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The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission unanimously approved a variance Tuesday enabling the N.C. Ports Authority to go ahead with a $16 million dredging project to enlarge existing ships’ turning basin to accommodate larger container vessels, according to CRC Chair Frank Gorham. According to the variance materials, the present 1,200-foot turning basin at the Port of… Read More
By building the equivalent of a seawall along the channel, there is hope the district may be able to build a better case to have the channel dredged. At its Nov. 25 committee of the whole meeting, Sicamous council discussed a concept of the channel devised by Coun. Jeff Mallmes. It includes the east side… Read More
Officials in Kien Giang Province have proposed a stop to the dredging of sea passages and to the export of sand at a military harbor on Phu Quoc Island, saying it causes erosion at a nearby beach. According to a report by Phu Quoc authorities, the sand dredging has ‘eaten away’ a kilometer of beach… Read More
Stone Harbor has begun its much anticipated dredging of the back bay but the borough’s decision to use the municipal marina land at 80th Street as the dewatering site has neighbors in the area up in arms. Borough Administrator Jill Gougher said that the borough engineer considered other possible sites for the dewatering facility but… Read More
Mayor Dale Massad’s bid to halt the collection of BP oil spill dollars for waterfront improvements in Port Richey has failed. Massad, who won his seat in an October special election, made it a priority upon taking office to question the legality of parts of a plan that garnered an award of $667,000 in federal… Read More
Bandon businessman Aidan Holland said 27 businesses had signed a petition committing to withholding rates if the Office of Public Works (OPW) does not have the scheme started by June 30th. “We only started this on Tuesday and so far 27 businesses have signed up, pledging to withhold over €550,000 in rates if the work… Read More
Amid all the devastation and recrimination over the floods in Cumbria hardly anybody mentions one factor that may not be the sole cause, but certainly hasn’t helped. That is the almost complete cessation of dredging of our rivers since we were required to accept the European Water Framework Directive (EWF) into UK law in 2000…. Read More
The Port of Jacksonville in Florida plans to spend $684 million for dredging to create a deeper port in anticipation of more and larger cargo ships. The Port of Jacksonville in Florida plans to spend $684 million for dredging to create a deeper port in anticipation of more and larger cargo ships, reports The Florida… Read More
The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) is planning to go ahead with its multi-cargo terminal project worth Rs 1,150 crore with a state-of-the-art design for which a tender will be floated to invite bidders to undertake the project. The proposed multi-cargo terminal of the MPT is expected to handle 25 metric tonnes of bulk and project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to finish its homework before ending the public’s chance to comment on a study that assesses the environmental impact of another proposed port expansion, community advocates said at a hearing Tuesday night. The corps held the hearing as part of its public-comment period, which runs through Monday, on… Read More
The public comment period for a study on Cheltenham flood mitigation has been extended until Jan. 22. The draft report by the Army Corps of Engineers recommends building six dry detention basins in Cheltenham and three in Abington to reduce the amount of downstream water flows around Tookany Creek and its tributaries. Before the $9.2… Read More
Kien Giang Province has requested that the government and the Navy end sand dredging at a military port in Phu Quoc as the activity is starting to cause severe erosion. A statement from the province authorities said the dredging has caused erosion along one kilometer around the island and there’s a risk that it will… Read More
State ports officials may now proceed with a $16 million dredging project to enlarge the existing ships’ turning basin to accommodate larger container vessels. The N.C. Ports Authority received a variance Tuesday from the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission to dredge a primary nursery area in the Cape Fear River. The variance was granted by way… Read More
“Spoils” has become a dirty word in shore towns looking to clear their waterways. The material is often seen as contaminated. “Well, that’s wrong,” said Stewart Farrell, director and founder of Stockton University’s Coastal Research Center. “In New Jersey, dredging has gone on with DEP review for 40 years.” Farrell said of the four coastal… Read More
Public procurement procedures for major infrastructural works such as flood relief schemes need to be made more robust and less exposed to legal challenge, according to a spokesperson for a group in Bandon who have been campaigning for six years for a scheme for the town. Gillian Powell of the Bandon Flood Group said that… Read More