U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson convened an official meeting of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force in Mobile, Alabama. During the meeting, the task force created a citizens’ advisory committee to help guide the group’s efforts and released a strategy b
Coast Guard officers on Saturday arrested five crew members aboard a Chinese vessel that was illegally dredging sea sand, the Coast Guard Ad… (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, May 9, 2011;
Dredging officials are waiting to see if the flooding of the Hudson River pushed around any PCBs. “Anything in a river moves, but the quest… By LYDIA WHEELER (poststar) [mappress] Source: poststar, May 8, 2011;
Dredging crews have finished up the maintenance dredging of the Muskegon harbor done every three years to allow for free passage of lake fre… By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, May 8, 2011
Officials are adjusting their plan to treat a large, algae-plagued western Ohio lake following heavy rains that have contributed to high lev… (greenfieldreporter) [mappress] Source: greenfieldreporter, May 8, 2011;
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday that R5.4bn has been budgeted over the next five years for the expansion of the Cap… (fin24) [mappress] Source: fin24, May 6, 2011;
Beach replenishment has been postponed in South Bethany so work won’t conflict with the tourist season, but the schedule in Fenwick remains … By Nick Roth (delmarvanow) [mappress] Source: delmarvanow, May 6, 2011;
A huge backlog of ports, especially roll on/roll off (RORO)-capable docks, has gravely jeopardized economic and social reforms that the Aqui… By BEN R. ROSARIO (mb) [mappress] Source: mb, May 6, 2011;
BHP Billiton has just released a bunch of documents as it seeks environmental approvals for the Port Hedland’s outer habour project revealin… (pilbaraecho) [mappress] Source: pilbaraecho, May 6, 2011;
Town officials have their fingers crossed as they embark on a funding plan that they hope will allow dredging of the entire Patchogue River… By Alexandra Sanders (newhavenregister) [mappress] Source: newhavenregister, May 6, 2011
Cargotec has received a further order from Santos Brasil S/A for 12 Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The agreement confirms one of South America’s leading container terminal operators as the biggest customer of Kalmar E-One RTGs worldwide totalling 41 machines. The units were ordered
It’s called a boat ramp, but you’d be hard-pressed to even get a canoe in. At low tide, the water at Brunswick River Park’s ramp is only kne… By Andrew Dunn (starnewsonline) [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, May 6, 2011;
Satisfied that emergency dredging in Oregon Inlet has restored the waterway to sufficient depths for the summer fishing season, the Army Cor… By Erin James (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, May 6, 2011
A Salem, Mass. dredging company has agreed to pay a penalty of $105,000 to settle EPA claims that it improperly disposed of dredged sediments. EPA asserted that Burnham Associates violated the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, commonly known as the Ocean Dumping Act, as part of a dred
