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Growing Infrastructure Supports World-Class Service

United States

Adding cranes in Savannah or doubling Ro/Ro space in Brunswick is about more than boosting already impressive cargo numbers. The point is ensuring our ability to grow along with our customers, and never experiencing the congestion that occurs when demand becomes equal to capacity. GPA employees, our partners in the ILA and service providers deliver… Read More

Ettalong Channel Not Listed in State Dredging Strategy

Australia

The Brisbane Water channel has not been listed in the NSW Government’s dredging strategy. Priority regional locations listed in the strategy included 28 coastal harbours and river entrances from Tweed Heads in the north to Eden in the south but Brisbane Water was not included. “Locations where dredging would maintain navigational access to state-owned maritime… Read More

Public Consultation of Whangarei Harbour Dredging Begins

New Zealand

The New Zealand Refinery Company has long-held plans to dredge the Whangarei Harbour to allow fully laden oil tankers to enter. This week, it began public consultation taking the information to the people. An application is pending to dredge the main channel and ancient pathway of the sperm whale into Whangarei Harbour. Te Parawhau elder… Read More

Lake Odessa Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Habitat Restoration

United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in cooperation with its partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lake Odessa Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project April 6 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony, which celebrates the completion of… Read More

RCC, AMA, Dredge Masters Initiate Massive De-silting of Drains in Accra Ahead of Rains

Ghana

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in partnership with the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), has put together a scheme to clear a number of drains in Accra of silt ahead of this year’s rainy season. Being executed by Dredge Masters Limited, the exercise is part of measures to prevent the drainage systems in the capital from… Read More

Gov. Edwards Outlines Concerns to Trump Budget Chief

United States

Wyly Gilfoil remembers when 25 million bushels of Louisiana corn and soybeans were dry docked at the state’s largest inland port in Lake Providence in 2012 before the Army Corps of Engineers was pressured by Congress to dredge the port channel and the Mighty Mississippi during a low-water drought. The Lake Providence Port director said… Read More

US Army Corps of Engineers to Help Revitalize Illinois River, Peoria Lakes

United States

The Illinois River could have a brighter, cleaner future ahead. A regional coalition of county leaders and environmentalists are celebrating the announcement that the US Army Corps of Engineers will commit labor and funding to prioritize projects to revitalize the Illinois River. It’s an effort nearly 20 years in the making. The Peoria Lakes Basin… Read More

Province Drops $10M For Abbotsford Flood Protection

Canada

Simon Gibson, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission, on behalf of Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness Naomi Yamamoto,announced $10 million in flood protection funding for the City of Abbotsford as part of the Province’s major investment in emergency preparedness and public safety. The funds are part of over $80 million in emergency preparedness funding announced by the… Read More

Coast Guard Signals Popular Shore Inlet No Longer Safe for Boaters

United States

Boaters relying on navigation charts and buoys to traverse Little Egg Inlet on their way to and from the Atlantic Ocean could be in for a rude surprise this year — and maybe a damaged boat. Sandbars and shallows in the approaches to the scenic inlet migrate so often and unpredictably that the United States… Read More

FG to Review $150M Seaport Channel Management, Dredging Contracts

Nigeria

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has revealed that plans are underway to review Joint Venture agreements of the agency’s seaport channel management and dredging contracts following errors noticed in some of them. It would be recalled that the NPA, in 2005 entered into Joint Venture agreements worth around… Read More

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