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The Georgia and South Carolina ports authorities signed a joint venture agreement today that defines the permitting and planning process for the development of the proposed Jasper Ocean Terminal near Beaufort. The project has been in the works for more than a decade. The ports authorities have said an additional deep-water container port is needed… Read More
Given Chequamegon Bay’s notoriously fickle fall winds and weather, it requires good timing, good crews and a healthy amount of good fortune to complete major area construction projects before snowfall. Contractors working on a permanent breakwater near the Ashland Lakefront Superfund Site saw all three fall into place this year. Construction on the project was… Read More
The final load of sand is expected to be pumped onto Galveston’s newest beach this week, marking the end of the largest beach reconstruction project ever attempted on the island. “We will be pumping another day or so,” said Tricia Campbell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager. The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.,… Read More
A large sand berm has been built in Santa Barbara in front of the Yacht Club and a nearby boat yard before the expected winter storms hit the area. Heavy equipment has been working in the area since last week. The annual berm has been successful in the past. In very large storms without the… Read More
Mighty sight: the bulk carrier Balder is in Dockyard delivering aggregate that will form the foundations of the America’s Cup Village. The vessel is depositing 35,000 tonnes of crushed granite into the South Basin (Photograph by David Skinner) The bulk carrier Balder has returned to Dockyard to deliver the second instalment of aggregate that will… Read More
Protecting oceanfront homes and businesses by sustaining a healthy shoreline — that’s the goal of the beach nourishment project in Kure and Carolina Beaches. Over the next several months, the Army Corps of Engineers will be dredging offshore and replacing damaged outfalls on the beach. Kure Beach Pier Owner Mike Robertson said the nourishment project… Read More
The Internal Drainage Districts (IDD) have been working on projects like this since joining NRW earlier this year and were due to carry out work on the Gwent Levels, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The IDD ran into trouble when historic pollution was identified on site that could have spread further into the… Read More
The provincial government and a Taiwanese mining firm signed an agreement for the immediate dredging of the narrow and silted Abra River which threatens low-lying areas in Metro Vigan including the Heritage City. Raymund Sinay, Environment and Natural Resources Management Officer, said a monitoring and assessment of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of… Read More
The Port of Paranaguá, Paraná, prepares to expand its capacity to receive post-Panamax ships thanks to a R$394 million dredging contract, the largest ever for a Brazilian port. Slated to be completed in 22 months, the project will deepen the internal and external channels, as well as access points to berths at one of the… Read More
General partnership “BMGS S” delivers to the Freeport of Riga the completed infrastructure object, that was built in the framework of “Development of Infrastructure on Krievu Island for the Transfer of Port Activities from the City Centre” – the most ambitious project in the history of the restored Latvian independence, reports BC port’s press service…. Read More
Pilbara iron ore miners could ship more ore from the region’s key port if a forecast 16 per cent increase in shipping capacity is delivered over the next three years. Modelling work over the past two years by the Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has identified opportunities to increase the shipping capacity in Port Hedland’s channel… Read More
Sakhalin branch of FSUE Rosmorport has announced an open tender in electronic format (No ??/15-35) to select a contractor for the development of project documentation and execution maintenance dredging at seaport Shakhtersk in 2016-2020, the company says. According to the tender materials, initial price is RUB 4,800,393 (VAT included). The source of financing – internal… Read More
Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-R-0007 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: USACE District, Baltimore Solicitation Number: W912DR-16-R-0007 Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: Added: Nov 17, 2015 8:53 am Responses are due no later than 11:00 a.m. eastern standard time December 1, 2015. This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for… Read More
Sometime over the next several weeks, the Muddy River will be unearthed from its stretch of underground pipes and once again allowed to run freely above ground from the headwaters of Jamaica Pond to the Charles River. The long-delayed US Army Corps of Engineers project will restore a broken watery link in the Emerald Necklace… Read More
ince superstorm Sandy struck, Twilight Lake floods often. The storm dumped sand into the lake when it pushed feet of water through this Bay Head neighborhood in 2012, raising the already shallow lake bed. The video below shows ocean water pouring onto streets in the community. In the three years since, Twilight Lake has overflowed… Read More