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The project to make the Magdalena River in Colombia more navigable has been suspended: Odebrecht Bribery Plea Muddies Colombia’s Big River Project. Channelization of Magdalena River stalled over corruption fears, thwarting country’s ambitious infrastructure plans A string of gritty river towns along Colombia’s mightiest river have waited years for mounds of silt to be dredged… Read More
Boaters relying on navigation charts and buoys to traverse Little Egg Inlet on their way to and from the Atlantic Ocean could be in for a rude surprise this year — and maybe a damaged boat. Sandbars and shallows in the approaches to the scenic inlet migrate so often and unpredictably that the United States… Read More
Welfare and Port Minister M Kandasamy today asked the Port Department here to ensure that the dredging of the estuary off the coast in Thengaithittu was completed soon so that the development of the Puducherry port into a satellite port could take place expeditiously. After visiting the port, Kandasamy told reporters that Puducherry government and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Charleston District is currently involved in the planning phase of a beach emergency repair in the Grand Strand (Myrtle Beach) of Horry County, South Carolina. The Myrtle Beach Project was authorized for construction by Section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, Public Law 101-640, dated… Read More
Individuals have until the end of the month to submit public comments to state and federal officials about the storing in a confined disposal facility contaminated sediment dredged from the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. Specifically, the the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking comments… Read More
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has revealed that plans are underway to review Joint Venture agreements of the agency’s seaport channel management and dredging contracts following errors noticed in some of them. It would be recalled that the NPA, in 2005 entered into Joint Venture agreements worth around… Read More
Beach replenishment for the northern Ocean County peninsula is set to start the middle of next month, with Ortley Beach as the first spot to get the sand. State environmental protection officials said Weeks Marine Inc., the Cranford-based contractor selected to perform the $128 million project, will spend two weeks beginning mid-April pumping sand onto… Read More
The company running the Marsden Point Oil refinery says it understands locals’ concerns at its plans to dredge Whangarei Harbour. It wants a deeper, straighter channel to take bigger ships, moving 3.7 million cubic metres of sand. However, Patuharakeke trustee Juliane Chetham says they’re worried about the impact on shellfish and marine mammals. “The majority… Read More
Dozens of oystermen and coastal residents spoke out at a public hearing Thursday night, arguing that the state shouldn’t grant an oil and gas company a permit to dredge wetlands around a drilling site near Port Sulfur. But they can’t stop Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston from dredging. The company already cut the channel back… Read More
Leitrim County Council is preparing a submission for maintenance works on rivers throughout Co Leitrim through the Office of Public Works (OPW). Cllr Sean McGowan had sought an update on the list of rivers in the county in need of cleaning and expressed a hope that a funding package could be secured through the OPW… Read More
What’s the most pressing issue facing Plymouth Harbor? The town’s first-ever harbor management plan identifies 10 main concerns for the harbor’s future, but one clearly emerged as the top priority as officials unveiled the draft plan Thursday. Dredging the harbor will be extremely costly, but will be key to the future of all commercial and… Read More
An unprecedented third public consultation on dredging the Goodwin Sands is expected. It follows the analysis of new survey results and means a decision on giving a licence is unlikely to be made before June. The news comes from campaign group Goodwin Sands SOS (Save Our Sands), which is fighting the Port of Dover’s plans… Read More
Giant barges loaded with iron ore have returned to the Cuyahoga River shipping channel, but fears are returning that they may encounter problems along the way to their destination at the ArcelorMittal steel mill docks. Ship captains experienced problems with the river’s depth last year, and concerns are growing that the same navigational issues could… Read More
The concerns were close to the surface Thursday evening as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting in Daphne on a study that could lead to enlargement of the Mobile Ship Channel. The worries weren’t aired in the style of a town hall meeting in the Bayfront Park pavilion. It wasn’t that… Read More
Phillips 66 has submitted an application to the Army Corps of Engineers for a dredging project in the Arthur Kill near its Bayway facility in Linden. The New Jersey Sierra Club said that the 10-year dredging project is to increase Bakken oil barge traffic. Nancy Sadlon, manager of public affairs at Phillips 66, confirmed that… Read More