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The Ohio Attorney General’s Office on Monday filed a new lawsuit asking a federal judge to order the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River shipping channel this year, after the judge refused their request on technical grounds. The new lawsuit was filed a week after U.S. District Judge… Read More
On Tuesday, September 20, at the September 2016 meeting of the Port Corpus Christi Authority, Port Corpus Christi Commissioners adopted a Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (COE) for work provided or performed prior to execution of a project partnership agreement for the Corpus Christi… Read More
The city of Independence is seeking permission to dredge more material from Bugle Lake in an effort to improve the lake. A project completed last year removed about 393,000 cubic yards of sediment from the lake, which was created in 1877 by the construction of a grist mil dam on Elk Creek. Originally about 90… Read More
After years of advocating for repairs to the Mount Sinai Harbor jetties, Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker is proud to announce that New York State and the Town of Brookhaven have acquired funding to repair the town-owned jetties which will allow the County to dredge the harbor. The dilapidated jetties have caused strong currents in… Read More
Anne Kallas, Special to The Star 6:10 p.m. PDT September 20, 2016 The Port of Hueneme channel-deepening project has been put off for about a year, but an overall improvement project is still on track. “I don’t care if the pieces move around and one thing is done before another, as long as the project… Read More
Texas ports are getting ready to see an increase in cargo, but they need a big infusion of money to keep operating. And beyond just maintenance, a lot of them will need to be widened and deepened in order to accommodate the bigger ships coming through the recently expanded Panama Canal. “It is important for… Read More
Two vessels that ran aground off the WA export town of Port Hedland during dredging work for BHP Billiton’s new Hunt Point tug boat harbour have been refloated. Attempts to tow the construction tug and barge after they ran aground just after 4am on Wednesday were unsuccessful because of the falling tide, but both were… Read More
On Friday, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers released a report about its annual dredging of approximately 9,000 cubic yards of material from Ninilchik’s small boat harbor, finding no expectations that it will impact the local environment. Ninilchik’s small boat harbor consists of a mooring basin, designed to hold 32 boats (though sometimes holding up… Read More
It’s a promise of jobs and economic prosperity along the lakeshore, but not everyone is convinced. Rep. Holly Hughes, R-Muskegon, is among a group of legislators and business and community leaders pushing to establish a port authority in Muskegon to create more opportunities for shipping goods in and out of West Michigan. With shipments of… Read More
In the wake of the flood disaster that ravaged some communities in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Tuesday, the state government has commenced the dredging of major waterways in the state capital. According to the consultant to the state government on urban planning, environment and sanitation, Bola Ilori, the dredging is being done… Read More
Planning permission has been granted for a major dredging scheme at Dublin Port, clearing the final hurdle before works on the proposed new cruise liner terminal for the city. The application, given the go-ahead by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday 13 September, provides for dredging from the North Wall Quay Extension to the… Read More
Enough sediment to fill as many as 20,000 dump trucks needs to be removed from the Tulsa Port of Catoosa’s 1¾-mile channel to restore its desired 12-foot depth. Approval for preparing plans and advertising for bids was given at the September meeting of the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority. Cost of the project was… Read More
The plan to dredge Crystal Lake has been decades in the making, and on Thursday night it took another step forward. Peabody City Council voted to approve a $2 million appropriation to dredge the West Peabody lake and part of Elginwood Pond. According to the project description, roughly 51,500 cubic yards, or 7.8 acres of… Read More
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, in a letter sent Friday, asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone the completion of General Electric’s $1.6 billion cleanup of the upper Hudson River until further tests can confirm that dredging has sufficiently removed hazardous PCBs from the riverbed. The letter from Schneiderman’s office to Judith Enck,… Read More
Discerning observers and users of the Duluth-Superior harbor probably have noted a busier season than usual in the span of water between the two port cities. Double the dredging rigs and more frequent tug-and-barge traffic fill the St. Louis River estuary with nearly around-the-clock work. Operators and laborers boat in and out at shift change…. Read More