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VIDEO: Bethany Beach Replenishment Underway (USA)
A $19.3 million beach restoration effort is making its way up the Delaware coastline. After Hurricane Sandy, Congress approved money for the Army Corps of Engineers to implement the Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Projects in New Jersey and Delaware. The project for coastal Delaware has been awarded to
USA: Mud Cat MFD-1000 at Work (VIDEO)
Liquid Waste Technology LLC introduced the Mud Cat MFD-1000, the newest Mud Cat dredge. This multi-function dredge has multiple interchangeable tool options, including an excavator bucket, a cutter basket with dredging pump, a weed rake, and a pile driver. This one-truck transportable, self-launchin
USA: Corps to Invite Bids for Shoal Harbor Dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has introduced a plan to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the maintenance dredging of the Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, located in Monmouth County, NJ. During this cleanup program, approximately 150,000 cubic yards of material will be remov
Great Lakes Area: Crews Stay Busy with Maintenance, Dredging (USA)
Summertime in the Great Lakes region is busy not just for marine navigation; it’s also prime time for dredging and maintenance of navigational infrastructure. The Manitowoc crane barge and its accompanying tugs, the Racine and Kenosha, are regularly deployed from the Kewaunee Area Office to do work
CG Establishes Navigation Area at Tappan Zee Bridge (USA)
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a revised Notice to Mariners with updated safety information, including the establishment of a Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) 300 yards north and 200 yards south of the existing Tappan Zee Bridge. All boaters are required to use the main channel, reduce wake and use
Agencies Seek Input on Longview Terminal Project (USA)
The public is invited to a September 25 meeting to comment on the scope of environmental impact statements (EISs) for a proposed coal export terminal near Longview. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview LLC proposes to build and operate a terminal to export coal from the site of the former Reynolds Alu
USA: Corps Seeks Comments on Dairy Creek DEA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on a draft environmental assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impacts for a proposed environmental restoration project on Sauvie Island. The purpose of the project is to improve fish and wildlife habitat by restoring Dairy Creek’s hydrau
Italdraghe Introduces Dredging Head for Floating Excavators (VIDEO)
Italian dredging equipment builder Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging attachment to a mining company in British Guyana. The BDC 200 is just one of a range of Italdraghe dredging attachments designed to fit virtually every type and size of excavator. This new “mini-dredger” is bot
USA: Dredger Rescues Stranded Boater from James River
It was just before midnight when the Corps dredge Currituck’s crew, sailing back from a project site on Bennet’s Creek, saw the sky light up. As the dredge chugged toward the Monitor Merrimack Memorial Bridge Tunnel on Sept. 16, a red flare spiraled into the night sky like a fire work off to the wes
USA: Corps Releases Final Environmental Assessment Documents
Col. Daniel C. Koprowski, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has signed new documents which detail proposed improvements and modifications to the Diversion Project. The documents update the Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA), which focused on the proposed chang
BOEM to Meet with Sand Management Working Group (USA)
BOEM will meet with members of the Florida Sand Management Working Group at the Delray Beach Marriott on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, from 1:00-5:00 pm in Delray Beach, Fla. The meeting will take place before the official start of the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association annual conferenc
Top News – September 16 to 22, 2013
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