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The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started dredging the Yukonhaven on Maasvlakte 2. The dredging work will prepare the port for Gate terminal’s new LNG breakbulk infrastructure. Gate (shareholders Gasunie and Koninklijke Vopak) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are building a new port basin together that will be suitable for LNG breakbulk services. The… Read More
Beach fill operations in Ocean City’s south end are complete, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District project webpage. As of 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, the dredge Liberty Island completed the final portion of the fill from 36th to 59th streets, the latest update on the site states. The dredge was… Read More
The long-awaited dredging of the Shark River will begin soon, the state Department of Transportation announced. Mobile Dredging and Pumping Co. of Chester, Pa. will remove approximately 102,000 cubic yards of sediment comprised of sand and silt to “restore the state channels to allow safe passage for recreational and commercial traffic,” according to a state… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a delay of up to three months is now likely on part of the Savannah River deepening project. Just a few weeks ago, the Corps announced officially that the dredging had started in the outer harbor off Tybee’s coast. The project will eventually include deepening 40 miles of… Read More
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is celebrating a record year of growth, with 3.66 million teu through the Port of Savannah – a 17% increase. Of that cargo, 369,347 containers moved by rail, an 11% increase over the previous year, while total cargo across all terminals reached 31.7 million tonnes for the year, a 7.8% increase…. Read More
State and federal officials announced during a stand-room-only meeting in Beach Haven that a beach replenishment project in the borough would begin in January. At the same meeting, they announced the results of a large-scale study conducted in Long Beach Island communities that have already received replenishment sand that largely debunks one of the arguments… Read More
PortMiami’s $1 billion harbor deepening project is complete making it the only major logistics hub south of Virginia capable of handling fully laden post-Panamax vessels. The Port of Miami’s entrance port now has a channel depth of 52 feet and the outermost portion of the entrance channel has been expanded to 800 feet. The project… Read More
Acting on the representation of the fishing hamlets that sought desilting of the estuary at the harbour, Puducherry Agriculture and Port Minister M Chandrakasu on Saturday inaugurated the dredging works here, entrusted to a private party for a cost of Rs 2.15 crore. The National institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has been entrusted with the… Read More
The breeze was brisk and out of the east, and there were whitecaps in Cape Cod Bay Monday morning as state Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton visited Town Neck Beach with a $1 million grant. The funding will help offset the cost of bringing in sand to rebuild the Sandwich beach and dune… Read More
The water level behind the Rochester Dam on the Fox River in the village of Rochester in Racine County, will be lowered for the 2015-2016 fall and winter season in order to complete proposed dredging in Wind Lake and Goose Lake branch canals, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The Racine County Drainage District… Read More
The Port of Oakland said today it’s nearly a third of the way through its annual maintenance dredging program for 2015. By November, the Port plans to scoop 185,000 cubic yards of sediment from 17 deep-water shipping berths. The goal of the $3.7 million project: maintain 50-foot depths so container ships aren’t stuck in the… Read More
State officials have announced approval of a loan for improving access and activity at the Port of Monroe on Lake Erie. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. said Tuesday that the Michigan Strategic Fund is loaning up to $3 million to the city of Monroe to dredge the River Raisin and make other upgrades to the… Read More
North Carolina’s new budget includes more money to keep the state’s shallow inlets navigable. The General Assembly agreed to increase the share of the state gas tax that goes toward dredging inlets less than 16 feet deep, including Carolina Beach Inlet. “In terms of dredging, we are going to be in extremely good shape in… Read More
Not long after Chinese warships teetered on the edge American waters during President Obama’s trip to Alaska last month and amid high tensions between the U.S. and Russia, a recent visit by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Munro put the nation’s need for Nome’s port expansion into stark relief. U.S. Coast Guard Captain Samuel Jordan… Read More
Sen. Thad Altman, R-Rockledge, filed a proposal Thursday that would allow counties to increase sales taxes to help pay for waterway dredging projects. The proposal (SB 346), which will be considered during the 2016 legislative session, would give counties the authority to levy an additional sales tax of 0.5 percent or 1 percent for dredging… Read More