According to columbiamissourian.com, the ports along the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri are likely to remain open despite the extremely low water. “The problem is worsened because of severe flooding in 2011 that deposited silt and debris in areas that would normally be clear,” say officials
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that the flood prevention work is underway. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s anti-flood program includes dredging of the city’s canals and building of the floodwalls. According to coconutsbangkok.com, the governor said that the canals dredging in
According to thedailystar.net, illegal sand dredging is threatening the newly opened Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat Bridge over the Kirtankhola River. Muhammad Nazrul Islam, superintending engineer of Water Development Board, stated: “The sand extraction from the riverbed is gradually weakening the fou
The San Diego beaches replenishment project is scheduled for the next month. A lot of sand will be pumped from the ocean floor onto beaches from the South Bay to North County. According to kpbs.org, the dredging vessel that will undertake the job is on its way to San Diego and should arrive next wee
On Saturday evening, another barge grounding occurred near Greenville, Mississippi. According to Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Robert Anderson, a barge ran past buoys marking the Mississippi River shipping channel. This accident closed the Mississippi River to shipping. There are currently sever
The Lagos State Government announced that the dredging companies within its territory without permits will be prosecuted if found to be operating outside the law. According to thisdaylive.com, the state government “will henceforth persecute the multiple users of category ‘A’ permit.” “It is imperati
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has agreed to accept funds from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) in order to expedite the processing of MassDOT Department of Army permit applications. The agreement will expedite Corps review of permit applications submi
On August 23, 2012, the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) announced the winners of its Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards (SEAA) 2012. Komatsu Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd (KAP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu, was honored as the Merit Winner in the manufacturing category. SEAA was launche
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Weeks Marine Inc., in the amount of $2,635,000 for maintenance dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel Entrance Channel and Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel. The contractor is required to remove approximately 500,000 cubic ya
The Mützelfeldtwerft Nord GmbH, Cuxhaven, and the Kundt ServiceGmbH, Dormagen, will start working together in Cuxhaven under the joint brand name “MKS dredging” manufacturing and assembling excavator pontoons (“Backhoe Dredger”). “MKS dredging” benefits from the geographical advantages in Cuxhaven T
The next in CEDA’s successful series of conferences, CEDA Dredging Days, will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 12 and 13 December 2012 under the theme “Virtue, Venture and Vision in the Coastal Zone”. CEDA Dredging Days have the reputation of being the premier technical forum for prese
DHI is currently working on an exciting new project – taking measurements of the marine environment and conducting laboratory experiments to measure the optical effects of the dredging work. Through this project, DHI should improve the ability of ot the computer models to predict possible effects of
The Sahrika reports that around 50 villagers in Kandal province protested yesterday in an attempt to stop the sand dredging operation on the Mekong River. “The activity of sand dredging has severely affected our villagers’ lands and houses,” said village representative Tuy Phy. Kandal province resid
Steve Pomers, the spokesman for the Southport Volunteer Marine Rescue, said that the silted-up entrance to the Broadwater was dangerous for all users but especially for recreational boaties. He stated: “The deeper the Broadwater is, the less chance there is of waves breaking within it.” According to
