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Zanzibar — Outgoing Chinese Consular General in Zanzibar, Xie Yunliang, has promised that all projects being supported by his country would be completed in the near future. He said this when bidding farewell to President Ali Mohamed Shein and Second Vice-President Seif Ali Iddi. The big projects supported by China include the ongoing expansion of… Read More
Stakeholders with an interest in securing potential Congressional authorization for water resources development projects in future Water Resources Development Act (“WRDA”) legislation should pay close attention to a notice recently published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) in the Federal Register seeking proposals for its report to Congress on future water resources development…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward on a critical $100 million mitigation project for harbor deepening, the oxygen injection system. The system must prove viable before inner harbor dredging can proceed. On Monday, workers from CDM Constructors Inc. (CDM Smith) of Maitland, Fla., and from TIC — The Industrial Co. on Hutchinson… Read More
Work to benefit the Rochester economy is now complete in Rochester. More than $2 million of your money funded dredging of the Rochester Harbor. The Army Corps of Engineers announced the project is complete. The dredging ensures that the lake is sustainable but also allows larger boats carrying supplies into the harbor. One company that… Read More
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has announced plans for New Zealand’s largest dredging project, which will allow it to accept larger ships. Lyttelton Port will dump sediment across an area seven times the size of Christchurch’s Hagley Park, in what it says will be New Zealand’s largest dredging project. It is part of the port’s ambitious… Read More
Dredging of Peel harbour has been put on hold until next spring – because it is full of fish. Work had been scheduled to start yesterday (Monday) to remove up to 3,500 cubic metres of silt by long-reach excavator from the West Quay. All the necessary resources, specialist equipment and traffic management had been put… Read More
Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Azmat Mahmood has formed a three-member committee to monitor dredging and cleaning activity of Nullah Leh to make sure that the stream does not overflow during the monsoon season this year. The commissioner expressed grave concern over reports about lack of cleanliness of Leh and forecast of heavy rains during monsoon and… Read More
Angela Grilli watched with excitement as workers pumped sand onto Pensacola Beach early Tuesday. The Orange Beach, Ala., woman made the short trip east in anticipation of finding cool seashells brought up by the dredging. “We should be able to find all sorts of different shells that you don’t normally see out here,” she said…. Read More
Minot-area officials will ask the state for another $119 million in the next biennium’s budget for flood protection work. The money would go towards the $250 million cost of the project. Officials say completing the first four phases of the project will protect 60 percent of the city’s population from flooding. State legislators had set… Read More
Two more business leaders in Falmouth’s marine sector have pledged their support to plans to dredge a deep water channel into the port’s docks. When asked about their stance on Falmouth Harbour Commissioners’ application for a licence to dredge by town councilllors, Paul Wickes, chief executive of the Cornwall Marine Network, and Diccon Rogers, director… Read More
DREDGING of the Cairns shipping channel is to be fast-tracked to allow cruise ships up to 300m-long to dock at the city’s port in a project that is estimated to cost $120 million. Treasurer and Mulgrave MP Curtis Pitt said the revised proposal would slash the amount of dredging from 4.4 million cubic metres to… Read More
A large-scale South End beach nourishment project is still several years away, but the approval process is inching along. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the final draft of an environmental study Friday that critiques proposals from the town and Palm Beach County to place sand on the shore and in the water south… Read More
An emergency dredging project at Plum Island Point has been approved by state authorities and work could start by the end of next week, city officials say. The work will be done near piers owned by the Charos family boating enterprise, at the end of the island on 82nd Street. The family owns the Captain’s… Read More
The Varuna Corridor project is taking a shape in Varanasi. Five hydraulic amphibian excavators have been engaged for dredging in the Varuna. Beautification of the newly built ghats and pathways on both sides of the river is to be taken up. The mud obtained in the process of channelization will be treated and erosion control… Read More
Officials planning the Murrells Inlet dredging project, set to begin in September, have decided on an alternative method of disposing spoils material. Georgetown County Administrator Sel Hemingway said although the original plan was to construct a spoils site for material that is not appropriate for placing on local beaches, after recent discussions with the U.S…. Read More