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The dredging of Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel has been completed with adequate navigability for vessels up to 15-feet draft, officials said. The channel is expected to be opened formally by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through video conferencing Thursday. “It is now ready for a formal opening,” Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Mozammel Haque told… Read More
A Superior Court judge granted an injunction Monday to delay clearing land on Burlington Island to hold dredge spoils while the state and Burlington City continue to argue over who owns the land. At the Burlington County Courthouse in Mount Holly, Judge John E. Harrington heard arguments from both sides and ruled that the injunction… Read More
It turns out it takes pains for salt marshes to be beautiful, too. Dredging is starting soon in the Chafee Refuge salt marsh to improve habitat for marine fish and also to “enable the marsh to withstand the impacts of sea-level rise and coastal storm surge,” according to Tim Mooney, of the Nature Conservancy. “In… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency began its cleanup project in the Gowanus Canal Monday. The heavily polluted canal was deemed a federal Superfund site in 2010. The pilot program will remove debris from the Fourth Street turning basin. Using sonar, workers will locate and fish out large objects that have fallen into the canal. They will… Read More
The government of Canada will spend $1 million on improvements to three fishing harbours including Malpeque, P.E.I., area MP Wayne Easter announced Monday. The money will be spent completing the reconstruction of a pier at French River, dredging the channel at Malpeque Cove and completing dredging of the channel and harbour basin at Nine Mile… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Regulatory Branch is hosting a webinar on the fifth version of the Maryland State Programmatic General Permit (MDSPGP-5), which became effective Oct. 1, 2016, and will expire Sept. 30, 2021. The intent of MDSPGP-5 is to provide a streamlined Department of the Army authorization for certain recurring activities… Read More
Could a plan to curb flooding in the township finally be on its way? Could be, thanks to what Mayor Thomas Andes called “wonderful news” at the Tuesday, Oct. 18 Township Council meeting. According to Andes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to perform a $1.2 million flood mitigation study that could pave… Read More
The department in charge of the state’s maritime traffic has told mariners that swing basin buoys at Gladstone’s tug base have temporarily been removed. The buoys were removed on October 21 at 1pm to make room for dredging operations, the notice from the Department of Transport and Main Roads states. It’s not known when the… Read More
The Cherry Grove dredging project is now underway, both dredges have arrived and been launched into the water. The dredges were supposed to be in place earlier this month but were delayed by Hurricane Matthew. As a precautionary measure SCDOT had stopped the trucks carrying the dredges at the South Carolina/Georgia border, to make sure… Read More
Oceanfront homeowners in St. Johns County looking to put a little more cushion between their back doors and the Atlantic Ocean may be in luck. The County Commission on Tuesday tackled items related to beach renourishment and restoration from South Ponte Vedra Beach to Vilano Beach and as far south as Summer Haven. On the… 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
A dredging project in Esquimalt Harbour has uncovered mysteries dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The dredging is part of an environmental remediation project launched by the CFB Esquimalt naval base. Environmental officer Duane Freeman says items linked to the naval and shipbuilding history of the harbour near Victoria have been uncovered…. Read More
The dream of having a functional inland port in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital to boost economic and commercial activities for the people seems to have remained elusive in the last nine years. The idea of building an inland port in Lokoja, alongside the dredging of Niger River, was first conceived by the late President… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received two bids Friday, Oct. 21 for the construction of sand dunes in Margate, Longport and the southernmost section of Ventnor. Army Corps spokesman Steven Rochette said the bids were opened 11 a.m. in the Army Corps Philadelphia office, both from dredging companies that have worked in New Jersey… Read More
The city government has filed a lawsuit to halt the pending use of its island as a dumping ground for river dredge spoils. Burlington City is seeking a temporary restraint from state Superior Court to prevent the state and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers from starting Monday’s scheduled clearing of 40 acres on the… Read More