforts. The EPA is taking public comments now, as part of a mandated five-year review of the $1.7 billion dredging project… Read More
Dredging fleet of Rosmorport’s North-Western Basin Branch numbering four vessels has been busy with repair dredging at the water areas of the Ust-Luga port and Big Port St. Petersburg from June 2017. According to Rosmorport, TSHD Kronshlot is working at the Petrovsky fairway of the Big Port St. Petersburg. More than 29,000 cbm of bottom… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking public comment on a project proposal by the Port of Astoria to dredge the West Mooring Basin. The project involves dredging up to 109,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment from more than 11 acres within the marina over the next decade. Up to 54,500 cubic yards of… Read More
The much-awaited mechanical dredging of the basin and channel of the Azhikkal port got under way here on Sunday, with Ports Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran flagging off the operation of CSD Chandragiri, the cutter-suction dredger, that had docked at the port for the past several months. The dredging operation begins nearly 22 months after the dredger… Read More
A Superior Court judge has urged the state to slow down on a beach replenishment project in Margate until a major drainage issue can be resolved, but with the work scheduled to continue on Tuesday, the mayor says there’s no sign state officials are agreeing to a delay. Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez made the… Read More
A dredge ship destined to be scrapped has returned to Timaru to repair the ports entrance channel after July’s big storm. The Pelican, which operates an ocean vacuum that sucks up sand and sediment, has been operating in the Timaru port for almost 30 years. The ship had returned from Tauranga following damage caused by… Read More
The New Jersey Department of Transportation began dredging the Forked River channels in order to ensure the safety of boaters, officials said. The work is being done on the Forked River, Forked River Middle Branch and Spur, the South Spur, and the “Elks” channel. It is part of a $2.5 million dredging project, according to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started replenishing the beaches in the resort this week, but local business owners say the timing could have been better. “The beach needed it desperately, but do it at a date or time that is the off-season,” said Nicholas Dounoulis, owner of the Bungalow Restaurant, Lounge and Beach Bar…. Read More
This is a classic case of inertia, a case that clearly shows how things move in government offices. In 2010, the government planned to dredge and make the country’s vast waterways navigable in 10 years. Accordingly, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) was given the mandate and the money to buy 21 dredgers, nine tug boats,… Read More
Confronted with photos of deep ponding behind newly constructed dunes on Margate beaches, an Army Corps of Engineers project manager was at a loss for solutions Wednesday even as the corps asked a federal judge to allow the project to continue. “I would ask for suggestions,” testified Keith Watson, the corps project manager for the… Read More