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BOAT owners in Burry Port are urging the county council to set out a definite strategy to safeguard the future of their beloved harbour. People have called on the county council to detail their plans to tackle rising levels of sand and silt, which are currently slashing boat owners’ time on the water. This comes… Read More
Following agitation by the tribals of Saputara and Navagam villages in the last few days demanding steps to check depletion of water in Sarpaganga lake, Dang district administration on Thursday ordered desilting and dredging of the pond. Officials of Saputara Notified Area Authority have asked hotel owners and others to remove their pipelines from Sarpaganga… Read More
SILT and sand piling up in Burry Port harbour, which is resulting in an annual loss of up to £78,000 in potential income, could soon be tackled. At a meeting of Carmarthenshire Council’s Executive Board on Monday the ongoing issues at the harbour, including a significant build up of sand and silt, were discussed. Councillors… Read More
Representative of major British ports have called for government funding, both in Britain and the rest of Europe, to be distributed more equally between ports. In a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ports and Maritime this week, the new British ports and maritime minister, Robert Goodwill, was quizzed by representatives of British ports…. Read More
A letter signed by 141 members of the state Assembly is calling for General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to expand the company’s Hudson River PCB cleanup operations until it fulfills its responsibility to “make the river a safe and usable resource” once again, according to a press release from Assembly Member Steven Englebright, chairman of the… Read More
Byron Shire Council has called on the state government to defer any dredging of the Brunswick Heads boat harbour and navigation channels, and will refuse to allow council’s boat ramp to launch the dredge vessel till questions on the works have been answered. Council yesterday moved an urgency motion calling on lands and water minister… Read More
The debate may have been cordial, but the most recent discussion on the dredging of the St. Johns River made it obvious that opposing stakeholders are still nowhere near finding one unified solution for the harbor deepening project. Representatives for the port, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, the Rodman Reservoir and the local longshoremen’s union all… Read More
Those who have long been waiting for Duxbury Harbor to be dredged may have longer to wait. There was only one bidder for the project, and the bid by Cashman/Burnham came in at nearly $5.65 million, higher than the government’s estimate, according to Tim Dugan, spokesman for the New England district of the Army Corps… Read More
The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is about to start a major dredging project involving the White River. The three-year project would take place from Newport down to Clarendon. Vickie Wilson is with the Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis. She told the Arkansas Waterways Commission the first year would be gathering permits and conducting… Read More
As General Electric finishes up its sixth and final season of dredging the Hudson River of toxic PCBs, more than 160 state legislators and several advocacy groups sent letters to CEO Jeffrey Immelt urging the company to go above and beyond its mandated dredging requirement. The letters, sent last month, were signed by 25 senators… Read More
A deeper ship channel has been scrapped as part of a study on future expansion at the state port, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed. The Corps undertook an expansion study in 2011 that was modified in 2013 to include deepening the ship channel from 36 feet to 42-47 feet. Channel deepening is… Read More
The recent enforcement notice issued to companies dredging from Lough Neagh was top of the agenda at a recent meeting involving representatives from Norman Emerson’s Stone, the DUP and Environment Minister Mark H Durkhan. Stephen Moutray MLA said, “I felt the meeting was positive and progressive with the Minister taking on board the concerns from… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of commercial dredging of sand and gravel from the Kansas River in the State of Kansas. The proposed dredging will occur within portions of the river between the mouth of the Kansas River… Read More
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has concluded plans to bring about the development of the nation’s inland waterways transport just as it has pledged the full implementation of the national transport code. NIWA’s Acting Managing Director, Barr. Danladi Ibrahim recently unfolded his plans towards a total transformation of the services currently being rendered, highlighting… Read More
A NEW ports bill restricting capital dredging has drawn some criticism from green groups and the state’s peak resources organisation. While both sides support most of the Sustainable Ports Development Bill that Mines MinisterAnthony Lynham introduced to Queensland Parliament in June, they are pushing for changes to the proposed legislation. The Queensland Resources Council has… Read More