Shell Rock River Watershed District officials said they are drawing closer to dredging Fountain Lake. “We’re moving full steam ahead,” said Administrator Brett Behnke. Director of Field Operations Andy Henschel said last week the Watershed District closed on a purchase agreement with Richard Stadheim for 101 acres last month and a purchase agreement was close… Read More
Silt is choking the Belize City harbor mouth – and as the situation gets progressively worse, no one seems to be doing anything about it! City Hall, Central Government, the Port Authority and the Fort Street Tourism Village management all seem to be looking over their shoulder at the other to see who’s going to… Read More
Only 30 per cent of work has been done dredging the Odaw drain and Korle Lagoon, one year after the twin fire and flood disaster claimed over 150 lives. It would take at least two years to complete the dredging, Communications Manager for Zoomlion, Robert Coleman told Joy News Editor Dzifa Bampoh. Mr Coleman was… Read More
Chennai Port has emerged as the deepest among the major ports in the country with a capacity to handle vessels with a draft of 15.5 metres. Addressing the media, Cyril C. George, chairman of Chennai Port Trust (CPT) said the draft, indicative of the depth to which a loaded ship can sink, at Ambedkar dock… Read More
Environmental groups are banding in opposition to an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in south Florida. They say the expansion of Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades could harm federally protected coral. The Army Corps of Engineers is planning to dredge the entrance to Port Everglades to allow larger ships entry. But Miami Waterkeeper Rachel Silverstein… Read More
Pending federal approval, the Port of Alsea wants to remove at least 30,000 cubic yards of sediment from its marina, add a new recreational dock and repair a protective debris boom during the 2016-17 in-water work period. The ambitious proposal, which could have a total price tag of nearly $740,000, is now in the hands… Read More
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced today the establishment of a three-member Review Panel to conduct the environmental assessment of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project in British Columbia. Ms. Jocelyne Beaudet has been appointed as the Chair of the Review Panel. Dr. Diana Valiela and Dr…. Read More
The Chinese company that controls Darwin’s Port has announced plans for a huge expansion of its operations, including a one-kilometre extension of its quay line. Landbridge Group, which won control of the port for 99 years under a $506 million lease agreement with the NT Government in October 2015, announced the plans in a press… Read More
The dredging of Sigatoka River will start this year. Agriculture Minister Inia Seruiratu says tenders were advertised in December last year but everything was put on hold due to TC Winston. ‘’It will be done in three stages and we expect to extract about 1.2million of cubic meters of siltage. That will be done in… Read More
Members of the public got behind plans to dredge a channel to Falmouth docks as Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) unveiled proposals for an innovative way of potentially preventing environmental harm on Wednesday. The commissioners were at The Poly for most of the day for a public consultation at which they showed their latest plans to… Read More
SWANSEA MP Yasmin Catley has called for the state government to provide funding for a permanent dredge in Swansea channel. Siltation in the channel is a chronic threat to vessels. Ms Catley said a $2.5 million project to dredge the channel to a depth of 3.5 metres was completed in February 2015 but sand build-up… Read More
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As of now, the construction of 15 kilometer-dike around Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System (MMORS) is ongoing, which is part of the Valenzuela-Obando-Meycauayan Flood Control Project that will prevent water from Manila Bay to come in during high tide and heavy rains,” Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado said yesterday. The mayor called on local government units, civic groups… Read More
Congressman Peter DeFazio, D-Dist. 4, has achieved one more step toward securing permanent funding for Oregon’s small ports. This week the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, of which DeFazio is a ranking member, passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which would allow money to be put towards the Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
IF YOU find yourself looking quiet spot of sand on a sunny Yamba day this winter, you may want to look past Whiting Beach. The stretch of sand prized for its family-friendly shore is getting a facelift. Over the next ten weeks, 20,000 cubic metres of injectable fillers in the way of dredging by-products will… Read More