When the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers experienced a flood of record in the spring of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District supported the flood fight by holding back water at its dams in the Cumberland River Basin reservoir system. A coordinated water management operation of
The job of digging out tons of contaminated sludge from the Onondaga Lake and piping it to Camillus began last Monday and continued non-stop throughout the week. Marlin, the biggest dredger of the three on the lake, started digging at 7 a.m. Monday and working around the clock through Saturday night
Crossrail has taken another step towards the creation of a new 1,500 acre RSPB nature reserve with the completion of a new 180 metre jetty at Wallasea Island in Essex. The jetty will receive in the order of 4.5 million tonnes of material excavated during Crossrail’s tunnelling operations in London.
The Saudi Ports Authority (SPA) signed a number of contracts worth SR 615 million (US$164m) for the development of King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, Dhuba Port in Tabuk, King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu and Yanbu Commercial Port. According to arabiansupplychain.com, a container wharf will be constru
Macauhub reports that a lot of cubic metres of sediment will soon be removed from the access channels and other operational areas of the Maputo port. This dredging project, which will be carried out by dredging companies Empresa Moçambicana de Dragagem (Emodraga) and Denmark’s Rohde Nielsen, is inte
The Chicago District Corps of Engineers has issued a pre-solicitation notice for its Calumet Harbor maintenance dredging. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary facilities, plants, labor, transportation, materials, and equipment to perform mechanical dredging in the Calumet R
The start-up ceremony of reclamation project in Nantong Binhai Park, co-invested by Jiangsu Hantong Group, was held on the project site in the morning of 1st, Aug, 2012. The Municipal Standing Committee Mr. Chen Zhaohuang and vice mayor Mr. Xun Hui attended the ceremony. The first phase of this proj
Commissioners for the Port of Kingston are preparing a dredging plan for the Kingston Marina, reports Kitsup Sun. If approved, the proposed dredging would be the first in that part of Appletree Cove since 1967, when the harbor was deepened in preparation for construction of the Kingston Marina. Kori
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected NCR’s claim that it already has done more than its fair share of the Fox River cleanup. According to greenbaypressgazette.com, the U.S. District Judge William Griesbach of Green Bay in May ordered NCR to remove and clean a minimum of 660,0
The latest version of the Murray Darling Basin Plan released today has made some progress, but still fails to address key issues important to Victoria. The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has not sufficiently addressed issues such as sustainable diversion limit (SDL) adjustment mechanisms or t
Due to the extreme and severe low water conditions, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District (District) and its partners are working diligently to maintain continued access to ports and navigational channels throughout the District’s area of responsibility. Currently, the Vicksburg gage
The Port of San Diego has completed its final report on the environmental impacts of a proposed pier replacement project at BAE Systems San Diego Ship repair facility, located at 2205 E. Belt Street, San Diego. The project will replace and modernize deteriorated facilities and help to service commer
The Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), will hold a public meeting from 4 – 6 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2012 at the Coastline Convention Center, Room D, to solicit comments and concerns from the public, and federal, state and local agencies on the Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvemen
Commenting on the news that the European Investment Bank has agreed to provide almost half the finance for the £305m Liverpool 2 development, Gary Hodgson, managing director of Peel Ports Mersey, said: “We are delighted that a proposal which will support the financing of the Liverpool 2 project was
