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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
At the same time the North Atlantic Division (NAD) has supported U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) response and recovery efforts following recent major storm events elsewhere in the United States, it has remained intensely focused on Superstorm Sandy repair, restoration and risk-reduction projects in the northeast six years since that major weather event. The… Read More
Today, South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) president and CEO, Jim Newsome, presented the annual State of the Port to an audience of approximately 600 customers, elected officials and shipping industry representatives at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Jim’s presentation focused on the Port’s successes, strategic infrastructure investments to support continued container volume growth, new initiatives… Read More
The president signed a bill last week authorizing the dredging of Hampton Harbor and local officials hope funding for the project will now come in 2019. The project was included in the America’s Water Infrastructure Act, signed last week by President Donald Trump. The bill identifies priority projects around the country, though does not include… Read More
On Tuesday, President Trump signed Senate Bill 3021, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA 2018) into law. The bill authorizes an estimated $3.8 billion in new Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, fiscal year 2019 appropriations of $7 billion, and emergency supplemental funds of $17.4 billion. The legislation includes the Water Resources Development… Read More