Business & Finance
PortMiami Dredging Pays Off
PortMiami is positioning itself to capture new trade opportunities thanks to more than $1 billion of capital infrastructure projects now complete. The port now offers Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes that can service cargo vessels up to 22 containers wide and up to nine containers above deck and ele
Fairbourne Works in Final Stage
Natural Resources Wales’ £6.8 million scheme to protect over 400 properties in Fairbourne, Gwynedd from flooding reaches its final stage this week. A new area of saltmarsh is being created at Morfa Friog, in line with the planning condition for the flood scheme. This area will mitigate for the natur
VA Delegation Calls for Dredging
Virginia’s congressional delegation is urging President Obama to support funding to expand the Port of Virginia. In a bipartisan letter signed by the delegation, the members urged the Administration to support funds for a project to expand the current dredge fill facility at Craney Island in Hampton
Forster Hosts NSW Coastal Event
The 24th New South Wales (NSW) Coastal Conference 2015 will take place from November 11-13, in Forster, NSW. The conference attracts over 220 delegates each year, who are interested in or working within the field of coastal and estuary management research, education, service provision and policy. Th
Settlement Reached over MPRSA
Under a recent settlement with EPA, Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co., and the joint venture Cashman-Weeks NB, JV, will pay a penalty and perform additional measures for alleged violations of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA and also known as the Ocean Dumping Act).
DEEP Continues Hartford Projects
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced that maintenance work will begin again this week on the flood control system that flows through West Harford, Newington, and Hartford. “We stopped work on this project for two weeks to listen to the concerns of resi
New Investments in Mon and Brec
The Canal and River Trust will spend over £2 million on improvements to the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal by the end of winter. The investment includes a £1.3 million project starting this week to reline the canal at Llangynidr, to prevent leaks, plus £400,000 of upcoming repairs to an aqueduct at
PHIL, SMDC Pen Dredging Deal
PHI Group, Inc. (PHIL), a U.S. public company engaged in energy and natural resources, has signed an agreement in principle covering business cooperation and investment with a Filipino company, Spartan Mining and Development Corporation (SMDC). The agreement covers dredging, extracting and processin
Chelsea River Plan Unveiled
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing streambank protection project to stabilize some 300 feet of riverbank along the Chelsea River in East Boston, Mass. Continued long-term erosion of the riverbank will continue to endanger other areas at this site that are subject to
Norfolk Beach Project Underway
The Environment Agency has started work on its latest phase of major works to maintain the sea defenses between Sea Palling and Winterton. Timber and steel groynes which have reached the end of their working life are being replaced by rock groynes built from 10-15 tonne rocks, similar to those built
Nim Wan Dredging Begins
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately 5 months, dredging operations will be carried out in the Nim Wan area in Deep Bay (Shenzhen Wan), the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) informs. The works will be carried out by one grab dredger and one derr
Kangaroo Point Contract Awarded
Port Stephens Council has engaged Whitehead & Associates in conjunction with Coastal Environment Pty to develop options for the removal of the 80m seawall that currently extends along the foreshore to the north of Kangaroo Point Foreshore. This seawall is currently failing; eroding on both the landw
Hg Levels Reflect Health of Bay
Victoria University research has found that the St Kilda penguins have higher loads of arsenic, mercury and lead in their blood compared to their cousins on Phillip Island and the remote Notch Island colony in Bass Strait. Annett Finger, a PhD candidate at VU’s Institute for Sustainability and Innov
Dawlish Warren Exhibition Nears
The Environment Agency and partner Teignbridge District Council are holding a public exhibition, 26 November 2015, to provide more information about the Dawlish Warren beach management scheme. A range of information will be available about the scheme including its objectives and the approximate time