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The Department of the Marine has allocated €1.5million for dredging works and the removal of a slipway in Dingle Harbour. In welcoming the funding, Deputy Brendan Griffin said the money comes on top of the €500,000 already allocated for major development works in Dingle Harbour earlier this year. West Kerry councillor, Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald said… Read More
During the recent visit to the National Marine Dredging Company presentation on the New Suez Canal Project, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi was informed about the progress made so far on the Project, the dredging contractor said in a press release. Some of the world’s top dredging companies are taking part in this major project… Read More
Egypt has finally agreed to widen and deepen a channel giving APMT’s Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) direct access to the shipping canal’s northern end, after balking at the cost for a number of years. Last weekend, as the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held a successful two-way traffic trial in the main canal, the authority’s… Read More
The dredging of the clogged Mianus River and Cos Cob Harbor is moving ahead. Town officials on Monday welcomed the news that the work to clear the harbor and river will commence in October of next year. The Army Corps of Engineers released its public notice that it would authorize the work late last week…. Read More
A dredging operation of the sand bar at the mouth of the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve has started as part of the necessary rehabilitation action of this estuary which is an important estuarine nursery area for fish. The build-up of sand in the estuary has occurred over the last 40 years. Although the accumulation of… Read More
The dredging contractor for the Greater Lafourche Port Commission’s Northern Expansion Slip D Bucket Dredge project has begun excavating a new channel in Port Fourchon’s expansion area, creating the new Slip D. The Slip D development is the latest phase of the port’s Northern Expansion, adding 300 acres of developed property to the port and… Read More
Peachtree City residents hoping to see Lake Peachtree refilled over the summer will have to wait a while longer. The Fayette County Water System announced Monday that the lake bed dredging is only halfway finished, due to delays caused by frequent rain that impedes equipment. The new projected completion date is late August. An evaluation… Read More
The Captain of one of the largest cruise ships to dock at Dublin Port has welcomed approval for an upgrade of the area. The €230M redevelopment will include new berths and dredging the mouth of the Liffey to make it deeper. At 330 metres long, the Britannia is one of the larger vessels to come… Read More
Work continues at the deep water port being constructed in Escanaba that will allow for the repair of large vessels and open up the city for international trade. “This will put Escanaba on the world map as a deep water port capable of accepting large draft vessels,” said Lyle Berro, business development manager for Basic… Read More
Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has approved proposed plan of hiring heavy machinery on rent for dredging seasonal nullahs in the city to avoid flood during the upcoming monsoon season, besides compensating the eight victims who died in Rawalpindi during recent rains. These views were expressed by PML-N MNA Malik Abrar Ahmed while addressing… Read More
Sediment has been piling up in Center Springs Pond since it was last dredged in 1994, and town officials have proposed spending $500,000 for restoration. The project is included in a proposed $11.78 million public infrastructure bond that goes to a public hearing in August, a board of directors meeting that same month and a… Read More
Port of Tauranga dredging work is set to start, which will allow the port to accommodate larger ships. Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen has won the tender. Port of Tauranga is deepening its shipping channels from 12.9m to 14.5m depth inside the harbour and to 15.8m outside the harbour. Port Otago, which wants to deepen… Read More
After feeling side effects from a nearly five-year long drought and seeing one of the wettest months on record, projects concerning water supplies for Duncan are finally coming to fruition. As of Tuesday, Dave Taylor of the Waurika Master Conservancy District said the Water Resource Board approved the loan for the Waurika dredging project and… Read More
The Public Works Department (PWD) is undertaking extensive dredging and cleaning operation to clear the silt and debris clogging irrigations channels in Tiruvarur district. A total of 304 km waterways will be cleared of silt at a cost of Rs. 2.86 crore to ensure water reached tail end aycut and all the works are expected… Read More
PART of the wall of 138 Mall in Colon Street was demolished yesterday to prepare for the dredging and de-silting of the Estero de Parian starting Monday. Dredging of the waterway, which is clogged with trash and badly polluted, is part of City Hall’s efforts to revitalize the downtown area and ease flashfloods. “The mall… Read More