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Developments at Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) in 2018 have so far proceeded in line with the market conditions as described during the 2017 annual results presentation. • Revenue virtually unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2017. Continued pressure on margins, particularly at the services activities of Offshore Energy. • Stable fleet utilization at… Read More
A COLERAINE-based waste and environmental specialist has secured a new £3.5 million government contract in the Republic. ATG Group, founded in 2006, has struck the major deal with the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to treat and dispose contaminated dredge material, with work already underway. The contract follows a £1m investment in… Read More
Tarrant voters easily approved a $250 million bond package to move forward Panther Island, the long-proposed river walk project planned north of downtown, late Saturday. The Trinity River Vision project — which would include rechanneling the Trinity River north of downtown to create an 800-acre island — drew more than 66 percent approval with all… Read More
Back in 1913, the borough was considered a summer vacation destination thanks to the opening of a health camp along the shores of Spotswood Lake. Today, Spotswood Lake is of course known as Devoe Lake and was actually purchased in 1930 from the U.S. Tobacco Co. for $500. Soon afterwards the lake was improved via… Read More
Laughlin community leaders are betting on a public works project to diversify the town’s economy. Clark County officials met with contractors to present the Laughlin Lagoon dredging project and solicit bids to do the work later this year. It’s a public-private partnership — fully funded with private money. Developers hope better access to the lagoon… Read More
To reduce the human health risk from high levels of mercury, PCBs and chromium in the Meadowlands, the federal government announced Monday a $332 million plan to dredge about 100 acres of waterways and marshland in Berry’s Creek, a key tributary of the Hackensack River that encircles MetLife Stadium. Mercury levels in Berry’s Creek, which… Read More
Captain Michael Mulholland was a man on a mission earlier this year, working to bring attention to dangerous shoaling sand conditions in Ponce Inlet. Mulholland, who operates Sea Spirit Deep Sea Fishing and the Manatee Scenic Tour Boat, called and wrote local and federal officials, saying shoaling in the inlet had reached a critical point…. Read More
With a target on potential new federal money, Marin’s lawmakers and county officials are teaming up with local leaders and activists to lobby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for $11.7 million to dredge the San Rafael Canal. San Rafael Public Works Director Bill Guerin and Nadine Urciuoli, CEO of the newly formed San Rafael… Read More
A scheduled dredging of the Oceanside Harbor to remove built-up sand and help provide safer boating has been delayed. The city expected dredging to begin in mid-April, a process overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Two weeks ago, the city was notified that operations could be pushed back another month, with a… Read More
Santa Barbara County Flood Control continues its emergency response to the January debris flows with hydraulic dredging of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. The dredging is an effort to relieve 20,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Salt Marsh deposited either naturally via the Franklin and Santa Monica Creeks during the heavy rains, or by… Read More