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Reporting by Helen Murphy; Editing by Peter Cooney Colombia’s government has begun termination of an $861 million contract to restore navigability of the Magdalena River that was led by Brazil’sOdebrecht, the government said on Wednesday. The decision was made after Odebrecht, which faces allegations of corruption in Colombia and other Latin American countries, failed to… Read More
Sarnia Harbour is a little deeper and the city’s airport a little hillier after dredging wrapped up late last month, says the city’s economic development director. Some 35,000 to 40,000 cubic metres of riverbed sediment was scooped after work started in the early fall, said Peter Hungerford, and trucked to the Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport… Read More
With the start of another taxpayer-funded, $128 million Army Corps of Engineers beach-building project just weeks away, one last group of New Jersey’s seaside homeowners were in court last week, essentially saying: “No thanks.” Bay Head, N.J., is a Victorian-era oceanfront enclave of stately homes, perched behind a stone revetment to protect them from storm… Read More
Rindge Dam in Malibu Canyon, built to provide a reliable source of water for the Rindge Family’s ranch and the growing community of Malibu, was completed in 1926. It took two years to construct and cost $152,928. A California Department of Parks and Recreation’s plans to remove the defunct structure is expected to take eight… Read More
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Tripathi has promised to complete channel dredging work undertaken by it in Puducherry by May. After inspecting the progress of work, he advised the DCI officials on how to move forward. He also met the Chief Minister of Puducherry and other officials from the Port… Read More
The race is on to restore San Javier and Los Alcázares beaches by Easter All along the coastline of the Region of Murcia work is under way to repair and restore the beaches which were damaged during the heavy storms of December and January, and in the Mar Menor, where the worst of the erosion… Read More
Central Coast Council has told the NSW Cabinet that dredging the Ettalong Channel is a key issue for the region. “There is an urgent need to address the ongoing closing over and narrowing of the entrance bar at the Ettalong Channel so that it is safer and more navigable under all conditions,” the Cabinet was… Read More
A portion of Banks Channel that lies within a federally restricted zone will not be tapped as a designated sand source for shoreline re-nourishment projects in Topsail Beach. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined, for now, to consider pursuing the authorization of a “borrow” site within the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, or CBRA, zone…. Read More
What would you expect to find at the bottom of a river? Well, there are works being done on Claddagh Basin in Galway and it’s kind of like looking into the county’s soul. According to the Connacht Tribune, the main thing they found were “thousands” of empty bottle of the popular tonic wine, Buckfast. They… Read More
Trains and ferries were cancelled and residents advised to stay in their homes following the discovery of the German Second World War bomb in Portsmouth Harbour. Several pieces of unexploded ordnance have been found since work started to deepen the harbour channel to enable the next generation of carriers to access the Navy base. A… Read More
Seven weeks into the dredging of Port Bustamante in the Kingston Harbour to facilitate larger ships coming through the Panama Canal, the company contracted to do the excavation is reporting that there are “no visible impacts” on fishing beaches in proximity to the operation sites. Using a trailing suction hopper dredger with a capacity of… Read More
WORK to begin dredging the eastern channel in Cowes Harbour has been delayed until the end of summer 2017, according to Cowes Harbour Commission. The proposed dredging, part of the master plan to re-shape the harbour, will also see a new 400-berth marina built in East Cowes, as well as an extension to The Shrape… Read More
Aiming to mitigate the waterlogging crisis in Chittagong city, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has taken up a project involving around Tk 3,165.18 crore. Other objectives of the project include making the city free of flood, improving the city’s drainage system and preventing saline water intrusion. Officials of BWDB hoped that city dwellers will get… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging Helena Harbor later this summer, repairing damage left by flooding in 2015 and 2016, Mayor Jay Hollowell said. The Corps has allotted $500,000 to remove silt in the 2.25-mile long, 9-foot deep harbor, the mayor said. It’s the first time dredging has been done in the… Read More
Many harbours around Donegal are clogging up with silt – but no plan is in place to see what the top priority locations are for remedial dredging works. Silted up harbours can lead to restricted movements of boats, and in the past this has led to particular difficulties for some ferry operators and fishermen, lifeboat… Read More