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With 80 percent of the Delaware River navigation channel deepened to 45 feet, officials including Sen. Robert Casey (D., Pa.) and Mayor Kenney planned to tour Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia Friday afternoon and discuss how a deeper channel will keep Philadelphia competitive with other major ports. The dredging work that began in March… Read More
The Republic’s Tuas mega port has entered Phase 1 of its development. When completed it will be able to handle about 20 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo a year. The entire Tuas Terminal could eventually handle 65 million TEUs of cargo annually – nearly double what Singapore handled in 2014. “The Tuas Terminal… Read More
Beachfill contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.’s three dredges assigned to the Long Beach Island project are all currently on site and at work. On Tuesday, the dredge Liberty Island was discharging north of Osborne Avenue in Beach Haven, while the Dodge Island and Padre Island were pumping south of 13th Street in the borough…. Read More
A beach replenishment project for the northern Ocean County peninsula will be broken up into at least two phases and is expected to go out to bid the end of this summer, officials said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told the state that enough of the long-standing property issues should be resolved to… Read More
Earlier this year the state of Iowa designated $11 million for work at Black Hawk Lake in Lake View as part of a 5 year plan under the Lake Restoration Program. Late last week the Iowa DNR opened submitted bids for the large scale hydraulic dredging part of the project set to begin this summer…. Read More
The Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) is facing an uncertain future following a steady cutback in the central dredging subsidy that has wrecked the finances of the economic lifeline of Bengal as well as many other eastern states. The CPT plunged into a loss of Rs 140 crore in the last fiscal because of a higher… Read More
A community that sits across the bay from Long Beach Island is divided. Boats in Eagleswood Township may have to sit on dry land for this year’s boating season if a dredging project does not get done. “We’ve lost eight slips, we can’t even rent them anymore because it’s so shallow, which is a big… Read More
Chatham is looking to expand a town-wide dredging permit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to the town in January of 2014 for seven dredging projects and 17 disposal sites. The town seeks to add two more dredging sites in Pleasant Bay and Mitchell River and four new beach nourishment locations. The… Read More
A group of Eagleswood residents and environmentalists filed a notice of appeal on Friday, Earth Day, in court against the state Department of Environmental Protection, hoping to stop the creation of a river and bay dredge materials disposal facility near houses on Dock Road. The move is the latest step in a nine-year legal battle… Read More
While construction for dredging is still months off, the Mile Point project is well underway The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed dredging the channel, said Spokeswoman Susan Jackson, and the new navigation flow-way was opened last week. The flow-way, in Chicopit Bay on the St. Johns River, will help improve vessel navigation in… Read More
Shearwater Dredging Ltd has been awarded the contract to remove 12,000 cubic metres of silt from the inner and outer harbours as well as the navigational channel. They are expected to be in place as soon as the licence is in place and consent has been granted by the Crown Estate Commissioners. Arbroath councillor Bob… Read More
At midday on Tuesday, the Essayons was dockside in Honolulu Harbor– it’s final stop before heading back to the Pacific Northwest. The dredging ship — a workhorse for the US Army Corp of Engineers– has been clearing our harbors of sand and silt. The last time the harbors were dredged was back in 1999. Click… Read More
Work is continuing on a $9.5 million federal project that will restore wildlife habitats and improve recreational access on a Lake Ontario bay near Rochester. Sen. Charles Schumer says Tuesday the work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is “in full swing” on Braddock Bay in the Monroe County town of Greece. The New… Read More
Aldar Properties said today that its projects in Abu Dhabi are progressing on schedule. “Al Hadeel, Ansam, Al Merief, Nareel Island residential projects are all on track to be completed according to their respective schedules with steady progress being made on foundational, structural and MEP work,” it said in a statement. It added that work… Read More
One of the most influential and senior members of Congress has once again pulled funding for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the reservoir that supplies water to his hometown. Since the completion of the Wolf Creek Dam in 1951, Lake Cumberland has supplied water to surrounding cities in southern Kentucky. But unlike… Read More