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THE Escravos River, a distributary of the Niger River is a 35-mile (56-kilometre) westerly watercourse that traverses zones of mangrove swamps and coastal sand ridges before entering the Bight of Benin of the Gulf of Guinea. The Escravos is linked by a maze of interconnected waterways to the Forcados, Warri, Benin, and Ethiope rivers. Escravos… Read More
State-owned enterprise (SOE) Ukrainian Sea Port Authority and the TIS Group have signed a memorandum of understanding, providing for the implementation of infrastructure projects at the Yuzhny seaport (Odesa region), according to a posting on the website of the Infrastructure Ministry. The memorandum envisages the uniting of efforts of the SOE and the private company… Read More
Five years after first looking for it, the city of Fort Myers has a $775,000 grant in place to dredge Billy’s Creek. Combined with city funding, it means $1 million so that Fort Myers can get started on the removal of decades of sediment that has settled in the canal, making it more difficult for… Read More
Anaklia – Maritime construction works at Anaklia Deep Sea Port have commenced. The scale and engineering solutions of Anaklia Port’s maritime works are historical and unprecedented for Georgia. The maritime works for the port will be carried out by one of the most advanced and technically capable dredging vessels ever built. The vessel owned by… Read More
On Sept. 5, the removal of the Bloede Dam from the Lower Patapsco River near Ilchester, Md., began. Researchers from the University of Maryland are using drone imagery to monitor sediment movement before, during and after the dam removal. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources, researchers from the University of Maryland and environmentalists supporting the… Read More
A federal appeals court upheld Oregon’s ban on suction-dredge mining in the Rogue River and other wild salmon streams Wednesday, rejecting miners’ arguments that federal mining laws trump state law on public land. Miners say they may appeal a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that the ban championed by the late state… Read More
Sri Lanka’s $1.4 billion ( R20 billion) Port City development has elicited parallels to a number of major urban centre. At 269 hectares, the project is about the same size as central London, but its design resembles cities like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai. A decade ago, the idea of a Sri Lankan city that… Read More
Dan DiMicco, former CEO of Nucor Corporation and senior trade adviser to President Trump’s Campaign, will present “The Economic Plan for Growth and Global Competitiveness in the United States?Implications for Steel” in a keynote address at METALCON 2018 on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 11.00 a.m., in Charlotte, N.C. DiMicco will provide an overview of the… Read More
After about a decade of heavy sand dredging in the waterways of Cambodia’s Koh Kong province, a fishing community once recognised internationally for its rich ecosystem is struggling to fill its nets and crab cages. In response, villagers have been forced to find new work or leave their homes behind in what is now a… Read More
Dredge Yard adds another innovative dredging solution to their portfolio: the adaptive auger head. The adaptive auger head has two retractable visors placed both on the front and backside of the auger head. The visors move in and out, according to the shape of the seabed and according to the depth. A hydraulic arrangement and… Read More
Coeur Mining Inc. and Northern Empire Resources Corp. entered an agreement for Coeur to acquire all the issued and outstanding securities of Northern Empire not already owned by Coeur, the company announced Aug. 2. Northern Empire’s primary asset is the Sterling Gold Project in the Walker Lane District outside of Las Vegas, which consists of… Read More
The Sandra Kay, a clunky-looking dredge made of metal beams and cables, moves slowly over the surface of a murky pond in southeastern Montgomery County. Its odd appearance notwithstanding, this floating contraption is a vital tool in a flourishing industry that fuels the construction of roads, bridges and buildings across greater Houston and around the… Read More
The proponent of the giant Longview coal terminal has sued the state Department of Ecology and its director, contending they were biased and “intentionally” misapplied the federal Clean Water Act when they denied a permit for the $640 million project. “(Ecology) director Maia Bellon and her team ignored their responsibilities under the Clean Water Act…. Read More
According to Suffolk County records, state permits to dredge the Sebonac Inlet were never modified to allow for extra dredging that was requested—and paid for—by a number of individual donors who gave money to the Southampton Town Trustees to facilitate the dredging. The funds were supposed to be used to pay the dredge operator’s overtime—above… Read More
Royston Diesel Power’s advanced enginei EFMS (electronic fuel management system) has been specified as part of the new build programme for the first dredging vessel commissioned in 20 years by CEMEX UK Marine. The new £30m Damen Shipyards Group built CEMEX Go Innovation has been designed to extract sand and gravel from depths of up… Read More