The EPA is designating the Guam Deep Ocean Disposal Site (G-DODS) as a permanent ocean dredged material disposal site (ODMDS) located offshore of Guam. Dredging is essential for maintaining safe navigation at port and naval facilities in Apra Harbor and other locations around Guam.
Beneficial re-use of dredged material (e.g., for habitat creation, construction material, or [...]
One Great Lakes Restoration Initiative the EPA will fund is located in Brown County, off the shore of Green Bay. Aquatic biologist Victoria Harris works for the U-W Sea Grant Institute.
She says the $1.5 million dollar federal grant, added to $5 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will help restore a series of [...]
Maryville City Council Tuesday night approved on first reading a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Greenbelt Lake.
The city’s 35 percent match to the $3.1 million project is estimated at $710,032. Some of that will be in-kind services performed by city crews.
The city has $385,000 in grant funds right now so [...]
The St. Martin Parish Council voted Tuesday to hire Sellers and Associates, of Abbeville, as the engineers on the Bayou Du Portage, locally known as drainage project near Lake Dauterive and Lake Fausse Point.
The measure passed 7-0 with councilmen Lloyd “Red” Higginbotham and James Hebert absent.
The project, which is projected to cost $5 million, is [...]
Dredging of Pomphery’s Pond will start on Sept. 15, the date promised to East River Road residents by state and local officials in July. State Department of Environmental Protection officials and Mayor John Ekdahl confirmed that the dredging will start on Sept. 15, the day that a wildlife protection period ends.
“As soon as that period [...]
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation – the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition services – today announced changes to its executive management effective immediately. Douglas B. Mackie, President and Chief Executive Officer, has decided with the Board of Directors to resign his [...]
Dredging work that took place at the Savary Island dock was not satisfactorily completed, according to a report received by Powell River Regional District rural services committee.
The committee received a report indicating that the dredging work done in early July by CEDA International was not completed to the satisfaction of engineers. Dredging is done to [...]
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that four harbours in the Malpeque region will benefit from funding from the Government of Canada’s recent investment in small craft harbours across Prince Edward Island.
A slipway construction project is planned for the small craft harbour in North Rustico, while planning work is slated [...]
A new custom-built cutter suction dredger destined for the Panama Canal has been launched by IHC Merwede on Monday 6 September. The 12,000kW vessel has been designed and built by IHC Beaver Dredgers at its Sliedrecht shipyard in The Netherlands for the Panama Canal Authority* (ACP – the Panama Government’s autonomous agency).
QUIBIÁN I was [...]
A proposed dredge of the Duxbury Harbor would remove an estimated 135 thousand cubic yards of sandy and silty material from Duxbury Bay.
“The United States Army Corp. of Engineers is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Duxbury Harbor Federal Navigational Project in Duxbury, Mass.,” said New England District spokesman Tim Dugan.
Dugan says the proposed [...]
