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The Lavallette dunes and boardwalk, Jan. 23, 2019. (Photo: Daniel Nee) Lavallette will begin receiving beach replenishment sand and newly-built dunes in about a week, officials said. Stephen Rochette, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia district, said the project will come to Lavallette after work is completed in the South Seaside Park… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District is hosting a public meeting on January 31 to gather public input into its planning efforts to manage Mississippi River dredged material in Winona, Minnesota. The meeting is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Winona County History Center, 160 Johnson Street, Winona, Minnesota…. Read More
Photo Credit: Sarah Gamard / LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE, La. (Office of the Governor) – Governor John Bel Edwards has announced his plans to designate more than $350 million in coastal dollars, including $55 million from FY18 surplus dollars to Louisiana’s coastal trust fund. Within those surplus dollars, $15 million will be… Read More
Photo: Circuit Court Judge Andrea McHugh Complaint sought to stop plan to dig to renourish Lido Key, but another lawsuit remains SARASOTA — A repeated attempt by a Siesta Key group to curtail the city’s planned dredging of Big Pass to renourish Lido Beach’s disappearing shoreline has been blocked by a judge. Circuit Court Judge… Read More
DULUTH, Minn.- The city of Duluth hosted a public information meeting on park point, to go over the upcoming harbor dredging, taking place this summer. Over 100,000 cubic yards of clean sands and clay will be dredged out of the Duluth-Superior harbor and placed along Minnesota point near the Wisconsin Entry. The city says this… Read More
Jan De Nul Group’s subsidiary Payra Dredging Company Limited (PDCL) entered into a concession agreement with Payra Port Authority for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Rabnabad Channel at Payra Port. This Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract was awarded at the end 2017. Under this agreement, Jan De Nul Group will be responsible for the… Read More
A boat sits at the Hells Gate State Park marina on a breezy Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston. Park staff have until March 1 to complete dredging of the Snake River near the park, but a partial government shutdown may force a delay. Tribune/Pete Caster Officials at Hells Gate State Park are preparing to dredge the… Read More
Batemans Bay Marina on the NSW south coast has launched an online petition seeking support for immediate action to be taken on dredging the Clyde River entrance to provide safe access for boats. According to the petition – which can be signed here – the last dredging works were carried out in 2016 and, since… Read More
Colombo, January 23 (Xinhua): For Sri Lankan engineer Sanjeewa Alwis, a veteran of the Colombo Port City project, the four state-of-the-art Chinese dredging vessels pumping yellow sea sand was an endearing spectacle. With the reclamation of land completed, the Chinese-funded Port City under construction near the Colombo Harbor is beginning to take shape. It will… Read More
In a move to address Cagayan River basin’s continued siltation, the provincial government of Cagayan has urged the public to take responsibility in bringing back the forest cover along Sierra Madre and the Cordillera mountain ranges. Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said that the heavily silted Cagayan River bed had also caused the recent flooding, particularly… Read More
Come monsoon, Sarakki lake, one of the largest in the Koramangala-Challaghatta valley, will be reborn. The hope is that the ongoing dredging and desilting work will conclude as per plan and the lake will get filled with fresh water. For the community around the lake who led the fight to save it, the struggle has… Read More
Ohio’s latest grant of $1.9 million to boost the on-shore disposal of material dredged from the Port of Toledo shipping channel is a positive move from the state. A lot more will have to follow. Toledo cannot afford to lose its port commerce, which is what will happen if the shipping channel can’t be dredged…. Read More
Waikaia Gold has pulled the pin on its gold dredging operation in northern Southland, and is scheduled to finish in March. The company has decided against going into a year-long fourth phase of mining. During more than five years, Waikaia Gold has taken well over 2 tonnes of fine alluvial gold from about 150ha of… Read More
Delta MP Carla Qualtrough, seen in this file photo, was in Richmond late last month to award funding for a estuary restoration project in the Fraser River Delta. Photograph By fileAn estuary restoration project in the Fraser River Delta will now be completed thanks to funding from the federal government. Delta MP Carla Qualtrough was… Read More
A hyacinth harvester at the Kisumu port. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG Dredging Kisumu port has rekindled hopes of turning the lakeside city into a major regional maritime transport hub. According to African Union’s High Representative for Infrastructure Development Raila Odinga the initiative, fronted by the Lake Region Economic Bloc and Uganda’s Mangoe Tree… Read More