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If local and area residents would like to see the Ouachita River remain a viable channel for commercial traffic and recreational use and, “If you want to keep what you have,” congressional representatives should be contacted to request that adequate federal funding be provided to maintain and operate the river. Bill Hobgood, executive director of… Read More
The $550 million Charleston Harbor deepening project won’t move a grain of sand across the jetties. That continues to leave short the seriously eroding Folly Beach and Morris Island beaches. The pair of 3-mile-long rock jetties extending like canal walls out of the harbor effectively block much of the north-to-south flow of sand in the… Read More
Delays caused by congestion in the Port of Ogdensburg can cost shipping companies $10,000 per day. The dock can handle only one ship at a time. Additional problems are caused by the fact that the port has not been dredged in more than 30 years. U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to see these… Read More
Governor Christie returns to work today after a week-long vacation to announce progress on a flood-management project in Somerset County. Christie is scheduled to make the announcement this morning at Billian Legion Park in Bound Brook, along with Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin. The announcement will focus on the Green Brook flood risk… Read More
The city and Cass County are borrowing $200 million in anticipation of upcoming expenses of building the Red River flood diversion. Commissioners from the two local governments agreed earlier to each borrow $100 million from Wells Fargo and to help one another pay off the debt should one find itself short. The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority,… Read More
The government has decided to dredge seven rivers to improve their navigability, including reviving six moribund rivers, at a cost of Tk 3,964.17 crore. These moribund rivers are the Dudhkumar, Dharla, Punarbhaba, Showa, Old Bramaputra and the Tulai. Besides, the Burishwar river will be dredged to improve its navigability for the Paira sea port as… Read More
Greenwich’s plans to dredge local waterways has dodged a bullet. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he was going to sue the federal Environmental Protection Agency for agreeing to make permanent a temporary off-shore dump site in eastern Long Island Sound, near New London. The dumped materials would be silt and detritus dredged… Read More
Bill Rase, Director of the Port of Lake Charles, said new sources of funding for local dredging is crucial. “We’ve got about a four-year window and after that, we can either continue giving the (Army) Corps (Engineers) money for dredging and not be a port, or be a port and not contribute to dredging the… Read More
The Port of Harlingen needs more money. Citing higher operating and infrastructure costs, port officials are seeking to reinstate a port tax on homeowners that would hand it an extra $1 million a year. At a meeting of the Harlingen Economic Development Corp. earlier this month, officials at the port made their pitch seeking a… Read More
India’s leading container gateway, JN Port, is getting Phase 2 of its dredging programme underway, which will take the depth of its existing 33.54km long navigation channel from 14m to 15m. This investment will allow larger container vessels up to 12, 500 teu capacity, to be handled at the port, and will facilitate vessel manoeuvring… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has determined that the six year Santa Barbara Harbor Maintenance Dredging Program will not harm the area. The Corps has determined that the continued maintenance of the Santa Barbara Harbor is the type of activity that does not have the potential to cause effects to historic properties. The undertaking is… Read More
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There is no shortage of wood pellets or grain at the Port of Brunswick, but many ocean-bound tankers often leave these shores with less than a full load. It is done out of navigational necessity, the lighter load allows ships to ride high enough in the water to clear the channel. Likewise, incoming and outgoing… Read More
Argentina’s Antarctic exploration flagship icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” is ready for the sea tests after nine years under repairs in the government’s defense shipyard and hundreds of millions of dollars, but an unexpected last minute “muddy” impediment has surfaced. In effect with a 7.5 meters draft “Irizar” is virtually stuck in the River Plate mud and… Read More