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The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced its plans to issue a Request for Proposal for qualified firms interested in conducting an Environmental Impact Statement on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will be the first major controlled sediment diversion reconnecting the Mississippi River with its delta. It is a cornerstone of Louisiana’s… Read More
The scope of dredging at the seaports of Ukraine performed from the beginning of the year exceeded 4 mln cbm, says press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). Dredging works have been completed at the inner harbor of Mariupol port (505,000 cbm of dredged material). Maintenance dredging at the approach channel to the Coal… Read More
It takes 14 hours to pull a dredge from Longboat Key to Tampa Bay. The crew from Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Va., would know. It’s had to do it twice in five weeks. Hurricane Hermine first drove the dredge out of New Pass off Longboat Key to Tampa in early September. Knowing Hurricane Matthew’s… Read More
Grant money being doled out to encourage householders to flood-proof their homes would be better spent on river dredging. That’s the view of John Kelsall, of Carlisle Flood Action Group, who says the headline-grabbing £5,000 grant to fund flood-prevention measures is not appropriate for the major floods that have hit the city. “Maintenance of our… Read More
Trucks will start hauling sand to five county beaches Nov. 1 after Collier County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a $2.5 million beach renourishment deal. The county hired Earth Tech Enterprises Inc. to transport, place and grade a total of about 135,000 tons of sand to the beaches of South Marco Island, Vanderbilt, Park Shore, Pelican… Read More
Harbours in West Nova will receive millions in federal funding for wharfs, breakwaters, and dredging, Member of Parliament Colin Fraser said Tuesday, Oct. 11 from the wharf at Parker’s Cove. Fishermen were busy stacking lobster traps on the wharf for Thursday’s season opening as Fraser announced $5.7 million this year for work at Camp Cove,… Read More
What Happened: Port Hueneme City Council received and filed a report from staff regarding an update on the dredging and sand replenishment project at Hueneme Beach. Two projects are currently underway at Channel Islands Harbor: a channel deepening project and an improvement project to berths and wharfs in the harbor. Dredging of the Federal Channel… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with replenishing Rehoboth Beach and targeting a late November start date. “It’s coming. It’s just a matter of when,” Mayor Sam Cooper said. The corps will be using a new borrow site for the sand, a site about three miles off Delaware Seashore State Park. In… Read More
Work has started here to dredge the Bocaue River for the next six months to reduce flooding in Bulacan towns lying on natural catch basins of a major Central Luzon river system. The project to clean the Bocaue River was launched on Saturday by Sen. Joel Villanueva, who lives in this town. The silted Meycauayan-Marilao-Obando… Read More
SUNWATER said dredging the Chinchilla Weir would be a costly and time consuming exercise that would disrupt the supply of water. Many people have argued that SunWater, manager of the Chinchilla Weir, should have dredged the weir while it was dry to boost capacity. A spokesperson for SunWater acknowledged that while Chinchilla Weir was a… Read More
Shell Rock River Watershed District leaders had what they described as a historic meeting last week as they indicated to state agencies that they are ready to proceed with the dredging of Fountain Lake. The meeting came as the Watershed District’s Board of Managers sent a response to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and… Read More
Fennovoima has halted dredging work at the site of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear unit under construction in Finland after an oil spill on 6 October 2016 resulted in a 200m-long oil slick, the company said in a statement. The spill, of around 300 litres of oil, occurred when a barge being operated by dredging contractor Terramare… Read More
The sunken dredge that was blocking the Mazaruni River for six weeks has finally been shifted enough to allow the free flow of boats. It was reported yesterday to Stabroek News that the sunken dredge that has been plaguing the lives of boat operators, miners and residents had finally been moved from the channel after… Read More
To maintain smooth waterways communication, the government is going to implement a big project with a cost of Tk 9,56,834 crore for dredging and river training. The project aims for improving navigability and augmenting dry season flow in the distributaries with capital dredging and river training works (RTW) and other interventions. Experts, for long, suggesting… Read More
After Dec. 31, Berrien County will officially be out of the harbor maintenance business for the first time in more than 20 years. County commissioners Thursday approved a resolution that dissolves the St. Joseph River Harbor Authority as of Jan. 1, and turns the responsibility for dredging and other waterfront matters over to St. Joseph,… Read More