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Cargo traffic handled at major ports in India has been steadily growing over the past three years – rising from 555.49 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 581.34 million tonnes in 2014-15 and to 606.37 million tonnes in 2015-16. The 12 major ports have handled 370.45 million tonnes of cargo from April to October in the… Read More
A federal court will hear a lawsuit that five beachfront homeowners in Margate filed to stop an Army Corps of Engineers’ dune-building project. The suit contends the plan to create 12.75-foot elevation dunes about 20 feet out from Margate’s bulkhead would create drainage problems on the beach block, allowing water to pool behind dunes and… Read More
It’s not a beach without sand, and local coastal towns are meeting to discuss beach replenishment and possibly lobbying federal agencies for previously promised funding. Bethany Beach Mayor Jack Gordon said at Monday’s council workshop that he planned to meet this week with South Bethany, Fenwick Island and Delaware Department of Natural Resources (DNREC) officials…. Read More
Planning for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee is scheduled to begin in 2021. The reservoir is crucial to restoring the Everglades, and the project could get started sooner if funding were available. The reservoir is aimed at restoring a more natural flow of water to the Everglades. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will… Read More
The Government is being urged to ensure that councils can carry out essential dredging works on the Shannon. Fianna Fáil’s Eugene Murphy claims that interference from various agencies remains a ‘massive problem’ for people in at-risk areas along the river. Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe has told the Roscommon Galway TD that the Government has… Read More
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a second contract for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project in Port Monmouth. The $23,146,120.00 Contract 2 includes constructing a levee/floodwall, pump station, and a storm gate, tying into the existing Keansburg levee. The funding is… Read More
Minister of State for Shipping, Pon. Radhakrishnan, on Thursday apprised the Lok Sabha about the various aspects of the Shipping Industry in India through written replies to queries. He said that the Union government proposes to develop a number of new and small ports for commercial shipping transportation. Based on the traffic and cargo scenario… Read More
In what may eventually become an annual event, the Port of Newport plans to dredge a foot or two of sand this winter at the NOAA Marine Operations Center’s shipping berths. Port General Manager Kevin Greenwood said this week the depth of the dredge prism is currently down to an estimated 22 to 23 feet,… Read More
There is an emerging six-hectare, nearly $140-million structure growing on the toxic hot spot known as Randle Reef, near Pier 15 that will become a permanent fixture on Hamilton’s port lands. Since the spring construction has been underway on stage one of building the $138.9 million engineered containment facility (ECF) that will house the final… Read More
Four years after removing one million cubic yards of sediment from the mouth of Marina del Rey harbor, L.A. County officials are getting ready for another deep cleaning. The dredging back in 2012 focused only on the south side of the harbor’s entrance. This time, they’re working on the north side, leaving the south side… Read More
A group appointed to study funding sources for Gov. Sam Brownback’s 50-year water plan is leaning toward proposing a dedicated sales tax. Earl Lewis, assistant director of the Kansas Water Office, presented the preliminary results of the Blue Ribbon Task Force this week at the annual Kansas Water Conference in Manhattan. Lewis said the task… Read More
Two new dredging methods – designed to stir up river silt so it gets carried downstream – are being trialled in Somerset to try to save money. About £6m was spent dredging some 8km (five miles) of the rivers Parrett and Tone in 2014. One method involves blasting water near the riverbed to stir up… Read More
As shippers using the Brazilian port of Santos cope with delays from strikes by customs officers, they can take relief in the pleasant surprise that sorely needed maintenance dredging has unexpectedly resumed after several weeks of delays. The additional 1.8 meters (6 feet) of draft will allow ships calling the port to carry up to… Read More
The 2017 session of the Florida Legislature appears more important by the month for the Port St. Joe Port Authority. There is now a paying client and a lease for a portion of the former Arizona Chemical site. And a letter of intent close to being finalized between the St. Joe Company, collaborator with the… Read More
The threat of disaster continues to loom over the once idyllic hill station two years after deadly floods swept the area, killing five people. The incident in November 2014 was blamed on unusually heavy rain and a riverine system clogged by rubbish and silt. Mountains of soil from rampant land clearing, and piles of rubbish… Read More