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The $4.2 million repair works to the Nabouwalu Jetty has been completed. The maintenance done by Hall Pacific in the past four months included dredging and civil construction works. The company’s managing director, Cameron Hall, said the project — delivered on behalf of Fiji Roads Authority — had been successful in enabling the efficient delivery… Read More
Removing the accumulated sediment in Mountain View Lake –– a problem that is contributing to the growth of invasive Eurasian milfoil in the waterway –– is expected to cost roughly $2.5 million, the president of the environmental consulting firm overseeing the project told the Bellmont Town Board last week. EcoLogic President Elizabeth Moran said removing… Read More
The Barbados Port Inc. has not thrown in the towel concerning the alarming growth of sand in the mouth of the Careenage. In fact, said Harbour Master Richard Alleyne, they had accelerated their efforts by initiating Phase 2 of their combat plan. “Yes you would see the sand building up but the work hasn’t stopped…. Read More
The long-awaited deepening of the Napa River should start as early as mid-September and last six to nine weeks, according to federal officials overseeing the waterway’s first dredging project in nearly two decades. In a public forum Tuesday at the Napa Valley Yacht Club, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlined more details of the… Read More
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is holding a public information and environmental impact statement (EIS) preparation notice scoping meeting for the Ala Wai canal dredging and improvement project on Thursday July 21. Project components being considered include maintenance dredging of the Ala Wai Canal and a portion of the Manoa-Palolo drainage canal,… Read More
Land reclamation and dredging is almost finished on the south side lagoon in Himmafushi according to island council. This land is estimated to be 21.7 Hectare. The reclamation project was started on this month 4th by Van Oord Dredging and marine Contractors. Total of 130 million MVR is spent for land reclamation and revetment Himmafushi… Read More
The mayors of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., signed off last week on a public-private partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a $2.1 billion flood-control project along the Red River. But even as the signing ceremony was taking place, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was still debating whether it would… Read More
Massive siltation in the Karnaphuli River channel is hampering the operation in Chittagong port as the capital dredging in the river now hangs in the balance due to ‘legal complications’. During a recent visit to the Karnaphuli River, a UNB correspondent found that many chars (shoals) emerged on the riverbed near the riverbank from Karnaphuli… Read More
An agreement to build a coastal restoration ridge in Plaquemines Parish follows years of disagreements about how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority should work together on federal projects — disagreements that have slowed some projects and stopped others in their tracks. On Friday, the Corps and… Read More
A $2 million contribution by two local agencies will help dredge a canal that oilfield businesses depend on to transport platforms and materials to and from the Gulf of Mexico. Terrebonne Parish government and the local Port Commission are putting up a combined $2 million to have the Houma Navigation Canal dredged to a depth… Read More
The dredging of the access channel to the Port of Maputo to accommodate vessels with a sailing draft of up to 14.2 m on the tide, has commenced. The milestone of one million m3 of dredged material has already been achieved. The first of three dredgers mobilized by Jan de Nul Dredging Middle East FZE… Read More
Ardee Municipal District Committee was told last week that the cost of dredging Annagassan harbour and diverting the river would run into hundreds of thousands of Euro and the county council would not have the money to carry out such a project. About ten different reports would have to be complied with to satisfy all… Read More
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