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 [...]
The Columbia Association is moving toward approving half the additional money needed to dredge Lake Kittamaqundi to the depth originally planned after heavy storms in the past four years dumped unexpectedly high levels of silt into it.
Thursday night, a CA committee of two board members — Suzanne Waller of Town Center and Kathleen Dragovich of [...]
The Economic Alliance Port Region, the champion of all things industry and commerce in the port region, will be hosting the 2010 Petrochemical & Maritime Outlook Conference on Sept. 8.
The event, which will be held in the Pasadena Convention Center located on at 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, will discuss among other topics: the economic outlook for [...]
The Lower Mon project – begun in 1992 – was scheduled for completion in 2004. But 18 years into the major reconstruction project involving three locks and dams facilities in the region, it appears the work might not be completed for another 20 years.
The source for the delays is money, or moreover the lack of [...]
