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Waving American flags and toting signs demanding, “Save our Beach. Dunes now!” more than 600 residents of Ortley Beach and their supporters marched from the bay to the ocean early Saturday to call attention to the narrow beaches and tiny dunes in this oceanfront Toms River neighborhood that they say provide little protection from a… Read More
A Newton Stewart resident who has monitored the River Cree almost every day for 18 years says Dumfries and Galloway Council could save millions in flood defences by simply dredging the river. Jim McDonald, who lives in Arthur Street, believes the big flood of November 2012 was linked to work done on weirs further up… Read More
A plan to spend $1.3 billion or more restoring the Los Angeles River and redeveloping nearby land inched forward Thursday as a federal review board agreed to let the proposal proceed. The Civil Works Review Board of the Army Corps of Engineers unanimously approved the plan, echoing support pledged 14 months ago by Assistant Army… Read More
Alnwick / Haldimand Township councillors are wondering whether the unique Nawautin Sanctuary should be allowed to “naturalize” or whether dredging of the main pond and / or four silt ponds should be pursued. The topic came up during the July 16 Township Council session held at the Alnwick Civic Centre after councillors reviewed minutes from… Read More
Major Jacksonville Port Authority tenant TraPac Inc. is getting behind a dredging plan that would involve deepening a shorter part of the St. Johns River at a reduced cost, according to a statement. The new plan, which scales back dredging from 13 miles to 11, would affect TraPac, which is based at Dames Point. If… Read More
The Port of Hueneme’s new long-term strategic plan calls for dredging a deeper channel so the port can handle more container ships. The port also plans to increase its use of rail shipping and make other improvements to stay on the cutting edge of global trade. The Oxnard Harbor District, which owns and operates the… Read More
Sugar traders loading from Northeast Brazil‘s key sugar export terminal at Maceio port could see freight costs rise, after the local maritime agency was Friday forced to revise down the draft by 1 meter to 9.5 m after a build-up of silt and mud went unchecked for decades. Andre Luiz Macena de Lima, president of… Read More
Ocean City Council approved an ordinance on introduction that calls for for the overall appropriation of $2,693,000 and the borrowing of $2,558,350 for various projects. This included the $2,632,500 needed to move spoils from Site 83 to Wildwood to pave the way for the dredging of back bays and lagoons in Ocean City. Of the… Read More
About 80 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Monday boarded and attempted to tow away five sand-dredging barges as part of their ongoing campaign against two firms they accuse of polluting a local waterway and causing riverbank collapses, activists and officials said. Yoeun Tinit, a member of environmental NGO Mother Nature, said Rainbow… Read More
The Managing Director of Calabar Channel Management Limited (CCM), Mr. Bart Van Eenoo has said that there was nothing fishy about the contract for the dredging of Calabar port awarded to the consortium. Eenoo was reacting to calls by the Nigerian Shippers Association for President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the N20bn contract awarded to CCM… Read More
Wellfleet selectmen will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss the dredging needs of the town’s sand-choked harbor. The area was last dredged in 2001, and now officials are worried the silt problem will cause safety hazards if it is not dredged soon. Task force member and Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting Executive Director… Read More
San Luis Obispo resident Rob Davidson laughed as he recalled watching a Subarudrive across Laguna Lake a few months ago. “Someone called and complained,” he said, and shortly after, the city dropped a boulder onto the boat ramp to prevent other drivers from exploring the dry, cracked lakebed. In past years, Davidson and neighbor John… Read More
Parliament could be asked to give the new Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) the power to raise income locally for its vital flood prevention work. The idea of giving the authority the legal power to raise income from householders and landowners/occupiers, is just one of four options for how an annual £2.7 million could be found…. Read More
All efforts will be made to streamline the much lauded International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Monday. The ICTT was opened in 2011. “I assure the house that very soon, I will be calling a meeting of all concerned to see how best we can rev up… Read More
A study regarding the possible dredging of Town Cut in St George’s has been carried out, sparking hope that “procrastination” on the project is finally coming to an end. New mayor Quinell Francis is one of many in recent years who have voiced support for modifying the cut — allowing it to accommodate bigger ships… Read More