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A new business intelligence report released by HTF MI with title “Global Dredge Special Vessels Market Study 2015-2025, by Segment (Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger, Cutter-suction Dredge, Trailing Suction Dredge,), by Market (Deep Sea, Offshore), by Company (Anhui Peida Ship Engineering, Astilleros Jose Valiña, Barkmeijer Stroobos BV,)” that targets and provides comprehensive market analysis with future… Read More
The Township of Wellington North is getting a large assist from the federal government and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities with upgrades to the Arthur Wastewater Treatment Plant. Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, and Berry Vrbanovic, Green Municipal Fund Council member and Mayor of Kitchener,… Read More
The Brisbane River is nearing an ecological tipping point for the first time in more than 30 years. Two of Queensland’s leading river ecologists, Australian Rivers Institute director Stuart Bunn and Healthy Land and Water principal scientist Paul Maxwell, agree hard policy decisions need to be made. Nitrogen and phosphorus levels have increased in the… Read More
People who live along the Neuse River have seen floodwaters roll downstream and inundate their towns far too often. “You don’t think about this would happen again,” Goldsboro resident Jonathan Gardner said after Hurricane Florence swamped the area two months ago. “Do something about the river. Fix the bottle necks,” Kinston restaurant owner Joe Hargitt… Read More
The prime minister was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey, who is also the MP of the neighbouring Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency. This is the first of the four multi-modal terminals being constructed on the National Waterway-1 (river… Read More
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC has launched the hull of the Spartacus, the largest cutter suction dredger ever built. The 164-meter vessel is an order for Belgian dredging firm DEME, and she will be among the first of her kind powered by LNG. The Spartacus’ cutter ladder is designed to reach to a dredging depth of… Read More
The lake dredging of Carolina Beach has caused the town countless problems since its inception and was suspended after dredging spoils were being placed on federal property without proper permissions. Now, more than a year and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, the town has found a potential site to put the dredging materials —… Read More
As Louisiana moves into an era of dramatically increased spending on coastal restoration projects – approaching $1 billion a year – the state’s leaders must remain guided by science and not politics, Gov. John Bel Edwards warned Wednesday (Nov. 7). Speaking at a summit on the future of the state’s $50 billion, 50-year coastal master… Read More
Along a 3-mile section of coastline in Southwestern Louisiana, a giant crane is dumping large rocks to cap a first-of-its-kind shoreline protection project. The $34 million effort, funded through a state and federal task force, benefits the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf of Mexico. Donated to the state of Louisiana nearly a century… Read More
There is a great deal of active and formerly active agricultural land along the major rivers in Vermont. In some cases, this land has been farmed for 200 years or more. Phosphorus, in various forms, has been applied throughout the active farming periods, including the period when governments encouraged and subsidized high rates of phosphorus… Read More
A new study shows dredging a 23-mile portion of the Grand River from the Fulton Street bridge to the Bass River could create a $5.7-million annual economic impact and raise riverfront property values by 16.9 percent. The state-funded study was completed by East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group and commissioned by Grand River Waterway, a nonprofit… Read More
A long-awaited draft feasibility study released by the Texas General Land Office and the Army Corps of Engineers pegs the cost of constructing a series of resiliency projects along the Texas coastline at between $23 and $31 billion. The largest project in the study is a storm surge barrier between Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island,… Read More
Northwest Ohio is on the clock. By mid-year 2020, a long-held practice on Lake Erie will come to an end. Each year, eight Ohio harbors along the Lake Erie coast are dredged to keep shipping channels open, with 25 percent coming from Toledo Harbor, according to the Ohio EPA. The dredged material is dumped in… Read More
After four years of embarking on an upstream campaign to fund a dredge of its namesake river, the Schuylkill Navy — with the help of Penn — may finally be making some headway. The city hosted a meeting on Sept. 28 with the Schuylkill Navy and seven local universities, including Penn, to discuss the possibility… Read More
Hope springs eternal, a human inclination affecting romance, dieting, new year’s resolutions, and a good deal more. International investing is prominent among the activities often influenced by a hope that things somehow will work out, whatever the landmines known to obstruct the path toward healthy economic returns. Which brings us to the tale of Process… Read More