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Board OKs Port of Long Beach dredging project
Following an extensive environmental review process, the Harbor Commission on Monday (September 12) decided to give green light for the Long Beach dredging project. This critical channel deepening project that will help move cargo more efficiently to and from the U.S. will also allow the port to wel
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Establishing 10-year dredging plan for Swansea Channel
Ms Yasmin Catley MP – Member for Swansea – met with representatives from the Maritime Infrastructure Delivery Office (MIDO) last week to discuss plans to dredge the Swansea Channel. MIDO advised an emergency dredging contract is being finalised with works to be complete prior to Christmas. The Chann
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Governor Fernando tours Malolos and Hagonoy dredging works
The provincial government of Bulacan, the Philippines, conducted simultaneous dredging operations in rivers and creeks in the City of Malolos and the town of Hagonoy a couple of days ago. Despite the rain, Governor Daniel Fernando visited the locations of the dredging operation along with First Dist
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Rijkswaterstaat delegation visits USACE Galveston
The USACE Galveston District and non-federal partners Texas General Land Office, together with Gulf Coast Protection District hosted some very special visitors last week. The USACE Southwestern Division Commander, Col. Kenneth Reed, and Galveston District Commander, Col. Rhett Blackmon, gave a short
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Anchorage Symposium: Spotlight on coastal erosion and navigation improvements
Col. Damon Delarosa, USACE Alaska district commander, presented at the Infrastructure Grant Symposium – hosted by Senator Lisa Murkowski – at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage yesterday. His presentation focused on partnering with USACE on engineering solutions for local challenges directed at city a
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Stamford gets $3.3M from SHIPP Grant
Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons announced last week that the city has been awarded $3.3. million in funding through the Small Harbor Improvement Projects Program (SHIPP) Grant. The 2015 Cummings Park and West Beach Master Plan included a concept design for a new marina to replace the one destroyed d
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Donaldson Point contract for Luhr Bros
The USACE Memphis District awarded a contract to perform dike construction and maintenance at Donaldson Point, near New Madrid, Missouri (River Mile 903), August 24, 2022. The Corps is partnering with Commercial Towing Interests, represented by the Lower Mississippi River Committee (LOMRC), to execu
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Upgrading boat ramps at Rocklands Reservoir, Lake Lonsdale and Toolondo
A trio of lakes in Victoria’s west have upgrades on the way, Better Boating Victoria said. More than $1m will upgrade boat ramps at Rocklands Reservoir, Lake Lonsdale and Lake Toolondo thanks to the Better Boating Fund reinvesting boaters’ licence and registration fees. “We’ve worked with Grampians
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African Development Bank president inaugurates Port of Maio
The Government of Cabo Verde, the European Union and the African Development Bank, with Team Europe members France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German development bank KfW, inaugurated a modernised port on the island of Maio yesterday. This project is part
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Fortescue Creek Channel dredging wraps up
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials yesterday announced the completion of dredging in Fortescue Creek Channel in Cumberland County. The $2.3 million-dollar Fortescue Creek Channel project located in Downe Township restored safe navigation to the Fortescue Creek Channel. The mat
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Dredger Essayons busy at the Graveyard of the Pacific
On Saturday and through the rest of the month, the hopper dredger Essayons is dredging the Mouth of the Columbia River, also known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. Thousands of ships have wrecked here, which is how it earned that nickname. According to USACE, this is where the flow of the Columbia R
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Alaska District commander tours Port of Alaska
Col. Damon Delarosa, USACE Alaska District commander, Heather Markway, project manager, and Shannon Johnson, chief of the Regulatory Division’s South Branch, toured the Port of Alaska on September 1. Jim Jager, Director of Business Continuity and External Affairs for the port, also attended the visi
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Portland Port invests £26M in berth development
Portland Port is embarking on its largest and most ambitious improvement project to date, investing £26 million in a major berth development. The port has applied for, and had approved, all the necessary permissions to carry out the project. The development will see the existing Deep Water Berth (DW
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Boost for Esperance, Geraldton and Fremantle coastal projects
Major coastal protection projects in Esperance, Geraldton and Fremantle are among 50 projects to pocket a share in more than $3.96 million in WA State Government funding through the coastal erosion program. The grants are part of the State Government’s $33.5 million strategic response to planning fo