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Florida elected officials, environmentalists and seafood workers are bracing for the release of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft plan for the river system that feeds struggling Apalachicola Bay. Last updated in 1989, the all-important plan — known as an operating manual — controls freshwater flows throughout the network of dams and reservoirs in… Read More
Concerns have been raised about the effect the combination of low tides and gathering sands is having at Bunbeg Harbour. The harbour is regarded as one of the busiest in the North West and there are now claims that day-to-day activity by fishermen is curtailed due to a huge build-up of sand. There have also… Read More
FISHERMEN have voiced concern about the continued dredging of sand from Ireland’s biggest lake. The intervention by Lough Neagh fishermen comes after charity Friends of the Earth confirmed it is to take legal action against the Department of Environment after it failed to stop unauthorised sand extraction. A year ago environment minister Mark H Durkan… Read More
After seven years, dredging on the Hudson River is nearly over. “The Hudson River dredging project will be completed within days,” said Mark Behan, whose firm was hired by GE to handle public relations for the project. But the debate is just getting started over what to do with the 110-acre plant that has processed… Read More
The work that starts this week will widen the Port of Tauranga harbour entrance channel and deepen the shipping lane from 12.9 metres to 14.5m inside the harbour and to 15.8m outside. Dredging will allow ships to enter the port 50 percent more laden than existing vessels. But it took a four year legal battle… Read More
Falmouth traders were commiserating after the biggest cruise liner of the season was unable to dock in the bay this morning. The Norwegian Star, which was expected to bring between 800-1000 visitors to Falmouth was not able to dock this morning. Heavy swell in Falmouth Bay meant that the cruise ship decided not to risk… Read More
Mozambique’s Transport and Communications Minister, Carlos Mesquita has said the German consultant who drew up a viability study on the Malawian government’s plans to turn the Shire and Zambezi rivers into a commercial waterway for the country’s imports and exports concluded that the two rivers are not navigable in their natural state, APA learns here… Read More
Cuyahoga Falls — To say the removal of the Gorge Dam would be a big project is an understatement. In an informational meeting that drew some 150 people to the Natatorium on Sept. 24, a consultant hired by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency presented his preliminary findings. The project would cost upwards of $70 million,… Read More
The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce will host a Dredging Forum, “Our Economy is Aground” focusing on the need for regulatory changes now, and future issues to be addressed. Congressman Frank LoBiondo will be the keynote speaker addressing concerns on the federal level followed by a panel of speakers to discuss dredging issues on… Read More
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