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Since starting work in September, Ocean City has already completed two of the three dredging projects scheduled this year as part of a multimillion-dollar program to clear out lagoons and channels choked with muddy sediment, a top city official said Thursday night. Bayfront dredging work at Snug Harbor between Eighth and Ninth streets has wrapped… Read More
Towards stemming the tide of flooding, which recently ravaged a part of the state capital, Osogbo, the Osun State Government has moved to dredge further areas prone to flooding as its machines continued work on Wednesday. At the sight of the machines, which moved to site again, residents applauded the state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on… Read More
Laguna Lake has a major sediment buildup problem, and it might finally get some long-overdue relief from the city of San Luis Obispo with a $10 million dredging project. On Sept. 20, the SLO City Council voted unanimously to direct city staff to develop a plan in collaboration with MNS Engineers to dredge up to… Read More
Dredging of Oceanside Harbor will continue through Harbor Days events this month and on into October. The annual dredging project to remove built-up sand and ensure safe harbor navigation got a late start this year and continues to run into delays. City officials have been frustrated with the slow work pace that has impacted summer… Read More
U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) highlighted provisions of the Senate-approved Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) on Thursday that would protect Cleveland from exposure to toxic sediment. WRDA includes a provision that would preempt the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from determining that toxic material dredged from the Cuyahoga River could… Read More
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) presented its Annual Report 2015 to members of the public this week. The annual event detailing financial accounts and activity for 2015 as well as a summary of the current year’s activity and finances was held at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth. 2015 activities highlighted during the session included… Read More
As the Port St. Joe Port Authority inches closer to a contract with a customer, the news surrounding the port rode a positive wave last week. Most prominent, the announcement from the U.S. Coast Guard that it had awarded a $10.5 billion contract to Eastern Shipbuilding in Bay County to build nine offshore patrol cutters… Read More
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