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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
China said on Thursday it will host defence ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) next month, amid tension between some of its members and China over the disputed South China Sea. The Oct. 15-16 informal summit will take place in Beijing and China has invited the defence ministers of all 10… Read More
Tappan Zee Constructors completed dredging work at the $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project in New York, reports lohud. The contractor removed 188,000 cubic yards of sand and silt to allow the I Lift NY supercrane to work close to shore so it can dismantle the current bridge and construct the new one. Workers were… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract for a dissolved oxygen system to CDM Constructors Inc. for $99.6 million on July 31. On Aug. 13, Crowder Construction Company filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “We have pursued the process provided by federal contract rules that allows us to ask for… Read More
According to city business administrator Jim Mallon, the contractor, Wickberg Marine, was prepped and mobilized to begin work shortly after Labor Day. There was a slight delay, but dredging began Monday, Sept. 21. Mallon said the contractor must complete dredging by Nov. 15, according to the $937,900 contract awarded at council’s Aug. 27 meeting. About… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey vessel Georgia left the docks at Tybee Island Marina at first light Monday. She made it to her offshore destination before sunrise, as muted colors of pink and orange streaked the nearly cloudless sky. But Corps officers and staffers, Georgia Ports officials and other members of Savannah’s maritime… Read More
South Carolina‘s ports are embarking on an ambitious five-year plan that will see the Charleston shipping channel deepened, a new container ship terminal come on line, a new rail transfer terminal begin operating and continued planning for a massive new container terminal the state will operate with Georgia. The agenda for the ninth-largest container port… Read More
The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force met Monday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting. Coastal Resource and Parks Administrator Reuben Treviño brought some good news regarding the Beneficial Use Dredge Material (BUDM) project. The BUDM project, which began in 1997, is the City’s primary way of combating the erosion of beaches by using the… Read More
The Adani Group has claimed that the Vizhinjam port in Kerala would be up and running in 1000 days with the construction starting this November. It would be the deepest sea port in India with a transhipment hub. It would be the first port in India that would be capable of handling giant mainline container… Read More
The Long Beach Island Historical Museum was packed Monday evening, Sept. 14, with local residents of Beach Haven and surrounding towns who were eagerly seeking information about the upcoming beach replenishment that the borough has been awaiting. As part of the town council’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting, officials from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s… Read More