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The dredging of the access channel to the port of Maputo has allowed the port to receive a large ship, the MV Mineral Belgium, which is 289 metres long and 45 metres wide, according to a statement from the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC). The statement said the ship, carrying 90,000 tonnes of ferro-chrome and… Read More
A multimillion dollar project to pump sand back onto Jacksonville’s beaches after Hurricane Matthew is now on hold for the next five months. The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing a beach renourishment plan in Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach. But the company the agency hired left the area because it was contracted… Read More
Dredging has resumed in Cohasset Harbor and is on track for completion by Jan. 31, as planned, according to Harbormaster Lorri Gibbons. “They’re coming along nicely,” Gibbons reported this week. “Right now they’re working on finishing up the channel.” Gibbons said the crews are working 12 hours a day with a mechanical dredge, crane and… Read More
Crews are working around the clock to dredge more than 30,000 cubic meters of sediment from Sarnia Harbour and deposit in at Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport. “During the shipping season, oftentimes ships will require repair and they’re fully loaded. In many cases, we weren’t able to accommodate them because our berths were not quite deep… Read More
Financing has been secured for a project to help reduce chronic congestion in Angola’s capital, Luanda. The project calls for the upgrade of Corimba Boulevard. Netherlands-based bank ING will deliver the key portion of financing, US$483.4 million, for the project, which will be used for dredging works as well as reclaiming land along the coast…. Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives authorized two key Tri-City economic development initiatives in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act. The house passed the bill Friday on a vote of 375 to 34. The legislation is expected to be considered in the Senate next week. The bill authorizes defense spending, including pay raises… Read More
The beach renourishment program intended to restore the protection features of Duval County beaches will be suspended in Dec. 3 and pick up again Spring 2017, says a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Called the Duval County shore project, seven miles of eroded beach is being restored with the sole goal of… Read More
Despite a request from federal Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the project, resort officials this week denied a request to allow the next cycle of beach replenishment planned for later this year to occur during the peak summer months. The last regularly scheduled beach replenishment project in Ocean City was conducted in 2014, making… Read More
Asharoken Mayor Greg Letica notified village residents this week that they will be surveyed in what will probably be the decisive up or down vote on a proposed multimillion-dollar U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beach restoration project. The decision follows the village’s receipt of a Nov. 22 letter from state Department of Environmental Conservation officials… Read More
They’re viewed by local maritime-industry leaders as “must-haves” to secure the Port of Virginia’s future: Two big dredging projects that together could cost about $300 million. One would deepen the port’s main shipping channels from 50 feet to 55 feet, giving it the deepest water on the East Coast. The other would get portions of… Read More
Engineers completed Phase I of the dredging process at John Redmond Reservoir a month ago, but Phase II hasn’t officially started yet. Project manager Matt Unruh says they’re still in the evaluation stages of Phase II. The actual dredging process could begin as early as two months from now, or the evaluation stages could last… Read More
WITHIN a month of assuming his new role of Brightlingsea Harbour master, James Thomas will oversee a £750,000 programme at the forefront of coastal defence work. The use of sediment as a resource is the latest European-sponsored project involving major harbour dredging and saltmarsh restoration at Cindery Island. Phase one of the four year project… Read More
Ocean City officials will host a public meeting to discuss their short term plan for the city’s 2017 dredge program next weekend. Officials will discuss a potential short-term plan that involves using city-owned property at the far end of Shelter Road as a transfer point for dredged material during the meeting on Saturday, Dec. 10,… Read More
Slowed by a detour out of Napa and mechanical problems, workers dredging the Napa River for the first time in nearly two decades will get two more weeks to try to finish their job. A group of regional agencies has extended a work permit for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Dec. 15 as… Read More
An ambitious plan that would see a large stretch of Lake Scugog dredged as part of a $2-million project has been approved in principle by the Township, paving the way for organizers to start seeking approvals and begin fundraising. Scugog councillors unanimously threw their support behind the Lake Scugog enhancement project, which was pitched by… Read More