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The world’s largest dredging project is close to an end as only 24 days left for inaugurating the New Suez Canal project. A total of 251 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have so far been lifted at the New Suez Canal, a report by the project’s executive administration said. The figure represents 95.61 per… Read More
Dare County commissioners have agreed to dedicate $1 million to dredge Oregon Inlet so that it can stay open for boats. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reported that commissioner Beverly Boswell says the money for the Army Corps of Engineers all but assures that the inlet will remain open. She says that’s because a dredge… Read More
Residents of Muanivatu settlement have requested the Government to dredge the Vatuwaqa River to avoid the flooding of houses in the settlement during high tide. Chairman for the settlement Tevita Seru, 67, said this was one of the issues raised during a national development public consultation yesterday at the settlement. Government teams are holding consultations… Read More
Beach replenishment in Ocean City’s south end will resume in about two weeks, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday, July 6. “Yes, the contractor (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.) currently estimates that the dredge, Liberty Island, will be back on the job July 20,” said spokesman Ed Voigt of the… Read More
The Environment Agency in the UK has started work to repair the flood defences along the Thames Estuary at Harrison’s Wharf in Purfleet. The defences, which are a sheet piled flood wall, reduce the risk of flooding to people and 4305 properties in Purfleet. Damaged sections of concrete blocks, which protect the coast from erosion,… Read More
About four-tenths of a mile of the Esopus Creek, starting at the point where it meets the Hudson River, will be deepened by 3 to 5 feet starting in September. Village Board member Patrick Landewe said the work, to be overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be done around the clock. “They’re… Read More
The South Korean port of Gwangyang is planning to deepen and widen its Fairway 3 to better cater to bigger ships. Currently, Fairway 3 is 22 m deep and 380 m wide. It is one of Gwangyang port’s seven fairways. Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office, which oversees Gwangyang and Yeosu ports, said in… Read More
The Dunkirk Common Council is poised to approve a contract to dredge the city’s harbor but stopped short of taking action at Tuesday’s meeting. Only one bid has been received for the work, $136,500 from Dean Marine of Michigan, and it came in one day after the advertised deadline. Dunkirk’s approval would be contingent on… Read More
Jersey Shore communities will have to bear another hurricane season and winter without proper protection from coastal storms, with a federal beach replenishment project pushed back again – this time until at least spring 2016, a local official said. Toms River Councilman George Wittmann said he and other local officials have been in contact with… Read More
The City of Cape Town said on Thursday it had started with dredging operations at the Zandvleiestuary nature reserve near Muizenberg The city council said maintenance teams from its Environmental Resource Management and Transport division had commenced with the dredging operation of the sand bar at the mouth of Zandvlei as part of the necessary… Read More
“I assumed that it was a typo, that a zero was missing,” County Administrator Sel Hemingway said. State legislators say it was no mistake that caused funds for dredging the Georgetown port to go from $2.5 million to $250,000 in this year’s budget. The sales tax in Georgetown County went up by a penny this… Read More
There’s more progress on long-touted plans to deepen the channel at Broward County’s seaport to host larger ships, boost business and create jobs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set aside $1.2 million this budget year to help fund the next phase of the dredging project, Port Everglades chief Steve Cernak announced Tuesday. Nearly… Read More
A massive dredging project at the Port of Redwood City has entered a new phase. The aim of the $12.8 million project is to deepen the channel to greater than 30 feet to allow more vessels to dock at the port. Before the project began, the depth of the Redwood Creek channel was 22 feet,… Read More
The Port of Calais in the north of France has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to go ahead with plans for a new €270 million cross?Channel terminal. The project funding had been under scrutiny in relation to the EU’s competition rules with concern that it may unduly distort competition in the internal market… Read More
The project will see the removal of almost 40 thousand tonnes of silt from the harbour, and will be ongoing for the next two months.The operation cost in the region of 6 million euro.County Clare engineering firm L&M Keating Ltd were announced as the contractor in May. Dunmore East Harbourmaster Harry McLoughlin says the dredging… Read More