http://www.michiganbids.net/bid-opportunities/2016/01/31/6816792-Maintenance-Dredging.html
http://www.pennsylvaniabids.com/bid-opportunities/2016/01/30/6815462-Intake-Rehabilitation-and-Maintenance-Dredging.html
http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=21532
Dredging of the Pirie River may start in May, according to a letter shared with lobby group, the Wharf Rats. The group, consisting of about a dozen men with links to fishing and boating, had demanded more information from Port Pirie Regional Council about the $2 million dredging and boat ramp project. Deputy Mayor Cr… Read More
New Jersey will ask the federal government to repair beaches eroded on Long Beach Island during the weekend blizzard as part of the work expected to resume on the fragile coastline this spring. State Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin said his agency plans to ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair the newly… Read More
DAYS of dredging work carried out by the Environment Agency in the River Kent was simply flushed away in heavy rain last Friday. Two diggers spent much of last week dredging the river at Gooseholme in Kendal to help lower the chances of flooding. Nearby residents, who were initially ‘very excited’ about the work being… Read More
Preparations for dredging the Dana Point Harbor are well underway, according to a recent update posted by the County of Orange. A contract for the 2015-2016 Maintenance Dredging Project has been award by the County of Orange, and visitors to Baby Beach have likely noticed that mobilization and staging has already begun in the Pier… Read More
The cheapest price isn’t the best deal on the $15 million dredging project to renourish Navarre Beach this spring, area tourism leaders assert. They estimate the economic damage to the area’s leisure industry at $10 million, far more than Santa Rosa County Commissioners will save by recently accepting the lowest bid from Weeks Marine Inc.,… Read More
Activity is already underway to remove the pontoon sections, and it is expected that both marina basins will be clear by 16th January, to enable dredging to commence 18th January. The dredging will be undertaken by Port Flair Ltd, a small family owned company that operates from Bradwell Marina. The operation will be undertaken using… Read More
State and local officials have slammed the dredging company hired for a beach and dune construction project on Long Beach Island for deciding to pull out of the project until April, according to The Sandpaper. “This planned action by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company is unwarranted and irresponsible,” state Department of Environmental Commissioner Bob… Read More
Laguna Lake typically serves as a home for birds and boaters, providing a peaceful oasis to residents and park-goers in western San Luis Obispo. But four years of drought left the boat ramp sitting in dried mud, killed hundreds of fish and prompted waterbirds to go elsewhere. Thanks to recent storms, however, the lake now… Read More
A contingent of state and local officials toured the Ortley Beach oceanfront Monday, following a weekend of rough surf stirred by a nor’easter that threatened to breach the fragile makeshift dune that has been in place since Superstorm Sandy targeted the community in 2012. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno led others, including state Department of Environmental… Read More
With more than two months to go in the El Niño season, Ventura Port District officials continued lobbying hard on Tuesday for additional federal funds to dredge a sand-filled entrance to the harbor The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to announce on Feb. 8 that at least $4.25 million has been set aside… Read More
Two of three of the most important Brazilian port deepening projects are advancing, paving the way for container lines to eventually bring the larger vessels that will soon to be able to traverse the larger Panama Canal locks to the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Recife. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Peak bodies and politicians have been the loudest voices in the debate over developing Queensland’s Galilee Basin, but what do the communities that will be directly affected have to say? In the first in a series of reports, Cathy Van Extel visits the Abbot Point port for a firsthand look. Just north of Bowen, Abbot… Read More