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Navigability crisis has badly disrupted ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the past two weeks, multiplying the woes of thousands of passengers of 21 southern districts. As four ro-ro ferries have remained out of operation for two weeks, 14 medium and small ferries transported goods and passengers during this period. But operations of medium… Read More
Kenya’s port of Mombasa last week handled the Maersk-operated, MV Clemens Schulte, the first time a container vessel with almost 6000 TEU capacity is calling on the East African coastline. According to a Kenya Ports Authority statement, ‘The arrival of the ship signifies yet another benefit of the completed capacity expansion projects. The dredging of… Read More
In light of a July 2015 report on mercury contamination, dredging in the Ramapo-Pompton Rivers is “inevitable,” but just how much contaminated river sediment needs to be removed — and how much this will impact nearby residents — remains to be seen, according to a Rutgers professor. “It’s certainly going to spark a clean up,”… Read More
The large scale Hudson River clean up project is nearing the finish line as General Electric Co. (GE) expects to complete its estimated $2 billion PCB dredging project in October. But some groups say infrastructure and equipment shouldn’t be removed until questions are answered about PCBs in other parts of the river and surrounding flood… Read More
The Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says his agency supports recommendations for the management of dredged materials that have been proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “The Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) released by the Army Corps identifies a range of environmentally sound alternatives for the handling of… Read More
Three coastal restoration plans have been selected in an international design contest kicked off two years ago by theEnvironmental Defense Fund. Plans call for multiple diversions, starting in Belle Chase, in varying locations for the next 100 years. The competition was called “Changing Course.” It centers on harnessing the power of the Mississippi River to… Read More
The latest version of Adani’s controversial plan to dredge in Great Barrier Reefwaters to expand its Queensland coal port is poised to go before federal environment minister Greg Hunt for approval. Guardian Australia understands Queensland mining minister Anthony Lynhamwill announce on Thursday that an environmental impact statement on the Abbot Point port expansion is complete,… Read More
SCUBA-DIVERS ARE objecting to Dublin Port’s plans to dump 10 million tonnes of dredging waste off Howth Head. The process is being carried out as part of the port’s massive revamp plan. An Bord Pleanála gave the green light to the €230 million redevelopment plan – aimed at increasing the flow of cargo and cruise… Read More
Unless the Sicamous channel is dredged, the community may see some of its tourism economy slip away. This was part of the message delivered to District of Sicamous council by Mary-Ann Easton and Bill Anderson, who served as a delegation representing stratas for the Riverside and the Narrows. With the low water in the channel,… Read More
Deepening Port Miami to make way for bigger ships has caused far more damage to rare coral at the bottom of Biscayne Bay than federal wildlife managers originally calculated. In a series of letters and emails with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing dredge work, the National Marine Fisheries Service warned between… Read More
In a new effort to protect fish threatened by drought, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is taking steps to limit activities including suction dredging and certain construction projects in rivers around the state, including rivers in Jefferson County. Effective immediately, emergency regulations filed by WDFW Aug. 14 prohibit or restrict suction dredging… Read More
he success of inland ports such as Duisburg and Nanjing, which have been competing well with sea ports, offer clear evidence of the merits of leveraging inland waterways — a far more efficient mode of transportation than either road or rail, considering that just a single mid-sized barge has the dry-cargo capacity equivalent to 50… Read More
The Army Corp of Engineers released it’s plans Tuesday for dredging Long Island Sound from area harbors and ship navigation channels. The plan looks at ways to handle more than 50-million cubic yards of material including silt and sand. This process will help allow ships to make their way through the waters. The draft suggests… Read More
A dredging “handicap” and lacklustre trade with China and Russia hurt the Port of Hamburg’s container volumes, as it experienced a 6.8% downturn in the first half of the year, handling 4.5m teu. The fall in cargos to and from China and Russia hit Hamburg especially hard as Hamburg handles a 6% higher proportion of… Read More
All forms of dredging have been banned in an area of seabed off Scotland’s west Highlands coast, following a scallop dredger’s damage to a coral-like seaweed called maerl, reports the BBC. Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead told the newspaper the scale of the damage had left him with no choice but to bring forward the… Read More