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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
Avalon Borough Council heard a report from Business Administrator Scott Wahl at its Nov. 9 meeting concerning the much-needed federal beach fill project. The delayed project appears to now be back on track as a result of an unusual agreement. The project was put in danger when federal Fish and Wildlife Service officials invoked an… Read More
While much of Hatteras village suffered losses from Hurricane Matthew, the storm did remarkably little to change conditions in Hatteras Inlet for the charter fleet. “The inlet has moved a little bit, and the channel has moved a little bit,” said Steve “Creature” Coulter, a Hatteras charter boat captain. “I wouldn’t say anything has changed…. Read More
Much of the back and forth between the Commission, its staff and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories which has been licenced the low-level radioactive waste cleanup, came as a result of questions and concerns raised by representatives of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper about Port Hope’s harbour. While the Waterkeeper’s Wilf Ruland described the project of moving… Read More
The state has allocated almost $10.3 million in bonded funds for maintenance dredging that will deepen the lower end of the Housatonic River and nourish about a mile of the state’s largest beach in time for the 2018 summer season. The project, slated to run October 2017 to March 2018, will allow for up to… Read More
As part of the outer harbor dredging portion of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, the Dredge Illinois was recently repositioned off Cockspur Island in the main navigation channel of the Savannah River. Dredged material is being placed on Jones-Oysterbed Island. When working further from land, cutter head dredges like the Illinois use a spider barge… Read More
As part of its ongoing cleanup of contaminated sediment in Pompton Lake, Chemours is moving ahead with a more complicated way to treat wastewater to ensure it doesn’t have elevated levels of pollutants before it gets pumped back into the lake. The company, which was spun off from DuPont last year, has received permission from… Read More
Southern Shores plans to assess the public’s mood for joining its neighbors in a beach-widening project that almost surely would mean a tax increase. The Town Council set Jan. 17 as the date for a forum that will examine the pros and cons, the costs, the engineering and, most importantly, whether property owners are interested… Read More