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A Stormont department is being taken to court after it was accused of failing to protect Lough Neagh from sand dredging. Friends of the Earth yesterday made a successful bid at the High Court for a judicial review of the Department of the Environment’s alleged failure to protect the lough’s bed. Approximately 1.5 million tons… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Little Rock District recently opened a public comment period through Oct. 15 regarding the development of a draft feasibility study and environmental impact statement on the Three Rivers area in southeast Arkansas. The Three Rivers study, a $3 million U.S. Corps of Engineers project to seek a permanent fix… Read More
When a large Luxembourg-registered dredger arrived in South Iceland last week, hopes were raised on the Westman Islands—but it has since run into difficulties which are hampering its work. The Taccola is 90 meters long and is run by a Belgian/Luxembourg company which specializes in tactical dredging around the world, including a recent million-ton project… Read More
Federal funding for a proposed plan to dredge and expand the Port of Palm Beach remains unavailable more than a year after U.S. Representative Lois Frankel told U.S. Army to withhold the money. Tim Murphy, deputy district engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told the port commission last week that the funding remains… Read More
Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging the United States Army Corps of Engineers to promptly adopt a draft dredging plan and environmental impact statement for Long Island Sound, arguing that without the continued availability of the four currently operated water disposal sites in Long Island Sound, Connecticut’s maritime industry will suffer irreparable damage. In a… Read More
Staten Islanders weighed in this summer during the public comment period for a proposed East Shore storm resiliency project, and a final report for the plan is expected by the end of the year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed to build a buried seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach and a… Read More
Due to the development of the Black Sea region as one of the major regional centers of world trade, the ports and countries intensify competition. Recently, Ukraine has taken a number of measures aimed to increase the attractiveness of its maritime ports. Russia also intends to increase the attractiveness of its Black Sea deep-water ports… Read More
Since federal money stopped flowing to dredging efforts, municipalities in Southeastern North Carolina have used their own dollars to push out the sand piling up in local inlets. Now North Carolina’s 2015-16 budget, signed Friday, will lessen the local burden. Dredging — moving accumulated sand out of inlets — is necessary to keep waterways navigable… Read More
China was carrying out land reclamation in contested waters of the South China Sea this month, more than four weeks after saying it had stopped such activity, a U.S. expert said on Tuesday, citing recent satellite images. The evidence of continued dredging in the Spratly archipelago could complicate a visit to the United States by… Read More
Lagos State Government has vowed to combat the menace of illegal street trading and hawking in the state as part of its effort to attain a cleaner and healthier environment. Also, the state government has directed the enforcement arm of the Ministry of the Environment to enforce the state’s ban on illegal sand dredgers operating… Read More
The Government of Maharashtra is expected to issue an ordinance soon to check illegal dredging of sand from river beds and creeks, in view of the loss of natural wealth and ecological harm caused by the activity. During the District Planning Council (DPC) meeting held here yesterday, where the elected representatives demanded a complete ban… Read More
Sand, a seemingly inexhaustible commodity along the coast of North Carolina, is a fickle resource, continually shifted by wind and water. “You can’t control sand, but you can manage it,” said Layton Bedsole Jr., New Hanover County’s shore protection coordinator. Carolina Beach officials say their community is an example of successful sand management. Because of… Read More
Dhaka has sought Thimphu’s opinion about whether it is interested to join a consortium aiming to get regional IDA assistance from the World Bank to increase navigability on Indo-Bangla water protocol route through dredging, officials said. To get the assistance from International Development Association (IDA) for a regional project, involvement of at least three countries… Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Thursday made mockery of the idea of dredging as a major policy thrust by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Timi Alaibe, if elected governor, describing it as ridiculous. The PDP said Alaibe is interested in dredging because “he owns the biggest dredging machines in… Read More
Environmentalists say Gov. Andrew should keep General Electric Co. from dismantling PCB dredging equipment pending a thorough review of the project’s success. This fall, GE plans to conclude an estimated $2 billion, federally-ordered cleanup of the Hudson River from Fort Edward to Troy. The company discharged PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), a suspected carcinogen, into the river… Read More