Five Chinese deckhands on a sand dredger have been arrested in waters off the outlying island of Kinmen for illegal sand dredging, the … By Chen Shou-kuo and Kendra Lin (focustaiwan) Source: focustaiwan, January 9, 2012;
The US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has issued a statement about proposed projects to restore the coastal ecosystem in Gulf states. “These days we took a major step forward toward meaningful restoration that will benefit the natural resources of the Gulf Coast for generations to come. I commend the leadership of the Gulf Coast states [...]
Three crew members and the captain of a Chinese sand dredger were sent to Kinmen District Prosecutors’ Office on Saturday for allegedly … By Ni Kuo-yen and Kendra Lin (focustaiwan) Source: focustaiwan, December 5, 2011;
Dredging channels seems appealing to every port on the East Coast. The prospect of dredging deeper channels is to attract the mega-ships that will start using the overhauled Panama Canal upon its completion in 2014. Apart from having financial advantages, the project worth billions of dollars could also be environmentally challenging. Miami’s port has already [...]
The effect of the Sand Motor is quite evident from the beach, just south of The Hague. The construction of the artifical hook-shaped peninsulathe is almost completed. The principals of the project Rijkswaterstaat and the province of South Holland report that the north point has already started to move towards the beach. And on the [...]
After 18 months of sustained effort to clean the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon accident, the U.S. Coast Guard’s federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) has approved the shoreline clean-up completion plan, paving the way for restoration work. Under the plan, the FOSC will determine which shoreline segments have completed the active [...]
A boat from China was found illegally dredging sea sand in waters off the outlying Kinmen Island early Monday, the second such incident in… (focustaiwan) Source: focustaiwan, November 7, 2011
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that repair work on breakwater along East Coast Park commences. The repair works, with effect from 01 Nov 2011 to 30 Apr 2012, will entail the removal of the existing breakwater and restoring the breakwater to [...]
Offshore dredging will begin later this week to bring sand to the U.S. Coast Guard base beach while the Army Corps of Engineers removes sand… By Jack Fichter (capemaycountyherald) Source: capemaycountyherald, October 13, 2011;
The State Government has unveiled four options designed to solve major sand problems on the southern Gold Coast… By Kerrin Binnie (abc) Source: abc, October 13, 2011;
