The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation plans to launch a comprehensive two-year study to counter beach erosion in Visakhapatnam. The study would be conducted by an appointed agency based on historical data as well as “shoreline change model”. The agency would be tasked with evaluating the evolution of shoreline of Visakhapatnam over the last 20 to… Read More
The Georgetown County Public Services Department has scheduled a public meeting in the Murrells Inlet community to present plans for an inlet dredging project expected to begin this fall. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21 at the Murrells Inlet Community Center. Officials say a main component of… Read More
In another matter related to city hall, the silt buildup in the Belize harbor is gone – well, almost anyways. For months we’ve been documenting the buildup of silt in the Belize harbor. It was turning into a real disaster as the silt continued to push further across the mouth of the Belize River almost… Read More
Mother Nature has left The Entrance “well and truly wide open” with two channels after it was battered by a combination of king tides and the East Coast Low last month. And former Wyong Save Tuggerah Lakes councillor Lloyd Taylor, of Toukley, couldn’t be happier as he called on the State Government to find a… Read More
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The first container to come to the Jacksonville Port Authority through the new Panama Canal arrived Tuesday. The MOL Majesty, a 991-foot neo-Panamax vessel, docked at TraPac Container Terminal to load and unload containers with everything from clothes to electronics to furniture. The newly expanded Panama Canal has been boosting business for the shipment of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has responded to a challenge of its state permit for dredging the St. Johns, saying it never intended to apply for that permit. The St. Johns Riverkeeper has challenged the Corps‘ Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit because the group believes the Corps will violate state water quality protections…. Read More
A year after former Egmont MP Gail Shea committed money to upgrade harbours in West Prince, her successor, Bobby Morrissey, has confirmed the funding is now in place. Morrissey announced $5.3 million in Small Craft Harbours funding this week for the repair and maintenance of harbour infrastructure at four ports in his riding. The work… Read More
THE construction of a new container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay will be delayed due to what the Namibian Ports Authority has termed “geotechnical conditions.” The new container terminal project consists of several contracts, of which the biggest contract is being undertaken by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (Chec). The Chec contract includes… Read More
Crews are set to start dredging Gordon Pass next month to remove sand shoals that have raised boater safety worries, but now new concerns have emerged about whether the project will remove enough sand. The $1.7 million project was reduced by almost half because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t have enough money to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is in Unalaska this week. Officials from the agency’s regulatory division are here to explain how they evaluate permit applications for construction projects proposed in streams, tidal wetlands, and other U.S. waters. Jen Martin is a USACE regulatory specialist. She said her division is responsible for protecting Alaska’s… Read More
The Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control voted at its recent meeting to endorse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strategy for initial flood mitigation in the upper Rahway River Basin. Known as Alternative 4a, the plan is a revision of one of the 10 alternatives that the U.S. Army Corps and the NJ… Read More