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The costs to upgrade Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich is up in the air. The project is estimated at $7.2 million, but dredging alone could cost up to $1.6 million, depending on how much material is dredged. Plans call for about 12,500 cubic yards to be dredged from the harbor during the upgrade, with the goal… Read More
This spring, a new breed of super freighters will begin steaming through a widened Panama Canal, each hauling one-and-a-half times more freight than the ships that can move through the canal now. But those new ships don’t come to the Port of Charleston because they can only pull up to and leave the busy Wando… Read More
Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, the chief of engineers for the Army Corps, deemed the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration project ready to be presented to Congress, but it must first go to Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy for an administrative review. If the plan meets Darcy’s standards, the proposal would potentially be submitted… Read More
Dare County commissioners have joined state Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, in calling for changes to a decades-old document that limits what parts of Hatteras Inlet can be dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers. Commissioners, during their meeting on Dec. 7, adopted a resolution supporting a letter sent by Cook to Col. Kevin P. Landers,… Read More
Rep. Janice Hahn is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund $10 million for repairs to the San Pedro breakwater to safeguard the harbor and portside community against potential harm from upcoming El Niño storms. Hahn, who represents the 44th Congressional District based in the Harbor Area, announced a plea for immediate… Read More
A whistleblower who lost his state contract after reporting his concerns that a state-funded dredging project violated environmental laws is set to receive $750,000 after a Baton Rouge jury ruled in his favor. Dan Collins was under contract to the state Department of Natural Resources as a land research consultant when he reported his concerns… Read More
Lake Erie is a big winner in Congress’s proposed year-end appropriations bill, with millions of dollars earmarked for dredging Cleveland Harbor, reducing harmful algal blooms, restoring habitat and improving water quality as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat, touted the congressional initiatives today, emphasizing that the bill contains… Read More
The state Department of Environmental Protection is expected to issue a permit today that is necessary for the shipping channel in the St. Johns River to be deepened. It moves the long-awaited project one step closer to fruition — but it also sets the stage for the St. Johns Riverkeeper to formally challenge the work…. Read More
Dare County commissioners have joined state Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, in calling for changes to a decades-old document that limits what parts of Hatteras Inlet can be dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At their board meeting on Dec. 7, commissioners adopted a resolution supporting a letter sent by Cook to Col. Kevin… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine‘s office is again challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ proposal to dump sediment from the Cuyahoga River directly into Lake Erie. The Army Corps, which dredges the navigation channel each year to keep the water deep enough for ships to pass through, has again requested permission to dump dredged-up… Read More
TREASURER and acting State Development Minister Curtis Pitt has instructed Ports North to focus on ways to increase the size of ships entering the city’s port. The Government has granted the authority an 18-month extension to an environmental impact statement. While full-scale dredging has been ruled out, Mr Pitt said dredging the mouth or approach… Read More
Environmental groups and lawmakers say the Great Lakes did well in the 2016 federal omnibus spending bill, which includes millions of federal dollars for pollution cleanup, habitat protection, waterway projects and port dredging. The year-end appropriations bill, a $1.1 trillion spending package that funds the federal government through September, includes $1.25 billion for U.S. harbor… Read More
Another potential stumbling block looms for Adani and plans to expand its Abbot Point coal port after conservationists flagged “material deficiencies” in an application for commonwealth approval before the environment minister, Greg Hunt. The North Queensland Conservation Council (NQCC) says it has uncovered secret plans for a tugboat harbour which its legal team indicated could… Read More
Parliament has given the country’s seaports operator, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), the go-ahead to secure a €160 million facility to finance additional civil and dredging works at Takoradi Port. The facility is being sourced by the GPHA from a syndicate of banks with BNP Paribas Fortis NV/SA as lead arranger and lender. The repayment… Read More
Inordinate delay by the State Government to undertake dredging of river Jhelum and strengthening of its embankments has evoked resentment among stakeholders and even prompted environmentalists to sound caution about imminent flood threat to the summer capital in coming years. Incessant rains in September last year led to abrupt rise in water levels of Jhelum—… Read More