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Port Klang, the world’s 12th-busiest port, is likely to face congestion and possible disruption in its operations due to unequal dredging level of its Southern Channel and Northern Channel. Currently, bigger vessels are entering the port only through Pintu Gedung or the Southern Channel, which is about 18m in depth, while the shallow Pulau Angsa… Read More
The federal Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest from an unsuccessful bidder that threatened to delay the Savannah Harbor deepening project. At issue is a $99.6 million mitigation contract the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded in late July to CDM Constructors Inc. of Maitland, Fla., for a dissolved oxygen system. North Carolina-based Crowder… Read More
State-owned Mormugao port, located on India’s western coast, has dropped a plan to deepen its channel to berth so-called capesize ships (the biggest of the dry bulk carriers) on a public-private-partnership (PPP) basis after the solitary price bid received in a public tender exceeded the budget. The project—to deepen the port’s outer channel to 19.8… Read More
Brazil’s second-largest container terminal, Terminal de Conteineres de Paranaguá at the port of Paranagua, will soon be able to handle ships of more than 10,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units as a result of dredging. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The US Environmental Protection Agency has pledged almost $20 million dollars to help clean up the Clinton River in southeast Michigan. The river, which flows largely through Macomb County into Lake Saint Clair, has been designated a Great Lakes Area of Concern for many years. EPA officials announced Monday that more federal money is coming… Read More
Two communities in the Charleston area want help from the federal government to help them restore their beaches after last month’s historic rains in South Carolina. The Post and Courier reports that Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin has written the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Isle of Palms is seeking help from the Federal… Read More
When the Port of Houston Authority last year began to dredge its container terminals, at Bayport and Barbours Cut, the agency decided to fund the $80 million project itself rather than wait for federal funding. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Dredging work on the North Channel that will allow Bermuda to accommodate the largest cruise liners in the industry has been completed, more than two weeks ahead of schedule. The three-strong fleet of specialised vessels, which has moved more than 100,000 cubic yards of aggregate from the seabed to the South Basin, is expected to… Read More
The Berth 9 Extension at the Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain, has been opened by Dr Therese Coffey MP, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. The 190m extension increases the port’s capability to work two of the world’s largest containerships simultaneously. More than eighty ships of 18,000+TEU have already been handled at… Read More
Wyong Shire Council’s dredging works are on track to restore the Entrance Beach despite recent inclement weather. More than 900 meters of pipes are connected from the dredge to the Entrance Channel to pump sand directly onto the Entrance Beach to help address erosion issues. Council’s Waterways and Coastal Section Manager, Mr Luke Sulkowski, has… Read More
Congresswoman Lois Frankel yesterday announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued their final approval of the agreement between Broward County and the Corps to restore a five-mile stretch of eroded shoreline. “Beaches are one of the lifelines of Broward County’s economy. This project will put sand back on the beach, protecting property values… Read More
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says they’re ready to restart critical maintenance work on flood control systems, after residents expressed concerns. The work was being done in West Hartford, Hartford, and Newington but was halted for about two weeks. It will begin again on Monday at 7 a.m. and go until 4:30 p.m…. Read More
Bad weather and damage from recent storms has pushed back the completion date of Long Beach Island’s beach replenishment project almost to Memorial Day. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s contract with the Army Corps of Engineers originally called for a finish date of April 12, 2016. But the Army Corps recently extended the completion… Read More
The Somerset Rivers Authority has developed a 20-year plan following flooding in 2013-14, which mostly affected people living on the Somerset Levels. It is estimated the flooding cost Somerset up to £147.5million. Around £2.7million will now be spent on dredging to try to reduce the risk of it happening again. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Yorkshire Water’s trial works to improve the quality of the river environment downstream of Swinsty reservoir is now well underway. Salix is working with partners, Mott McDonald Bentley (MMB), Arup and the Environment Agency, along with local landowners, to monitor the results of various river restoration techniques, aimed at improving ecology in the River Washburn…. Read More