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Treasury Rules were ‘Ignored’ Over Project to Dredge Peel Harbour

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The project to dredge Peel harbour was ‘mishandled’ and government financial regulations were ‘almost completely ignored’. That’s the damning conclusion of a Public Accounts Committee investigation into the removal and disposal of thousands of tonnes of silt from the town’s marina last year. The work created quite a stink from neighbours of the site in… Read More

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Midwest Floods: Death Toll Rises to 24 as States Take Stock of ‘Catastrophic’ Ruin

United States

As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely last weeks. The flood, fueled by more than 10in of rain over a three-day period that… Read More

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Comment Period Opens for Church Marina Plan

United States

The Army Corps of Engineers has opened the public comment period on T-Rex St. John LLC‘s application for a private commercial offshore marina in St. John’s Coral Bay. The comment period, which ends Jan. 25, gives members of the public, government agencies and other interested parties a chance to address concerns regarding the project. Those… Read More

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Parliament Approves €160 Million Loan for Takoradi Port

United States

Shipping company CMA-CGM says the parliament in Ghana recently ratified an agreement between Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority [GPHA], KBC Bank NV, Belfius Bank SA/NV, Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas Fortis NV/SA for €160 million to finance the additional civil and dredging works at Takoradi Port. Quoting Ghana Web, CMA-CGM said the agreement brings… Read More

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Brightlingsea Uses Dredging to Regenerate Saltmarshes

United States

Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners have announced a long term dredging and saltmarsh creation programme to improve channel depths and to restore vital intertidal marshes. Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners (BHC) face the daunting task of maintaining required depths in the harbour’s navigation channels, whilst balancing the needs of the natural environment around them. As with many harbours in… Read More

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Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Comment on Erie Harbor Dredging

United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on plans to dredge Erie’s harbor this summer and dump the materials in Lake Erie. The Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District is anticipating the need to dredge the federal navigation channels of Erie’s harbor including the entrance channel, harbor basin and three adjacent areas. The… Read More

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New Permit for Dredging Eases Burden of Eelgrass Protection, Newport Says

United States

Newport Harbor dock owners who for years have refrained from dredging sediment because of the cost of preserving eelgrass could soon see less mud under their boats. In December, Newport Beach received a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers and the California Coastal Commission for a program that allows small-scale maintenance dredging under and adjacent… Read More

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China’s Cosco Shipyard and CHEC Eye Sri Lanka Drydock

United States

China’s Cosco Shipyard Group Company Ltd and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd are studying the feasibility of building a drydock in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port, a top official said. Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman, Dhammika Ranatunga said the Chinese firms were conducting a new financial feasibility after the original location planned for the dry dock… Read More

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Inland Fisheries Told to ‘Back Off’ Over Dredging

United States

A MEMBER of Bandon Flood Group has said the people of Bandon are getting nothing but a ‘bucketful of excuses’ from both Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and Cork County Council, over dredging of the Bandon River. And at a meeting of Cork County Council on Monday, one angry councillor told the IFI to ‘back off’… Read More

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Dredging and Floods Task Force Planned as River Mole Threat Rises

United States

Parts of Elmbridge’s rivers could be dredged as a leading conservation trust looks to implement a new flood task group to stave off rising waters. It follows devastating flooding in the north of England after storms swept through the region. Four flood alerts are now in place in the borough as rising river levels continue… Read More

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Cuomo Plan Moves Champlain Canal Dredging Potential to Cash-laden Power Authority

United States

Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s plan to move the money-strapped Canal Corp. — which has no visible way to cover a multimillion-dollar plan to dredge toxic PCBs from the Champlain Canal on the Hudson River — under the wing of the cash-rich New York Power Authority has raised questions about whether it will buttress financial support for… Read More

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8 Questions on Bayshore Sea Wall Project

United States

When you start messing with beach access and waterfront views on the Jersey Shore, you’re going to create some controversy. If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t know that already, it sure found out during the public comment period on a proposed $79 million coastal protection project in Highlands. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

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Connecticut Environmental Commissioner Supports Army Corps Dredging Plan

United States

A plan designed to help keep a majority of dredged material out of Long Island Sound has been finalized, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dredging, a regular practice for maintaining federal navigation projects, involves removing mud and sand from the base of navigable waterways to make them deeper and easier for vessels… Read More

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Tenders Floated for Oman’s Largest Fishery Harbour

United States

Tenders were floated here yesterday for the construction of the Sultanate’s largest fishery harbour project at Duqm on the country’s Wusta coast. The facility is proposed to be integrated with a world-scale Industrial Fisheries Cluster envisaged as part of a mammoth Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under development at Duqm. Total investment in the harbour project,… Read More

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Minister Coveney Announces €18M Funding Programme for Fishery Harbours and Storm Damage Repairs

United States

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., today announced details of an €18m Capital Investment Package in 2016 for the development of Ireland’s fishery harbour network. Announcing the investment package, the Minister said “In total I am allocating €18m for this year’s Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme. I have set… Read More

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