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Despite being one of Hawaii’s most iconic beaches, many visitors don’t know Waikiki Beach is actually an engineered beach that has been filled with imported sand for decades. Waikiki has been facing erosion problems for years, so Hawaii lawmakers are pushing a bill to restore it. The bill originally asked for $1.5 million to make… Read More
Environmental campaigners are up in arms after new licences were issued to dump mud, dredged from the Tamar and Plym estuaries, off Rame Head in South East Cornwall. The Marine Management Organisation approved the licences this week. They will allow 63,448 cubic metres (92,000 wet tonnes) dredged in and next to Devonport Naval Base to… Read More
Dredging works have started at the Nsawam end of the Densu River to address the acute water shortage that has hit the town following the drying up of the Ghana Water Company’s treatment plant reservoir. The dredging is one of three interventions already underway to deal with the shortage, which has forced people to drink… Read More
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF) has accorded environmental and coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to AP Gas Distribution Corporation Limited (APGDC) for the development of the Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) based LNG terminal at Kakinada Deep Water Port in East Godavari district. As per the environmental clearance issued by the… Read More
After running into many issues during the City’s most recent Beneficial Use Dredge Material project, the Coastal Resources Department was informed that the large pipelines would be returned to the beach in the fall of 2016 to complete the project. The project is carried out periodically as a response to natural beach erosion to nourish… Read More
Plans to deepen the shipping channel near the WestRock paper mill are moving forward, with both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Florida Department of Environmental Protection throwing in their support. “The Corps draft has been approved and is now in public comment,” Port Panama City Director Wayne Stubbs said last week. “And the… Read More
Oregon’s Army Corps of Engineers will have adequate funding for dredging projects on the coast. Last week, Governor Kate Brown and Democratic Representative Peter DeFazio helped allocate more than $85 million needed to keep coastal waters navigable. Dredging is the removal and redistribution of underwater sediment to beaches or jetties. Michelle Helms is a spokeswoman… Read More
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) says that $500,000 set aside by the federal government could help to bring the dredging project for the Port of Georgetown back into the realm of possibility. The Georgetown Harbor Project received $500,000 in the Army Corps of Engineers Fiscal Year 2016 Work Plan for the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal… Read More
Workers are scheduled to begin pumping sand onto North End beaches in the next few weeks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor is prepping the beaches to receive material dredged from the Lake Worth Inlet as part of its regular maintenance to keep the channels and turning basin at appropriate depths. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Mariners are advised that the 29m cutter suction dredge Kalimna has commenced dredging operations in The Narrows at the Port of Gippsland. The dredging work includes sections of the navigable channel to the northwest of the entrance to North Arm between Buoy No 2 (Fl.R.3s) and Buoy No 6 (Fl.R.3s). Pipework extends from the dredge… Read More
The federal Army Corps of Engineers late this week is expected to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during Winter Storm Jonas in late January although a long-term solution has not yet been reached. An already challenging shoaling problem in the Inlet was exacerbated during Winter Storm… Read More
The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Tuesday approved a State Trust Fund Loan totaling $1.48 million to the Lake Altoona Protection and Rehabilitation District to finance a dredging project. Contractor Haas Sons of Thorp began dredging the east side of Lake Altoona in mid-February. Since 1871, the BCPL has made loans to municipalities and… Read More
After years of waiting, it has been finally confirmed that remedial works on the Bandon River finally began last week. Councillors met with Council chief executive Tim Lucey, county engineer David Keane and West Cork divisional manager Clodagh Henahan recently, where plans for the interim works were outlined. The Council will be putting down 15… Read More
Dredging the city’s back bays may not be that far off, as the state is considering allowing Margate to place dredged material in a 57-foot-deep hole near Wellington Avenue in Atlantic City. According to city attorney J. Scott Abbott, Margate officials plan to meet with representatives from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and… Read More
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is holding an informational meeting on Wednesday, March 2 to discuss its dredging plan for the channels in King Salmon. The district decided in a January meeting that it would dredge the King Salmon main channel, and said in a report, “dredging activities for the King Salmon… Read More