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A $1.5bn tidal energy lagoon at Swansea Bay in Wales has been delayed by a year over funding uncertainties. The project’s developer, Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP), is negotiating with the UK government over the price to be paid for the electricity and how much the government will contribute toward construction. It said the decision to… Read More
A massive dredging project is under-way on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland in Russia. The amount of dredging required for the Port of Bronka, a deepwater port under construction south of Kronstadt, is so high that the cloudiness of the water is discernible from space, with recent satellite pictures showing that the cloudy… Read More
Rivals Lyttelton Port of Christchurch and Port Otago are ramping up multimillion dollar dredging efforts in readiness for super-sized ships. Lyttelton is ready to chase consents for its $50m plan, and Otago’s $30m project including extra warehousing space and dredging equipment is already underway. Large world shipping lines are already sending bigger ships to Australasian… Read More
Gator Dredging has begun work on a cleanup project proponents hope will serve as a primer for the eventual removal of a stubborn, noxious algae and other muck covering the sandy bottom of King’s Bay and its canals. Crews from the company have been busy since Monday slurping yards of Lyngbya and other dead vegetation… Read More
Cohasset’s harbor dredging project has been delayed due to the high seas forecast. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing the project, which was slated to start today (Thursday, Oct. 1) and continue through the end of January – dredging portions of the federal navigation channel in Cohasset Harbor. The work involves dredging approximately… Read More
After a decade of planning, a joint powers board decided Wednesday the dredging project for Lake Zumbro will happen. Figuring out finances has stalled the multi-million dollar project for years. It was initially estimated at $10 million, then scaled down to $7 million. However, that dollar amount could decrease. The group is short about $200,000… Read More
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