Environmental groups including Cape Fear River Watch, North Carolina Wildlife Federation and Defenders of Wildlife have filed a lawsuit over a new dredging policy at harbors on the Carolina coast. They claim that federal authorities are using “flawed and incomplete” data to back up their activities.
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is engaging AW Maritime to undertake a comprehensive condition inspection of coastal protection structures located on coastal Crown land along the Victorian coastline. AW Maritime’s coastal engineers assessed and recorded the overall co
Adam Crouch MP, Member for Terrigal, has announced $495,000 for Central Coast Council to dredge The Entrance channel. “Everyone knows that regular dredging is required to keep the channel open,” said the MP. The channel staying open is important because it reduces the flood risk in low-lying areas a
A maintenance dredging program in the operating basin near the construction Berth No. 6 at the Port of Makhachkala is now underway. For this project, FSUE Rosmorport’s Makhachkala regional branch deployed its own excavator – with a boom length of 8.2m – and a dredging pump with cutter head to perfor
Construction is underway on the Golden Triangle Marsh Creation project in St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes. Louisiana CPRA said that the 600-acre restoration will create new wetland habitat and strengthen New Orleans’ natural storm surge buffer. This marsh creation project is located near the conflu
Maine Senator Susan Collins announced yesterday that $5,850,000 in funding she requested for the maintenance dredging of Searsport Harbor was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. The bill was passed by the Appropriations Committee yesterday by a vote of
The 2021 dredging season has officially begun, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reports. This time lapse video shows a dredging boat being lowered into the Absecon Creek Channel in Absecon Bay where sediment shift from storm events have made the channel unnavigable. Dredging in this area
The USACE Jacksonville District has announced the award of a $40 million construction contract for the Miami-Dade County erosion control and hurricane beach renourishment project. The Jacksonville District awarded the contract on July 30 to Continental Heavy Civil for $40,486,000, for the Miami-Dade
The Member of Parliament for Naparima (Trinidad and Tobago), Rodney Charles, is calling on Minister of Works and Transport, Rohan Sinanan, to immediately order the dredging and desilting of the Guaracara River. In his latest release, Mr. Charles said that this work would bring relief to the 300 home
Rohde Nielsen A/S finished a maintenance dredging project in Gothenburg harbor recently. The project was particularly tricky because a very fine layer had to be removed over a large area in the port. “To do this work, we used Heimdal R and 2 self-propelled barges, Gere R & Freke R, for the areas wit
A contract for the upgrade of Uig Ferry Terminal on the Isle of Skye has been awarded to RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited. The project will include an extended marshalling area, berthing structure strengthening and widening, dredging, linkspan replacement, approach way repair and widening, a relocate
The USACE Memphis District and the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee gathered yesterday to celebrate the signing of the Hatchie – Loosahatchie Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement. Memphis District Commander Col. Zachary Miller and Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee President
The USACE Alaska District has prepared a draft disposition study and environmental assessment on the Apoon Mouth of the Yukon River historical project. The study’s focus is on whether federal interest exists to retain the project for its authorized purpose of commercial navigation and, if not, to de
Stages 1-4 of technical studies, developed to inform decision-making around a long-term solution to manage coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach, are available, Central Coast Council informs. The technical studies outline five seawall concept designs – ranging from revetment to vertical and promenade st
