Environmental Services Director Susan Goebel has provided the Hernando Beach Channel Dredge Project update. This week, staff completed a full assessment of the work remaining with the dredge project (excluding the actual channel dredging pending the provision of a survey by a licensed surveyor). The work is detailed and includes the excavation of a high [...]
Work is underway, in support of the La Quinta Trade Gateway, on the La Quinta channel extension. In creation of a 7,300-foot long by 400-foot wide by 41-foot deep channel, crews are dredging 24/7 at a pace of about 8-10,000 yards of material a day. To date, approximately 300,000 of the 6.6 million yards is [...]
Burns Harbor in Portage rose 10 percent in 2011 as cargo volumes for limestone, steel, fertilizer, coal and salt improved compared to the… By Bowdeya Tweh (nwitimes) Source: nwitimes, January 20, 2012;
A state government project to dredge Swansea Channel has been labelled a disaster and linked to the collapse of the Belmont Airport seawall… BY DAMON CRONSHAW (theherald) Source: theherald, January 18, 2012;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has commenced the Arthur Kill Channel dredging project. This USACE’s project involves dredging on nearly 38 miles of shipping channels between New York and New Jersey. “We’ve been trying to keep up with the evolving developments of container (ship) design,” stated Bryce Wisemiller, project manager. He also added that [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Conti Federal Services Inc., in March 2010, that included jetty repair work on the Freeport Harbor Channel jetties in Brazoria County, Texas. A subcontractor, Luhr Brothers Inc., will begin work on the jetties around Jan. 3. The plan is to rebuild the seaward [...]
The Port of Rouen unveiled plans to dredge the Seine River shipping channel over the next four years to allow the inland port to accommodate bigger vessels. Francois Henriot, a port spokesman said that regional authorities approved the dredging plan after negotiations which started in 2007. The first part of this project will involve dredging [...]
A new island near Cottage Grove is going to be created in order to ameliorate a distorted barge channel on the Mississippi River. A study of the $5 million worth project including a portion of the river north of Hastings, has been initiated by the Army Corps of Engineers. A sharp bend in the barge [...]
SPI awarded a Tompkins Channel dredging project to Rodriguez Brothers Dredging Co. of Baytown who submitted the lowest bid. The dredging project is planned to commence on December 12 and is expected to take up to 60 days. Around 11,000 cubic yards of silt were accumulated into Tompkins Channel in 2008, following Hurricane Dolly. The [...]
Swansea Channel dredging started today. The undertaking will be conducted by Sandpiper Dredging on behalf of the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The dredging is expected to last for three weeks and it will be accompanied by the activities that are to be carried out seven days a week. The removed sand will be placed [...]
