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State officials have confirmed the Double Creek Channel, one of two ways southern Ocean County boaters access Barnegat Inlet and theAtlantic Ocean, will be dredged after a two-season closure. The channel runs from the 42 buoy marker inBarnegat Bay to another channel that runs alongHigh Bar Harbor which ultimately leads to the inlet. It has… Read More
The dredging of the port of Quelimane, in Mozambique’s Zambézia province, is due to begin this month and will last until January 2016. Once the work is completed around 320,000 cubic metres of sediment are expected to have been removed, Mozambique’s Minister of Transport and Communications said. Minister Carlos Mesquita, who was speaking in the… Read More
The end of August was an exciting time for Clay Township, as tons of heavy equipment was brought to the ferry dock waiting to be transported to the island. The amphibious dump trucks are mobile vehicles equipped to dig out dirt and sediment that accumulate in drains. The Krispin Drain has been impassable for years,… Read More
Sales tax projects, including dredging, fire substations and road resurfacing, are on track to be completed simultaneously after Georgetown County Council took action to borrow up to $28 million at its regular meeting Aug. 25. In a unanimous decision, council approved the second reading of an ordinance that would, if passed, borrow up to $28… Read More
A portion of Pfiffner Pioneer Park is planned to close for about a month this year so Wisconsin Public Service can remove contamination from the bottom of the Wisconsin River. The area previously was the site of a coal gassification plant run by WPS in the early 1900s that closed around 1940. Petroleum-based contaminants ran… Read More
The city Department of Environmental Protection will start dredging the Flushing Bay next year. The DEP said it would dredge about 16.8 acres of the bay along the southwest shore adjacent to the World’s Fair Marina. The project will remove piles of sediment from the bay so that they are never above the waterline. Dredging… Read More
Stone Harbor Borough Council had the final reading and adoption of a $5-million bond ordinance Sept. 1 aimed at supporting the plan for back bay dredging. The intent was to make the award to a contractor quickly and be in position to take advantage of the short dredging period allowed by state regulations beginning Sept…. Read More
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) at the weekend said the N25 billion contract for the dredging of River Benue which was awarded by the federal government last year would commence soon. Acting managing director of NIWA, Danladi Ibrahim, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lokoja on the activities of the agency, noted that… Read More
DNREC is hoping to get Delaware residents more engaged with the projects they conduct around the state and have produced a 5-minute video featuring an explanation of their Little River channel dredging project to assist with that endeavor. The $1.01 million state-funded project is a collaborative effort between DNREC’s Divisions of Watershed Stewardship and Fish… Read More
Loss of cargo by Visakhapatnam Port due to window period provided for navigation vessels on alternate days since mid-2013 will come to an end with efforts underway to complete dredging in the inner harbour to increase draft to 14 metres by September 30. To enable dredging without interruptions, navigation of vessels into inner harbour and… Read More
Voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to spend $1.25 million, taking a major step toward salvaging sand that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to dredge over the winter from the Cape Cod Canal. Voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to spend $1.25 million, taking a major step toward salvaging sand that the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Representatives from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation may secure funding from the State Bond Commission on Sept. 17 for the Baton Rouge Lakes Master Plan. The financial assistance will allow the next phase of the project — dredging large sections of the lakes — to begin. BRAF project manager Lauren Crapanzano Jumonville said BRAF hopes… Read More
Notice Date 8/28/2015 Notice Type Award Notice NAICS 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Contracting Office USACE District, Chicago, 111 N. Canal, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60606 ZIP Code 60606 Solicitation Number W912P6-15-B-0006 Response Due 8/17/2015 Archive Date 9/18/2015 Point of Contact W. Dale Dewar, Phone: 3128465370 E-Mail Address wesley.d.dewar@usace.army.mil (wesley.d.dewar@usace.army.mil) Small Business… Read More
On Monday, voters will be asked to spend $1.25 million to salvage 150,000 cubic yards of sand being dredged from the Cape Cod Canal to nourish Town Neck Beach. The single-issue special town meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Sandwich High School. The money would come from community preservation funds and the measure requires… Read More
The South American container port of Santos notched up a treble dose of good news this week, announcing construction on a new access roads, an outer ring road and emergency dredging that will ease delays and free up the flow of containers in and out of the busy port. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE