The winter floods have highlighted the danger of building on floodplains, the Environment Agency Chairman Lord Chris Smith said at this week’s CIWEM conference. Britain’s wettest winter for 250 years also underlines the need to continue improving flood defences to cope with future extreme climate, h
The Burry Port Marina dredging project will start at the end of this month. Harbour Master Rory Dickinson said that heavy storms in the first three months of the year had caused colossal movements of sand within the estuary. The harbour was going to be drained for about a week depending on the weath
Last week, Congressman Tim Bishop led a bipartisan effort to safeguard funding for the National Estuary Program (NEP). He and Congressman Frank LoBiondo were the authors of a letter to the House Appropriations Committee that asked for equal funding for all 28 programs funded by the NEP. Estuaries ha
American Farmland Trust announced Larry Werries, former Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, will be the Watershed Coordinator for a new outreach program to farmers designed to reduce sediments and nutrient runoff in the Lake Mauvaise Terre Watershed in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Il
Minister for Ports David Hodgett today called on Labor to admit they have no plan for the future of ports in Victoria, proven by contradicting statements from the Opposition Leader and his Shadow Ministers. “Daniel Andrews must outline what the Labor Opposition’s position is to handle Victoria’s fre
On 9th April 2014, Luka Koper’s Management Board President Gašpar Gašpar Mišič hosted LI Yong, Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). Following the presentation of the port and its development plans Mr LI Yong concluded that Luka Koper is very well organised
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are currently evaluating several flood risk management alternatives for the Rahway River Basin, with the preliminary findings to be shared with area residents at two public information sessions to be scheduled
Several numbers of big sized dredge valves have been successfully handed over to Van Oord, a leading contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects. The dredge valves with inner diameter of 1100 and 1600 mm are going to control the flow of water and sand in the suction and discharg
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is repairing and restoring previously constructed coastal projects like the Sea Bright to Manasquan project throughout the region. The work at Long Branch is one of four contracts that were awarded to repair and restore beaches from Sea Bright to Manasquan in norther
Shoal material from the East and West Calumet Floodgate approach channels will be removed soon and placed into the Wax Lake Outlet disposal site. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, the estimated value of this dredging project is $100,000 to $500,000, and the Invitat
The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 mln to £40 mln (between $33 mln and $67 mln), according to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Mr. Philip Dunne. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder
IHC Merwede successfully increased its order book in 2013 across the main sectors of its business: offshore and dredging. The company received almost € 1.8 billion worth of new orders in the past year. At the end of 2013, the order book was valued at over € 1.7 billion, which is the equivalent of a
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading West Coast-based environmental science and planning firm, announced that on April 1, 2014, Dr. Stuart Siegel and his firm Wetlands and Water Resources, Inc. (WWR), has joined with ESA. WWR is a San Rafael, California-based professional restoration de
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, said that maintenance dredging of the Raritan River to Arthur Kill Cut-Off area will be undertaken this summer. The estimated cost of this project is between $1 mln and $5 mln, and the bid opening date will be on or about 27 May 2014. The Governme
