PALM BEACH, Fla. — Dredging at the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach will begin Feb. 17 for 5-6 weeks, the town said in a statement. The Army Corps is expected to dredge 191,000 cubic yards of sand from the entrance to the channel for 2-3 weeks, and then pump the material onto the adjacent… Read More
Washington DC [US] February 16 (ANI): Chinese and Hong Kong businesses’ control of important infrastructure on the Panama Canal and other port facilities in the Western Hemisphere has prompted calls for Washington to take measures to lessen Beijing’s influence. According to a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA), Beijing has “a strategic position over one… Read More
The tikina Nasigatoka, which includes 7 villages and settlements in Nadroga-Navosa, has unanimously agreed to oppose any future dredging of the Sigatoka River due to the harmful impact that past dredging activities have had on the river’s ecosystem. A representative from the Tikina raised these concerns during a Government Public Consultation held at the Sigatoka… Read More
A German researcher and cultural anthropologist, Dr. Richard Kuba, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to invest in the dredging of river Niger to enable the country harness the abundant economic potentials of the river. Dr. Kuka who had carried out researches in Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, France, Australia and currently a researcher… Read More
After a little more than two months of work, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control said the first phase of a beach replenishment project immediately north of the Indian River Inlet is nearing completion. The emergency fortification project, estimated to cost between $25 million and $28 million, started in late November, following… Read More