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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
An agreement for a new Marlin Class electric dredge purchase between Nugent Sand Co. of Louisville, Ky., and DSC Dredge, LLC was confirmed following the NSSGA 2018 Annual Convention and AGG1 Expo, held in Houston, Texas. “NSSGA provides an excellent setting for aggregate producers and suppliers to engage and generate solutions for their requirements,” said… Read More
While some swept up on the beaches along the Namibian coast, spurring a diamond rush in 1908, others came to rest on the ocean floor. For a little while at least. Today, six ships comb the ocean, sucking sediment from the seabed. The immense vessels are operated by Debmarine Namibia, a joint venture between the… Read More
In an effort to launch a series of much needed dredging projects across the region, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito presented $3.6 million in grants on behalf of the Department of Energy and Environmental affairs to various Cape town’s through the states ‘2018 Navigational Dredging Pilot Program’. “As I have visited every community in this Commonwealth,… Read More
Faceless bureaucrats are being blamed for mounting silt that has grounded some boats in the “world’s smallest harbor” and rendered a key fuel dock inaccessible for long periods in the busiest charter port on the Oregon coast. Harbor authorities say it is just a matter of time before much of the port is rendered unusable… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District recently made available for review the “Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fish and Game, In-Lieu Fee Program, 2017 Annual Report.” The program serves as an alternative form of compensation for impacts to aquatic resources in Massachusetts that are authorized by the Corps’ New England District. Compensatory… Read More
Neyyattinkara on the banks of the Neyyar in South Kerala is now a forbidding landscape of swirling waters. There should be a rickety old hut at the end of a wobbly bridge somewhere out there. The solitary resident of that island, grandmother Darly, has been the voice of protest against illegal dredging of sand from… Read More
It’s tough sledding these days in the global ship repair market. Next year should be better. Even as the ship repair industry tracks the wider shipping upswing, the market remains depressed and hasn’t yet recovered from the crash a decade ago. Ship managers continue to squeeze every penny, and they’re getting expert help. A growing… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to pay for 10,000 threatened coral to be replanted to make up for damage caused when it dredged PortMiami and dug up more than 5 million cubic yards of seafloor. The deal, announced Monday, will settle a lawsuit brought by environmentalists who questioned the Corps’ dredging tactics… Read More
Dropping a claw-like device into the Indian River Lagoon that resembles those found in arcade games, Nayan Mallick scooped up a mound of black sludge and lifts it into a boat. His colleague, Danielle Juzwick, then ran her hand through the gooey substance, pointing out the leaves, twigs and small shells found in the black… Read More
Louisiana has a plan to shore up its disappearing coastline. The loss of coastal land threatens areas further inland, all the way to New Orleans, as the lands have historically served as buffers against storm surges — not to mention being an essential asset to the regional economy. Since 1932, according to the United States… Read More
The president of a company testing a technology to “clean the water” in the Indian River Lagoon says early results show his filtration system can remove of 97 percent of harmful nitrates. “And what we have is completely biodegradable,” said Hal Stuhler, president of Chemical And Metal Technologies, a bioremediation company out of San Mateo,… Read More
Sustain Our Great Lakes Partnership Announces $6.6 Million in Conservation Grants for Great Lakes Restoration WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sustain Our Great Lakes partners today announced $6.6 million in grant funding for 25 ecological restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin. Approximately $8.2 million in additional project support will be leveraged… Read More