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Three years after Hurricane Sandy struck the Island, flooding roadways and leaving much of Menemsha underwater, the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to dredge Menemsha Channel. It will be the channel’s first dredging in more than 40 years. On Monday morning, a trailer load of pipes, along with a large hydraulic pump and other… Read More
Facilitators of the South Basin infill project have said the plumes of sediment caused by the dredging of the North Channel were anticipated and are not a threat to the marine environment. The ACBDA said that members of the public had expressed concerns about the impact of the plumes could have on marine life. Bermuda… Read More
FSUE Rosmorport has announced an open tender to select a contractor for the maintenance dredging at Kaliningrad seaway canal in the navigation period of 2015-2016, the company says. According to the tender materials, initial price is RUB 434,420,000 (VAT included). The source of financing – internal funds. The deadline for application of bids – November… Read More
Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-B-0003 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: USACE District, Baltimore Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-B-0003 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Added: Oct 23, 2015 11:08 am This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice This project was original solicited as a FY15 action under W912DR-15-B-0006, this action has changed to FY16 award. This… Read More
Residents of Malibu’s Broad Beach have agreed to pay $31 million over the next decade to truck in tons of sand to build up the diminished shoreline filled with homes of the rich and famous. The California Coastal Commission this month narrowly approved the unprecedented sand-replenishment project along the mile-long strand, the Los Angeles Times… Read More
US Army Corps of Engineers suspended for 1 year works on building the first deep-water port in Arctic. The decision was taken after Royal Dutch Shell announced termination of the exploration works on the shelf of Alaska. The experts of US Army Corps of Engineers, together with representatives of the administration of the State of… Read More
The seabed dredging works for berth three, four and five at Tawau port here will be fully completed at the end of this month while five new machines have also been purchased within these two months for port purposes. Port manager Subardjoe Hj Durasit said the dredging works were in progress and about 85 per… Read More
THE Gladstone Ports Corporation will spend about $100 million deepening a shipping channel near the RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The project will remove two million cubic metres of dredgings from the Clinton by-pass channel as a safety measure to protect ships berthed at the coal terminal. “The current channel is 13 metres deep, which is… Read More
The Omani Government has prequalified nine international marine engineering firms to participate in a tender for the construction of a Bulk Liquid Berths Terminal at the Port of Duqm. The $1bn contract will see the successful bidder carry out the design, dredging, reclamation and jetty works for the new terminal. The contract, which encompasses primarily… Read More
THE business-boosting Gladstone Ports master plan is busy boosting business in all the region’s ports except Rockhampton’s, but Port Alma and Fitzroy Delta have been offered an environmentally friendly incentive for being scrapped from the new plans. The release of an amended proposed boundary had 88,000 hectares of land under the Port of Gladstone, the… Read More
On Nov. 1, a project to dredge about 3 million cubic yards of silt is scheduled to begin at John Redmond Reservoir. The project is estimated to cost $20 million. Construction of silt disposal sites will be the first step. The lake is about an hour south of Topeka, just north of Burlington, and a… Read More
State Senator Patty Ritchie today announced that she has secured $200,000 in special state grant funding to start dredging at the Port of Ogdensburg. “The future of Ogdensburg’s deep water port is at risk from 30 years of silt build up that makes docking more difficult, dangerous and costly,” said Senator Ritchie. “This funding helps… Read More
An appeal to allow maintenance dredging of Duck Key‘s canal system raised concerns about “opening Pandora’s box” among Monroe County commissioners, meeting Wednesday. Duck Key Property Owners Association representative Sherry Popham told commissioners that Hurricane Wilma a decade ago and Hurricane Georges in 1998 carried massive amounts of sand and sediment into historically “free-flowing canals”… Read More
A long-sought project to dredge the channel connecting Lake Jackson and Little Lake Jackson may have an unexpected benefit: helping to move forward the city’s sale of Harder Hall. On Tuesday, the City Council favored moving 2,800 cubic yards of sand that will be removed as part of the project to the Harder Hall property…. Read More
The dredger ‘Niccolo Machiavelli’, named after the famous 15th-century Italian politician and writer, drew attention when it docked in Hamilton early yesterday morning, ready for dredging work that will be carried out on the North Channel. The vessel is 452ft long and 85ft wide, with an average speed of 13 knots. Its unique design means… Read More