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Crew will begin dredging 2.6 million cubic yards of the Baltimore Harbor this month, a maintenance project that will deepen shipping channels by removing the mud, silt, sand, shells and other materials that have settled on the harbor floor. The project, part of a $25.6 million maintenance contract the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded last… Read More
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No end is in sight for dredging operations at the Murray Mouth, a year after they resumed. Dredging will be required “for some time into the future” due to the hotter and drier conditions brought on by the current El Nino weather pattern, according to the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). About… Read More
Unseasonably heavy rainfall that is burdening area dams has affected several local construction projects, including Tulsa’s $350 million park going up along the Arkansas River, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official said. “As you well know, we’ve been very busy lately,” said Micah Buchholz, a hydraulics engineer with the Corps who is water manager… Read More
One of Victoria’s most iconic beaches will undergo a major restoration, but the Andrews government continues to deny a link between the damage at Portsea front beach and the contentious channel deepening project, despite mounting scientific evidence. The decisions follows years of delays and millions of dollars spent on temporary measures that experts claim have… Read More
The central government on Friday said capital dredging work has commenced for a navigational channel to allow a ‘Cruise Berth‘ at Mormugao Port in Goa. The dredging work was inaugurated by Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, who also holds the portfolio of union minister for road transport and highways. According to Gadkari, Mormugao will be the… Read More
Curious onlookers trudged through rain and chill this week, treading carefully along the narrow boardwalk, to witness the beach reconstruction project at Town Neck Beach. Once they made their way over the mist-shrouded marshes and looked through the chain-link fence enclosing the landside work area, they could spy bulldozers, men with surveying equipment, massive lengths… Read More
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that as far as the world economy is concerned port development is important and due to which the central government has adopted a policy to deepen the draft of the port channel by 19.5 metre from the existing 14 metre. Gadkari was speaking after… Read More
Projects to ease the flooding situation along the river Shannon may require the Government to breach EU habitats directives on wildlife, a Government Minister has said. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will convene a meeting next Tuesday of all the State agencies with responsibility for the Shannon, along its length. The meeting in Government Buildings will seek… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced recently that his office has filed for a public hearing over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposition to take dredged material from Cleveland Harbor and put it directly into Lake Erie. DeWine’s office has concerns over the environmental impact of such a decision. Dredging, which ensures that water… Read More
The long-awaited dredging of the Cape Cod Canal and restoration of Town Neck Beach will have to wait a bit longer, officials said. Equipment has been moved into place and the metal piping that will pump sand onto Town Neck Beach is at the ready, but the dredge owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock… Read More
Daily News Staff Writer Workers are on standby, waiting for the sea to calm, before they can begin pumping sand onto South End beaches. The equipment is ready, but strong winds and dangerous rip currents have delayed the Phipps Ocean Park beach nourishment project. Contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. was scheduled to begin dredging… Read More
The eroded stretch of the seashore near Kursura Submarine Museum is again abuzz with visitors after the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) launched the beach nourishment programme here. The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), after getting the contract from the VPT, started dumping sand extracted from the ‘sand trap’ created between the Dolphin’s Nose and South… Read More
Once again, the tender process for the manual dredging at Azhikkal port in Kerala is mired in controversy. The small cooperative societies involved in the work at the port have made allegations that the authorities are deliberately prolonging the tendering process, to help the benami companies. According to them, though the law says that the… Read More