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The company running the Marsden Point Oil refinery says it understands locals’ concerns at its plans to dredge Whangarei Harbour. It wants a deeper, straighter channel to take bigger ships, moving 3.7 million cubic metres of sand. However, Patuharakeke trustee Juliane Chetham says they’re worried about the impact on shellfish and marine mammals. “The majority… Read More
Dozens of oystermen and coastal residents spoke out at a public hearing Thursday night, arguing that the state shouldn’t grant an oil and gas company a permit to dredge wetlands around a drilling site near Port Sulfur. But they can’t stop Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston from dredging. The company already cut the channel back… Read More
Leitrim County Council is preparing a submission for maintenance works on rivers throughout Co Leitrim through the Office of Public Works (OPW). Cllr Sean McGowan had sought an update on the list of rivers in the county in need of cleaning and expressed a hope that a funding package could be secured through the OPW… Read More
What’s the most pressing issue facing Plymouth Harbor? The town’s first-ever harbor management plan identifies 10 main concerns for the harbor’s future, but one clearly emerged as the top priority as officials unveiled the draft plan Thursday. Dredging the harbor will be extremely costly, but will be key to the future of all commercial and… Read More
An unprecedented third public consultation on dredging the Goodwin Sands is expected. It follows the analysis of new survey results and means a decision on giving a licence is unlikely to be made before June. The news comes from campaign group Goodwin Sands SOS (Save Our Sands), which is fighting the Port of Dover’s plans… Read More
Giant barges loaded with iron ore have returned to the Cuyahoga River shipping channel, but fears are returning that they may encounter problems along the way to their destination at the ArcelorMittal steel mill docks. Ship captains experienced problems with the river’s depth last year, and concerns are growing that the same navigational issues could… Read More
The concerns were close to the surface Thursday evening as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting in Daphne on a study that could lead to enlargement of the Mobile Ship Channel. The worries weren’t aired in the style of a town hall meeting in the Bayfront Park pavilion. It wasn’t that… Read More
Phillips 66 has submitted an application to the Army Corps of Engineers for a dredging project in the Arthur Kill near its Bayway facility in Linden. The New Jersey Sierra Club said that the 10-year dredging project is to increase Bakken oil barge traffic. Nancy Sadlon, manager of public affairs at Phillips 66, confirmed that… Read More
Local officials say the Hampton/Seabrook harbor is in dire need of dredging and are calling on U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to help secure funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to complete the project. Severe shoaling, in which waves push sand to create shallow water, has caused conditions in the harbor to deteriorate and… Read More
Another $21.5 million in state money will flow the Space Coast’s way to dredge out the bottom muck and remove key sources of muck from the Indian River Lagoon. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced the funding to Brevard County Wednesday, bringing to $41.5 million the amount the Legislature has allocated to the county… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin annual Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the outer harbor April 1, using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge vessel Yaquina. Working around the clock through April 16, the Yaquina will dredge the Grays Harbor Entrance, Point Chehalis and South Reach channels. The Yaquina will place… Read More
South Carolina’s share of the long-planned Charleston Harbor deepening has been slashed by as much as a third, even though the overall cost remains at more than half-a-billion dollars. The catch is that the savings — $82 million to as much as $116 million — are far out on the horizon. Jim Newsome, CEO of… Read More
The San Mateo County Resource Conservation District has submitted its application for a Coastal Resiliency Grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. If accepted, the RCD plans to use the money to restore the Butano Creek channel through the Pescadero Marsh. Although the RCD won’t find out until October if its application has been… Read More
Iranian and Turkmen authorities have reached an agreement to allow dredging operations at the border river Atrek. The agreement was reached and a document signed during the meeting in Iran, with participation of top border guard of Turkmenistan and geology experts, said Ali Ahmadzadeh, commander of Iran’s Atrek border division, IRNA news agency reported March… Read More
Within the next six years, city staff would like all public beaches to be on a regular maintenance schedule. And that includes Croatan beach, where residents have said for years natural erosion was threatening the shoreline. “We wish it had been noticed earlier,” said Mike Kelly, a Croatan resident who was on a working group… Read More