Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley and local officials celebrated the beginning of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging of Channel Islands Harbor, which will provide sand to replenish Hueneme Beach. “Since coming to Congress, I have worked tirelessly to advocate for the funding necessary to dr
The City of North Myrtle Beach is about to hold an Information Meeting regarding the proposed Cherry Grove Canals Dredging Project. The meeting, open to the public and persons who own property along the canals are especially encouraged to attend, will be held on Saturday, November 1, at 10:00 a.m. a
In an effort to continue reducing pollutants reaching the Indian River Lagoon system, the city of Rockledge has secured funding assistance from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District. The funding will be used to remove 143 septic tanks an
The Channel Islands Harbor dredging project, the largest dredging project ever conducted at the Harbor, is expected to begin within next few days, according to the latest release from the City of Port Hueneme. Cutter suction dredger HR Morris will take on the project and through the network of pipes
The Environment Agency is about to begin constructing the new flood defense works at Westonzoyland in Somerset this week. The Agency has worked closely on the design with the local community over the past few months, particularly those residents most affected by flooding. After listening to their vi
Moffatt & Nichol in less than three weeks won its second Engineering News-Record Merit Award, the award winner was the company’s Bair Island Restoration project in San Mateo County. Bair Island is one of the largest wetland restoration projects in California, restoring approximately 1400 acres of ti
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Costa Rican Government and APM Terminals in an appeal filed by the port workers union against the 33-year concession contract for the new Moin Container Terminal (TCM) in Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. For Paul Gallie, Managing Director of APM
The upper Hudson River dredging project, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and General Electric (GE), is continuing during the 2014 Navigation Season between Lock C-4 in Stillwater and Lock C-8 in Fort Edward. The dredging operations are lighted, have day shapes
The Washington Department of Ecology has approved the City of Yakima’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) that will manage 1,700 acres of shorelines within the city. The locally tailored shoreline program is designed to help minimize environmental damage to shoreline areas, reserve appropriate areas for
Cowes Harbour Commission has received an application for a maintenance dredge licence at East Cowes Marina. The area to be dredged includes the Cowes P and Q basins and extends south to the R and S basins and the T basin. The final dredge level will be to approximately 2.5m below chart datum (CD). T
The dredging scheme of an 8km section of the rivers Parrett and Tone, part of the agency’s 20 Year Flood Action Plan for the Somerset Levels and Moors, began back in late March and is scheduled for completion by the end of October. The above picture shows floating plant working on the River Tone jus
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, has provided another update on the company’s share buyback program. In the period from 6 October up to and including 10 October, Boskalis r
Lake Neatahwanta dredging project could come to a complete hold as the lack of state promised funds is threatening to shut down the project. Earlier in August, State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced she has secured $200,000 in special funding to help the City of Fulton and the Town of Granby in t
A series of marine studies are being rolled out this month to support the planning of the Port of Hastings Development Project. Minister for Ports David Hodgett announced this today and said that the studies demonstrated the thorough process the Port of Hastings Development Authority is taking to pr
