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The Marine Management Organisation which is yet to decide whether Dover Harbour Board can dredge the Goodwin Sands, has reopened its public consultation. The high level of public interest and national concern about the controversial dredging prompted the MMO to classify the harbour board’s licence application as a Select Case. It has called a further… Read More
The call for ideas on the Whanganui port revitalisation was well answered on Tuesday night when more than 120 people attended a meeting at the War Memorial Centre. Suggestions ranged from a training and education centre for marine engineering to an eatery providing paleo eggs benedict. Consultants Bill McDonald, of Vapour Ltd, and Phil Wardale,… Read More
Dredging of river basin in Paradip Fishing Harbour will begin within a fortnight. The Fisheries Department has decided to spend `6.65 crore for the work that has become necessary for safe berthing of fishing vessels. The harbour, established in 1998, was under dual administration of Paradip Port Trust and Odisha Government till 2011 when the… Read More
Over the weekend, Harvey Cedars was informed by the Army Corps of Engineers that beach restoration work will begin in the borough next week. Borough Clerk Daina Dale said the project will restore the dunes and replenish 100 feet of flat beach from Cumberland Avenue to 78th Street. Hudson Avenue will be the access point… Read More
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King were joined by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree in penning a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the federal organization to move forward with critical dredging projects for York Harbor and the Saco River, which the coalition called the economic lifeblood for many coastal communities. In… Read More
It’s almost as if Florida decided to take the day off. A wispy breeze ruffles the tops of carefully selected native plants that decorate the sand dunes. The day’s humidity is blissfully absent for now, with temps in the low 70s. Only the cries of seabirds and murmurs of gentle waves arriving at the shore… Read More
Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Colonel David A. Caldwell, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Martin, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger, to mark the beginning of construction for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project… Read More
Backers of a Red River diversion project around the Fargo-Moorhead area say a Minnesota agency’s refusal to issue a work permit won’t be a factor for many years and construction should go forward on the North Dakota side. Diversion opponents say they might ask a judge to halt the start of construction. The U.S. Army… Read More
A ship lost a dredging pipe in the shipping channel between the Dames Point Bridge and the Mayport ferry area, closing down the channel from about 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening. A Coast Guard spokesperson says the organization was forced to close down the channel to shipping traffic on the St. Johns River… Read More
As part of an ongoing feasibility study on dredging a deeper channel into Blue Hill Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers had five test holes dug on October 12 by M.E. Astbury and Son. The holes were strategically placed to ensure that contaminants were “not dominant,” Blue Hill Selectman Jim Schatz said at an October… Read More
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is likely to resume its Karnaphuli River capital dredging work soon after three years of suspension following legal complexities. After getting green signal from the Ministry of Law (MoL), CPA has proceeded with the project, and appointed consultants from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). It is reported… Read More
One year after dredging up an unsightly sandbar below Morehouse Dam, city officials are preparing to go back and do it again. The sandbar, which City Engineer Kyle Skov blamed on the 2006 reconstruction of the dam and subsequent floods in 2010 and 2014, was removed in September 2015 when city workers used backhoes and… Read More
With the State Government having a target to export seafood products worth Rs 20,000 crore, it plans to modernise the Paradip Fishing Harbour soon. Department of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (DoFARD) Secretary Bishnupada Sethi chaired the seventh governing body meeting of the Management Society of the fishing harbour held here on Wednesday which decided… Read More
Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce that the City of Boise, Idaho chose it to design a Mud Cat 40E Custom (MC-40EC) dredge for the city’s innovative Dixie Drain Phosphorous Offset Project. Boise will use the MC-40EC dredge to remove phosphorous from the Boise Watershed. Boise selected the MC-40EC due to Mud Cat’s… Read More
Noise, smell and effects on oyster leases were some of the main concerns voiced by Murrells Inlet residents and business owners during a public meeting Oct. 17 about the upcoming dredging project in Murrells Inlet. About 50 people came out to the Murrells Inlet Community Center to hear about the project, which is one of… Read More