Equipment
USA: Corps Issues Update on GIWW Dredging Plans
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has announced an update on the dredging plans for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West (GIWW) Turnstake to Live Oak, San Antonio Bay and Matagorda Bay. The solicitation will be issued on or about 21 February, and the response date is 25 March 2014
UK: Government Allocates More Money for Stockton Flood Defences
Stockton Council has welcomed news that the Government has made an allocation of more than £10 million to pay for flood defences at Port Clarence and Lustrum Beck. Stockton Council and the Environment Agency submitted the bids for Flood Defence Grant in Aid funding to enable flood defence and allevi
USA: St. Louis District to Hold Hearing on River Training Structure Projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, will hold a Public Hearing on Feb. 19 (Shawnee High School Library, 3365 N Illinois Route 3, Wolf Lake, Ill.) for two draft Environmental Assessments for river training structure construction activities on the Mississippi River. The Environmental
Senators Back Up Long Island Sound Restoration (USA)
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Richard Blumenthal, and Chris Murphy yesterday announced a key Senate committee’s passage of legislation to bring federal dollars to support the restoration of Long Island Sound. The Long Island Sound Stewardship Act that Senators Gillibrand, Sch
NOAA Finds High Levels of Pollutants in Guánica Bay
The pollutants measured in the sediments of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico, in a new NOAA study were among the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, chromium and nickel ever measured in the history of NOAA’s National Status & Trends, a nationwide contaminant monitoring program that began in 1986. Res
NAWCA Passes EPW Committee (USA)
U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced the passage of the bipartisan North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act (NAWCA) through the EPW Committee. NAWCA will reauthorize the program to protect and restore wetlands in all 50 sta
USA: Ellicott Announces Major Personnel Additions
Ellicott Dredge Enterprises has announced two major personnel changes to its senior management team. Gert de Vries has joined as Senior Director of Engineering, in which capacity he will be supporting the engineering departments of all of Ellicott’s brands, principally Ellicott and Rohr-Idreco. “He
India: DDIL Nabs Paradip Port Dredging Contract
Dharti Dredging and Infrastructure Ltd. (DDIL), the largest provider of dredging services in the India, has won the contract for the capital dredging works at the New South Oil Jetty dock basin at Paradip Port. This contract was awarded to DDIL by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), Paradip, the state of
Conference on Dredged Materials to Discuss Geosynthetics Solutions
The South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction will take place in Rostock / Hohe Düne, 10-11 April 2014. The conference is organised in the frame of the project DredgDikes in which the application of dredged materials in dike construction is investigated. There are a variety o
India: Government to Review Proposal for Greenfield Port Development
The Union Government has set up a committee to review the Greenfield Port development proposal, located at Tadadi in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. The Committee suggested development of Tadadi initially as a barge port for 4 meter draft vessels and subsequently as a Major Port when there is
USA: Port Corpus Christi Celebrates Completion of La Quinta Dredging
Port Corpus Christi will celebrate the completion of the La Quinta Channel Extension Project on Friday, February 7, 2014. The event will be held from 11:30a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the La Quinta Gateway site located at 4832 Hwy. 181, Portland, Texas. The project for navigation and ecosystem restoration,
The Philippines: Officials Approve Cebu Port Dredging
The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) will start the Cebu International Port (CIP) dredging project this month after almost two years of delay. CPA general manager Edmund Tan said the Department of Transportation and Communications already approved the dredging project. Last year, President Benigno Aquino I
Pumping Operation on Somerset Levels Continues (UK)
Severe flood warnings are in place today for parts of the south west coast where high sea levels have combined with strong winds and large waves. Today there is a high risk of coastal flooding in Dorset, Devon and of further river flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors. This week Environment Agen
UK: Port of Wells Dredging Resumes Next Week
The Port of Wells dredging project will resume on 10th February 2014. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and 2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the berm which is marked by the port