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The Decatur city council has approved a $30 million bond to continue funding for dredging Lake Decatur. The program will eventually cost $91 million over several years. Once finished, the Lake Decatur water supply will increase by 30 percent. Source: Fox Illinois
Dredging works at Sabetta seaport and at the seaway canal in the Gulf of Ob scheduled for 2016 have been completed in full, says press center of FSUE Rosmorport. The scope of dredging performed this year totaled 17.5 mln cbm. The works involved 23 units of equipment. The works resulted in creation of a water… Read More
Hurricane Matthew did a number on Hilton Head Island’s beaches — accelerating erosion, wiping out dunes and forcing contractors to redo some of the restoration work that had been completed before the storm, town officials say. The good news: Contractor Weeks Marine Inc. should be back on the job by Wednesday and is positioned to… Read More
The port of Vladivostok will be able to accommodate the world’s largest cruise ships upon implementation of dredging works the tender for which has been announced by FSUE Rosmorport. According to the press center of Primorsky Territory Government, the dredging is to be performed at the first and the second berths of the port. When… Read More
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing various projects for Pampanga to address the perennial flooding problem in low-lying municipalities of the province. Through the implementation of the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (IDRR-CCA) Measures in Low Lying Areas of Pampanga Bay Project, the national government aims to minimize… Read More
If there is a lesson from the devastation of Hurricane Ike eight years ago, it is that the Houston-Galveston region is extremely vulnerable to a catastrophic storm surge, and the next hurricane could send the regional economy into a deep tailspin. But plans to protect the region from such a storm surge have lagged as… Read More
Around 200,000 cubic yards of sand were lost from Northeast Florida dunes during Hurricane Matthew. The Army Corps of Engineers say they can fix the dunes if the city of Jacksonville comes up with the $4 million to $7 million needed to pay for the project. The cost could go even higher if a deal… Read More
The beach replenishment project is now coming to the borough of Harvey Cedars. According to the report, on Friday October 14, 2016, Harvey Cedars was informed that the beach replenishment project will begin in the next 7-10 days. Although, the start of the project began today with the removal of all fencing on the beach,… Read More
B.N. Chandrappa, MP, on Monday launched the dredging works of the Sihineeru Honda at Burujanhatti. He said that the work was being taken up after sustained efforts of the district administration and the city municipal council authorities and members, including CMC president Manjunath Goppe. Companies such as John Mines and Narayan Mines, social workers Anwar… Read More
Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to move forward with a dredging study for one of the local boat harbors. The borough will sign an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate the need for dredging and whether it makes sense for that federal agency to become a long-term partner on maintaining South… Read More
WESTMEATH County Council does not accept that dredging of the main channel of the River Shannon is not feasible. That’s according to a submission by the council members to the Office of Public Works (OPW) in relation to the Shannon River Basin Flood Risk Management Plan. The draft submission expressed the view that Athlone should… Read More
To promote coastal shipping under its Sagarmala project, the government has approved a Rs 234-crore dredging project for ferry services between Gogha and Dahej in Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat. “As part of promoting coastal shipping in the country under Sagarmala programme, the Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned the Capital Dredging Project for Ro Pax Ferry… Read More
In the framework of the project on construction of anchoring piles at Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg, the company is planning dredging works at Berths No 6 and No 7, Aleksei Panfilov, Commercial Director General of Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg «Marine Façade» PLC, told IAA PortNews. He says the works will be performed by FSUE Rosmorport… Read More
Canal dredging dominated discussion Monday at the Longboat Key Commission workshop in Town Hall. Taylor Engineering Inc. of Sarasota reported a moderate need for the first town dredging project since 2003 after inventorying 91 navigable canals covering almost 28 miles. The inventory for the original dredging project covered only 53 canals 13 years ago. Estimated… Read More
The construction of the first three berths at the proposed Lamu port has gained momentum, putting in motion the implementation of the Sh2.5 trillion Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport project. This is after a more than four-year lull caused by funding challenges. The deepening of the docking area for ships by 17.5 metres kicked off… Read More