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With the beginning of the quay and dredging works, a major step forward has been taken to transform PSA Panama International Terminal into a two million-TEU (20-foot equivalent) facility. The expansion, which was approved by Panama’s National Assembly earlier this year, is scheduled to be made operational in the first half of 2017. It involves… Read More
U.S. Senator Jack Reed was joined yesterday by Admiral Linda Fagan, the 1st U.S. Coast Guard District Commander, representatives from the USCG and Naval Station Newport, and Rhode Island construction workers for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the completion of the new Coast Guard wharf project at Naval Station Newport. The project consisted of both…… Read More
A Cape Cod Canal dredging project is expected to get underway right around Christmas Day, town and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said Tuesday.The contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., is finishing a project in New Jersey and expects to begin a week ahead of schedule, said David DeConto, the town’s assistant natural… Read More
A major project to rebuild dunes and beaches at the north end of Ocean City has reached the Ocean City Music Pier. Work will now begin in a final push to the end of the project area at 14th Street. Crews are working around the clock and it’s likely the project will be complete by… Read More
As part of its efforts to support coastal communities looking to build more resilient futures, NOAA today announced the funding of a $23.7 million award for the construction of the Oyster Bayou Marsh Restoration project. The project will be funded through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Program, which has restored and… Read More
Lake Macquarie boaties are getting a pre-Christmas boost, with work starting today on removing a large sand shoal that has built up in the Swansea Channel. The shoal has been hindering boats from getting in and out of Lake Macquarie. This week’s dredging work is part of an ongoing maintenance program and coincides with sand… Read More
The dredging operations are currently underway along the River Parrett, with the main goal to provide extra protection against flooding in Somerset. This flood protection work along 3 km of the River Parrett started at the end of November, with two contracts for dredging being funded by Somerset Rivers Authority. The dredging operations are currently… Read More
Margate is using a federal grant to explore new options for dredge material disposal in its own back bay. In October, Margate entered into an agreement with Stewart Farrell, director of Stockton’s Coastal Research Center, to conduct a marsh assessment and develop a restoration plan using a $125,000 National Fish and Wildlife Fund grant it… Read More
It will be at least 2017 before federal money shakes loose to dredge sand out of Gordon Pass, and boaters say that is too long to wait. “It is very frustrating they’re not going to take care of this,” Island Sailing captain Rob Dawes said. Boaters have been sounding the alarm about what they say… Read More
A $31 million segmented breakwater project at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge was approved at the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection Restoration Act (CWPPRA) meeting Dec. 10. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), which owns and manages Rockefeller, will use the funding to construct and maintain 2.5 miles of breakwater structure initially with the potential to… Read More
More than £5 million is to be spent on a project to stabilise cliffs along the coastline at Clacton and Holland-on-Sea. Over £2 million of the money has come from a major Coastal Protection Scheme along a 5kms stretch of the same coastline being completed under budget and £3million from Anglian Water. The partners funding the… Read More
Local governments are cutting their losses on a beleaguered plan to revitalize an 18-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River. The Marana Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to withdraw as a local sponsor of the Tres Rios del Norte feasibility study. The study, and its resulting initiatives, would have helped restore the ecosystem and replenished… Read More
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The state Department of Environmental Protection on Friday issued permit modifications for a dredging project that had been halted earlier this week due to a spill of chemically treated water and sediment, and neighbors reported work has resumed. “Equipment has been operating all day,” said Penny Beddia, 58, an Avalon resident who lives across 80th… Read More
Just in time for Christmas there is finally some good news for the stricken container port of Itajai in Brazil, which received the necessary permitting for the construction of an expanded turning basin at a cost of 105 million reais ($27.59 million)