USACE officials are studying plans to dredge Georgia’s portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, according to gpb.org. But as with another big dredging project, supporters don’t expect the big issue to be environmental. The Corps spent 14 years studying the environmental impacts of the Savannah
As Port Jefferson Patch reports, the damage done to Port Jefferson beaches by multiple storms over the last few years has resulted in a severely shortened beach. According to trustee Lee Rosner who has been coordinating the beach restoration project, the village is expected to put out packages for p
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal j.s.c. in Rijeka, Croatia recently signed an agreement with Shangai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. for the delivery of new equipment for the terminal. These equipment include two post Panamax quay cranes, eight rubber tired gantries and rail mounted gantries. Deli
Thanks to the state’s bonding bill, the Lake Zumbro, one of the most popular lakes in southeastern Minnesota is going to get a face-lift, KTTC reports. Homeowners have waited over 10 years for this and now, dredging parts of Lake Zumbro will become a reality. The bonding bill is $500-million dollars
Eleven companies have bidded for the construction job for the interim port facilities of the new Samalaju Port in Bintulu, according to The Star. Tender for the package, the second for the port project called by Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB), closed last Wednesday. BPHB has been tasked by the Sar
Global Container Terminals Inc., a leading North American marine terminal operator with facilities on both coasts, has unveiled final plans for a multi-million dollar expansion project to develop a 70-acre technologically advanced container terminal on the Bayonne, NJ, waterfront. When complete, Glo
ABPmer, a leading UK marine environmental consultancy, has recently published four articles in a special issue of the international journal, Coastal Engineering. Edited by ABPmer’s Jon Williams, a specialist in sediment processes, the issue focuses on the results from a large-scale laboratory study
Based on careful consideration of the implementation costs, regulatory requirements and other concerns expressed by the community, the navigation improvement project for the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor has been terminated by the project sponsors. The project involved investigation of harbor improvemen
Homeowners along Newport Harbour will have to contend with the noise and lights of dredging crews working around the clock over the next two months, the Daily Pilot reports. Newport Beach’s harbor resources manager, Chris Miller, told the City Council that dredging crews wouldn’t need to work every
According to the Record-Journal, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will hold an informational meeting May 23 to discuss the next dredging phase of the Silver Lake Reclamation Project. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection representatives will present draft plans a
General Electric Co. officials said Tuesday that the Hudson River dredging will begin this week if weather permits. The dredging work will commence with a single dredge about 40 miles north of Albany. Work will ramp up over the next few weeks. GE released poly-chlorinated biphenyls into the river de
This week, RE Staite has mobilized some equipment into the harbor, and they’ve established a mooring area near the west side of Bay Island, and near the eastern end of the anchorage area. RE Staite is really pushing hard to meet the June 30 deadline for disposal at the Port of Long Beach. To do [&he
The devil is in the detail for Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, with the Government’s failure to extend the successful $200 million Reef Rescue program in this year’s Budget or to review the mass dredging plan which has caused ‘extreme concern’ within the international community. The Australia
The Savannah River Maritime Commission on Tuesday recommended that dredging be limited to a depth of 45 feet, Associated Press reports. The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed dredging to 47 feet, but the panel said that would be harmful to fish in the area. The state Supreme Court is considering w