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Three years from now, Port Manatee officials will know for certain whether they will be able to bring bigger ships into the port’s berths. During two sets of presentations Wednesday and Thursday, officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers kicked off the first public review of a proposed deepening of the port’s navigation channel… Read More
A £1 MILLION project to improve the condition of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Skipton is due to take until the end of February. Contractors for the Canal and River Trust have been working on the more than six-mile (11km) stretch of the canal from Niffany Farm in Skipton to East Marton since November…. Read More
A meeting of legislators with districts along the St. Johns River turned tense Wednesday when Rep. Charles Van Zant sharply criticized Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman and her position on proposed dredging. After Rinaman concluded her remarks to the St. Johns River Caucus on a separate issue — the water-policy bill now before Gov. Rick Scott —… Read More
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“Abu Dhabi Maritime Youth Summit for Empowering UAE Youth Leaders in the Maritime Domain” has successfully concluded last Thursday. The summit was hosted by “Tasneef Academy”, the Educational Arm of Emirates Classification Society “Tasneef”, in the St. Regis Hotel in Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi. The summit brought together a group of prominent international and national leaders… Read More
Multiple amphibious, multi-function dredges from Mud Cat are operating in Iraq to clean various dams and barrages that are positioned along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) purchased the MFDs to remove accumulated silt, sand, and vegetation at each dam’s basin. By performing regular dam maintenance, Iraq’s MWR can maintain… Read More
DIGGERS were seen dredging part of the River Kent in Kendal today as work begins to help lower the chances of flooding. The Environment Agency said the diggers were removing gravel from ‘key locations’ where a survey showed that it would reduce the flood risk to people and properties. These emergency works require consents, which… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Portland is seeking comments on an application for a permit that would allow dredging in waters along the Columbia River. The Port of Ilwaco has applied for a 10 year permit to maintain dredging to remove accumulated sediments and restore draft depths within the Ilwaco boat basin, according… Read More
Conygar Stena Line Limited, the joint venture between The Conygar Investment Company PLC and Stena Line, has submitted planning and marine licence applications in respect of the first phase of the Fishguard Harbour Marina project. This consists of the construction of two new breakwaters, revetments and an eight hectare reclamation platform, 1.4 hectares of which would… Read More
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A weather forecast that calls for a few days of relatively calm water in the Gulf of Mexico is probably unfathomable for the Weeks Marine staff. The dredging company hired to renourish Pensacola Beach is still in the process of completing the pipeline to dredge sand from the same 137-acre borrow area as the 2002-03… Read More
Port Otago has stopped using its offshore spoil dumping site – 6km off Taiaroa Head – after realising it had not completed one of several baseline studies, as required under its resource consent. The port company is just weeks away from reaching its target depth of 13.5m in deepening its shipping channel, which runs for… Read More
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division (MassDOT) is seeking approval from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge an area of Cohasset Narrows in Buzzards Bay. The dredging would take place adjacent to the recently reconstructed William H. Dalton Memorial Bridge, near the Bourne-Wareham town line. In a statement, MassDOT officials explained they would… Read More
This week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start flood-proofing sections of the L.A. River by clearing vegetation to improve water flow and lining some of its banks with what’s known as a HESCO Bastion barrier. You may have never heard of the HESCO barrier, but it is a go-to flood control method for… Read More