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Concern is growing over the possibility that GE could dump contaminated PCB material on three potential local sites from a potential massive dredging and excavation of the likely cancer-causing chemical along the Housatonic River from southeast Pittsfield into Lenox. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final decision on the Rest of River cleanup of PCB-laden… Read More
Removing the accumulated sediment in Mountain View Lake –– a problem that is contributing to the growth of invasive Eurasian milfoil in the waterway –– is expected to cost roughly $2.5 million, the president of the environmental consulting firm overseeing the project told the Bellmont Town Board last week. EcoLogic President Elizabeth Moran said removing… Read More
The first container to come to the Jacksonville Port Authority through the new Panama Canal arrived Tuesday. The MOL Majesty, a 991-foot neo-Panamax vessel, docked at TraPac Container Terminal to load and unload containers with everything from clothes to electronics to furniture. The newly expanded Panama Canal has been boosting business for the shipment of… Read More
The Ports of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky is already one of the busiest inland ports in the nation. And regional business leaders are planning for a substantial increase in waterborne traffic as a result of the recently completed expansion of the Panama Canal. Authorities in Panama celebrated the first ship to pass through the canal… Read More
A brand-new amphibious excavator has been deployed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) 7 to dredge a portion of the Mahiga Creek. The deployment came a few days after Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar visited Cebu and met with stakeholders to address the flooding problem in Metro Cebu. The July… Read More
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is lobbying Congress to fund a reconstruction project at the aging Soo Locks complex in the Upper Peninsula. On Tuesday, July 5, Snyder sent a letter to Michigan’s 14 representatives and two senators advocating full funding for a long-stalled replacement of two smaller locks with a new single lock big enough… Read More
CentrePort has said its plan to dredge Wellington harbour will result in significantly less wave energy in parts, which has prompted surfers to speak out against the plan. Wellington’s surfing community has banded together to oppose CentrePort’s plan to dredge part of Wellington Harbour, claiming it will destroy some of the most popular breaks. CentrePort… Read More
Voters will go to the poll’s on Aug. 2 to decide about a quarter of a cent sales tax to pay for Missouri River levee repairs. The levees protecting St. Joseph and Rosecrans Memorial Airport, as well as Elwood and Wathena, Kansas, have been in need of repairs since the Flood of 1993. That was… Read More
Erosion is continuing to batter the Lake Michigan shores of Ogden Dunes and Portage this summer. As lake levels rise, beach along the two communities continues to disappear, affecting the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk and residents in Ogden Dunes. Officials, however, say moves have been made to find a long-term solution to the problem, which… Read More
On Monday, CMA CGM announced that it had reached the ownership threshold required to delist Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and take it private, a long-expected part of the takeover bid it initiated in December. Since June 6, when CMA opened a general offer for outstanding shares of the firm, it has acquired 90.7 percent… Read More