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The timing is both coincidence and absolutely perfect. In the same month that an American president accused a Canadian prime minister of dishonesty, with a trade war rumbling along a traditionally cordial border, the Niagara Parks Commission decided Friday to approve a new memorial in the Toronto Power Park at Niagara Falls, Ont., not far… Read More
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has established its first ever “soil bank”, also the first of its kind in the Mekong Delta, according to the government’s e-newspaper at baochinhphu.vn. The move is prompted by the fact that local farmers have to dredge their shrimp ponds every year but there is not any place… Read More
Raghunath Bartade watched helplessly as his brother was dragged off the sand-mining boat, his leg tangled in the anchor rope and his arms flailing as he sank into the murky creek near Mumbai. Moments earlier, Raghunath and Babban Bartade had been dredging sand by hand from the bottom of the creek – an often deadly… Read More
Tens of thousands remained in evacuation centers as the Marikina River began to ease early Monday, officials said. The Marikina River reached a peak of 20.4 meters on Saturday night, just 2.6 meters below its 23-meter level recorded during Tropical Storm Ondoy’s onslaught in September 2009, said Mayor Marcelino Teodoro. Rescue boats deployed in Marikina… Read More
The Board of Directors of ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. wishes to announce that based on preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the fourth quarter and full year ended 30 June 2018, the Company and its subsidiaries is expected to report a net loss for 4Q FY2018 and FY2018 Results. The expected loss is… Read More
Three women are in the forefront as slingshot wielding teams patrol the Tien River and fight dangerous sand thieves. On a summer afternoon on the Doi islet, a sand-theft prevention team starts the boat engine and heads for the Tien River from a small tributary. Sitting on the boat prow, Ho Thi Be, 68, quickly… Read More
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Vince Beiser about his new book, The World in a Grain. The book tells the story of sand and the crucial role it plays in our lives. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sand. It’s everywhere, even in places you don’t expect. VINCE BEISER: Windows, silicon chips, the silicone elastic band in… Read More
Then there are the places where the beach itself is being hauled off. Illegal beach sand mining has been reported all over the world. In Morocco and Algeria, illegal miners have stripped entire beaches for construction sand, leaving behind rocky moonscapes. Thieves in Hungary made off with hundreds of tons of sand from an artificial… Read More
Sean Strawbridge, Chief Executive Officer for the Port of Corpus Christi, has been appointed by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) to the United States Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC). MTSNAC is a chartered, non-federal body that advises the U.S. Secretary of Transportation through the Maritime Administrator (MARAD) on matters relating to U.S. maritime transportation… Read More
General Electric (GE -1.1%) is working with bankers on a possible sale of its power conversion business, with a sale process perhaps beginning as soon as next month, Bloomberg reports. The unit formerly known as Converteam could fetch ~$1.5B, below the $3.2B GE paid for the assets in 2011, according to the report. GE reportedly… Read More
At a joint meeting of the Emmetsburg City Council and the Five Island Lake Board on July 25, the two bodies voted to remove the dredge from the lake and to explore methods for preserving the machine for future use. Councilmember Bill Burdick, Jr. opened the meeting by saying he has spoken to “some city… Read More
Claiming that dredging in Aunt Lydia’s Cove last year contributed to damage to his revetment this past winter, a Minister’s Point property owner is threatening to block the town’s plan to clear shoals from the North Inlet. Gerald Milden is asking that before emergency dredging is done across Chatham Harbor from his home, the town… Read More
The public trust doctrine has protected tidal waters for the benefit of the people since Roman times. In the United States, we inherited the responsibility of respecting the public trust from the King of England. The State of New Jersey has promoted the public trust doctrine and claimed ownership of land washed by the tides…. Read More
As fine sand is taken from the Lagos coastlines to provide housing for urban dwellers, the business generates great profits for urban property developers as the waterfront business booms with an increasing need for housing for over 20 million Lagosians. Its impact has also brought despair upon residents who have to deal with the polluted… Read More
You see them every day, as you cross between mainland and island or even travel out to the outskirts of Lagos, miles and miles of pristine yellow beach sand. This sand, while unassuming has borne a thriving industry of miners and itinerant dredgers for almost a century and served as the home for several hundred… Read More