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The first container to come to the Jacksonville Port Authority through the new Panama Canal arrived Tuesday. The MOL Majesty, a 991-foot neo-Panamax vessel, docked at TraPac Container Terminal to load and unload containers with everything from clothes to electronics to furniture. The newly expanded Panama Canal has been boosting business for the shipment of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has responded to a challenge of its state permit for dredging the St. Johns, saying it never intended to apply for that permit. The St. Johns Riverkeeper has challenged the Corps‘ Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit because the group believes the Corps will violate state water quality protections…. Read More
A year after former Egmont MP Gail Shea committed money to upgrade harbours in West Prince, her successor, Bobby Morrissey, has confirmed the funding is now in place. Morrissey announced $5.3 million in Small Craft Harbours funding this week for the repair and maintenance of harbour infrastructure at four ports in his riding. The work… Read More
THE construction of a new container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay will be delayed due to what the Namibian Ports Authority has termed “geotechnical conditions.” The new container terminal project consists of several contracts, of which the biggest contract is being undertaken by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (Chec). The Chec contract includes… Read More
Crews are set to start dredging Gordon Pass next month to remove sand shoals that have raised boater safety worries, but now new concerns have emerged about whether the project will remove enough sand. The $1.7 million project was reduced by almost half because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t have enough money to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is in Unalaska this week. Officials from the agency’s regulatory division are here to explain how they evaluate permit applications for construction projects proposed in streams, tidal wetlands, and other U.S. waters. Jen Martin is a USACE regulatory specialist. She said her division is responsible for protecting Alaska’s… Read More
The Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control voted at its recent meeting to endorse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strategy for initial flood mitigation in the upper Rahway River Basin. Known as Alternative 4a, the plan is a revision of one of the 10 alternatives that the U.S. Army Corps and the NJ… Read More
A formal signing ceremony is scheduled for a $2.1 billion Red River diversion project in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, metropolitan area. The project partnership agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority clears the way for construction to begin on the 30-mile channel. The diversion is meant to reduce the… Read More
The Port of Dover in the UK has made arrangements for representatives of Save our Sands (SOS) and coastal parish and local councils to have the opportunity to attend an Open Meeting with experts from across the country regarding Port of Dover’s Marine Licence Application (MLA) to dredge the Goodwin Sands. A local open meeting… Read More
Siesta Key residents and businesses have pledged to block a long-planned and controversial plan to bolster Lido Key beaches using sand from the channel between the two keys. The long-rumored lawsuit to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers use of about 950,000 cubic yards of sand from the shoals in Big Pass to address… Read More
FSUE Rosmorport has announced a request for quotation to define an initial (maximum) price for a further tender to select a contractor for development of contract documentation for maintenance dredging at the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The company says the tender is divided into two lots. Lot No 1 “Development of contract documentation for maintenance dredging… Read More
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A brand-new amphibious excavator has been deployed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) 7 to dredge a portion of the Mahiga Creek. The deployment came a few days after Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar visited Cebu and met with stakeholders to address the flooding problem in Metro Cebu. The July… Read More