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The Chairman, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Emmanuel Adesoye, says the Federal Government plans to dredge the Calabar Port to enable large vessels berth and do business. Mr. Adesoye made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Wednesday. “We have seen most of these facilities. They are excellent facilities…. Read More
There has been unauthorized dredging at Gladden Caye Resort. Well today government confirmed that a cease and desist order was sent to them one week ago. The Ministry of Natural Resources is levying fines on them for unauthorized dredging. The Ministry put out a notice that an Environmental Compliance Plan is not a permit and… Read More
The last phase of a federal beach replenishment project on Long Beach Island that began in 2015 is underway. Crews with the Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. have begun the process of pumping approximately 300,000 cubic yards of sand onto the vulnerable Holgate, the southernmost portion of the island. The Padre Island and… Read More
The University of Illinois Springfield is one of eight institutions to receive an Innovation Fund grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, and the school plans to use the $25,000 to help students study and compare river ecosystems in Brazil and Illinois. The grant will help fund a joint project between UIS and the UniversidadeEstadual de Maringa… Read More
A tourism developer is facing fines in excess of BZ$10,000 after reports that it had illegally dredged around Gladden Caye, causing substantial alterations to the environment without authorization. On Monday, November 7, the Southern Environmental Association (SEA), based in Placencia, Stann Creek, reported on a site visit conducted last week Wednesday, November 2, when it… Read More
Crews this winter will conduct dredging of a small section of the Intracoastal Waterway across from Middle Sound, with New Hanover County picking up the tab. The work will involve cleaning sand out of the channel in and around the mouth of Mason Creek. The county is on the hook for the dredging work as… Read More
WORK to install new groynes along Bournemouth’s beaches will take place this winter. As part of the council’s ongoing beach management scheme to protect the coastline, eight groynes will be replaced along the stretch of beach from east of Fisherman’s Walk towards Southbourne. The work is due to be completed by late spring 2017. The… Read More
Hamburg Town Board members added more money for dredging at the Town Park boat launch and for paving roads in next year’s budget. The board also adjusted some revenues, resulting in a tax increase similar to those proposed in Supervisor Steven Walter’s tentative 2017 budget. The $45.85 million budget, which goes over the tax cap… Read More
The Big Bear Municipal Water District is one step closer to securing a long-term maintenance dredging permit. The MWD lake improvement committee — composed of director Vince Smith and board president Charlie Brewster — discussed drafted environmental and engineering request for proposals at the committee meeting Nov. 10. “Here’s the deal, the minute we have… Read More
Pipes, barges and dredging equipment have left Oceanside beaches after the completion of harbor dredging that went on for an unusually long five months. Annual dredging removes built-up sand from the harbor channel and puts it on city beaches. This year operations got off to a late start, with an initial pledge to be done… Read More
New techniques for dredging the River Parrett are being tested this November and December, as Somerset Rivers Authority seeks cheaper and better ways of maintaining tidal rivers. Three weeks of trials are being carried out between Westonzoyland Pumping Station and Burrowbridge to see how effective water injection dredging and agitation dredging can be at getting… Read More
After a hiatus of several weeks, the federal project to dredge the Napa River will resume Wednesday morning, city officials said. A contractor hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin excavating the river near the Napa Pipe site south of downtown, according to city spokeswoman Jaina French. Dredging will shift to the… Read More
As expected, Measure O sailed to victory Tuesday night with more than 87 percent of voters on the Tiburon Peninsula in favor of a 25 percent parcel tax increase to pay for two dredging cycles intended to keep Paradise Cay a waterfront community. With 68 votes, 87 percent, in favor of the measure and only… Read More
Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it will do its best to ensure that infrastructure such as the dredging of the much talked about Calabar port channels is carried out very quickly to curb revenue loss and attract foreign investment. Emmanuel Adesoye, the board chairman, gave this assurance at an interactive session with… Read More
Terrebonne Parish is closer to getting a permit to begin seeking bids for the Falgout Canal Floodgate in Dularge. Parish President Gordy Dove said the draft permits from the state have been received and the project is now waiting on approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “We should be looking at the permitting… Read More