After serious flooding hit Needham Market in May, concerns have been raised with the Environment Agency about whether the River Gipping will be dredged. According to buryfreepress.co.uk, a meeting has been organised between councillors and Dr Charles Beardall of the Environment Agency to discuss whe
The Wasaga Beach councillors voted to recommend to full council to authorize the director of Public Works to move forward on making arrangements for the Nottawasaga River dredging project. According to bayshorebroadcasting.ca, the spit of land at the end of the Nottawasaga is creeping further to the
China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC) has announced plans for the construction of two container terminals in the port of Dar es Salaam in the near future. The company’s Vice-President, Eng. Ren Hongpeng, says he is awaiting conclusion of funding arrangements involving the governments
A major works project to dredge St Aubin’s inner harbour is due to commence in early October 2012 and is expected to take up to four months to complete. Dredging was last carried out in late 1998 and since this time silt and mud has built up and rendered some of the moorings unusable. Once […
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has approved Clark County’s updated shoreline master program. Clark County’s shoreline program will result in significant improvements in the protection, use, development and restoration of 280 miles of shorelines and the water quality of many river, st
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Illinois and Waukegan officials joined forces yesterday to kick off a Superfund dredging project needed to remove the Waukegan Harbor “Area of Concern” (AOC) from a list of toxic hot spots identified in the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreeme
The Bengbu Port in eastern China’s province Anhui has passed official examination to become the first harbour on the Huaihe River to have a container terminal. According to marine-news-china.com, the project is estimated to cost CNY278 million (US$43.7 million), and will cover an area of 27.33 hecta
SDS-Ugol reached an agreement with local authorities in Murmansk to start construction of a new port for coal. According to barentsobserver.com, a new coal harbor on the western side of the Kola bay has been on the drawing table for many years. This project is scheduled to begin next year. Murmansk
According to luminanews.com, the New Hanover County Commissioners unanimously voted to sign a memorandum of agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This document should ensure that the beach renourishment project at Carolina and Kure beaches will receive the previously allotted fed
The Clair Lake and North Clair Creek rehabilitation project will soon be underway. According to therecord.com, the City of Waterloo is holding a public information session September 10 to present the project’s construction schedule for neighbourhood feedback. “Dredging the lake was always what the c
The new Marina South Wharves (MSW) was officially opened yesterday in a ceremony attended by officials from the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), and management and staff of Jurong Port Pte Ltd. The ceremony was officiated by Mr Pang Kin Keong, Permanent Secretar
Senator John Hoeven yesterday hosted a meeting of federal, local and state leaders, including Governor Jack Dalrymple, to update the community on efforts to identify and mitigate if necessary existing problem points on the Missouri River that could cause ice jams and lead to flooding this winter. Ho
Fearing that the dredging might threaten their existence, the Bindhtoli diara residents have forced the water resource department to stop removing sand deposits in the Ganga river. “We were shocked to find the dozers in our area. If the river changes its course because of the removal of the sand dep
Starting mid-June and finishing mid-August, 50,000 cubic meters of sand has been dredged from Port Hacking navigation channels and the spoil relocated to North Cronulla Beach. Equivalent to 20 Olympic swimming pools, the sand is contaminant free, similar in colour and size to the nearby beach sand.
