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Earlier this year, the town of Longboat Key picked Norfolk Dredging Co. to mine Longboat Pass and New Pass for more than 400,000 cubic yards of sand for the island at a cost of $6.5 million. Ferreira Construction Southern Division Co. Inc. formally challenged the choice, as it had submitted a $5.7 million bid for… Read More
In the port of Antwerp the Lock of Kieldrecht has been officially opened for commercial shipping by His Majesty the King of Belgium. In front of the Port Company and the Maritime Access Department, His Majesty the King of Belgium pressed the button at 10h20 sharp thus opening the lock gates for the first vessel… Read More
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The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host an informational meeting about maintenance dredging of the Napa River that is scheduled to begin in late summer and last through November. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Napa Valley Yacht… Read More
Dredging for the Navarre Beach nourishment project came to a halt Monday night, June 6 as Tropical Storm Colin caused rough waters out in the Gulf of Mexico. The project’s two dredges had to stop work and seek shelter in Pensacola Bay. On shore, the storm has caused some flooding on the lower beach berm…. Read More
The Environmental Audit Committee publishes report finding that the Government is failing to protect communities at risk of flooding. The Committee warns that a reactive approach to funding for flood defence exposes the Government’s lack of long-term strategic planning to manage flood risk. The Committee found that funding fluctuates year-on-year. During the last Parliament funding… Read More
More than 30 years after the first piles of muck dredged from Baltimore’s harbor were used to create an island at the mouth of the Back River, state officials are opening 300 acres of Hart-Miller Island to public access. Starting Friday, visitors to the island near Essex can ride bikes or hike along trails to… Read More
The Superfund Phase II pilot project, aimed at demonstrating the practicality of using a wet-dredge method of removing contaminants from the nearshore lake bottom near the site of an old manufactured gas plant is on time and working well, says Xcel Energy’s Construction Manager Thomas E. Perry. The Superfund project is intended to clean up… Read More
Yesterday’s release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Superfund cleanup plan sparked plenty of reaction from local parties U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, for example encouraged residents and businesses to weigh in during the 60-day comment period. Wyden, like many, wants the work done “as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have long… Read More
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has begun testing its newly finished second set of locks with transits by the bulker Baroque on the Atlantic side of the canal. The 115,000 dwt vessel has been chartered for a series of trial runs in advance of the canal’s formal opening June 26. The new lock facilities rely… Read More
The city of Ironton has received approval from the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start an $830,000 riverfront improvement along the Ohio River, said Mayor Katrina Keith. The project is expected to start later this month, Keith said. Ironton City Council authorized Allard Construction Co. to do the work, which… Read More
The Port of Dillingham is ready for another busy fishing season. The docks are in and the dredging is finished. Harbormaster Jean Barrett says the US Army Corps of Engineers is removing more material from the port every year. “What we’ve noticed with the warmer winters we’ve been having, our mud and silt levels have… Read More
From 6 June and for approximately 7 months, dredging operations will be carried out within the area bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (A) to (F):(A) 22 deg. 17.709’N / 114 deg. 08.509’E(B) 22 deg. 17.546’N / 114 deg. 08.555’E(C) 22 deg. 17.277’N / 114 deg. 07.396’E(D) 22 deg…. Read More
For approximately 2 months, dredging operations will be carried out within the area bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (A) to (J):(A) 22 deg. 20.893’N / 114 deg. 07.176’E(B) 22 deg. 20.263’N / 114 deg. 07.389’E(C) 22 deg. 20.270’N / 114 deg. 07.415’E(D) 22 deg. 20.152’N / 114 deg…. Read More
We’re approaching the fourth summer season since Sandy made landfall in New Jersey and took a sizable chunk out of the state’s beaches. But the battle lives on between the state and oceanfront property owners who are opposed to a government-run beach replenishment project along their property. Gov. Chris Christie last week said it’s hard… Read More