A contractor for the final stage of the Mordialloc Creek dredging project will be approved by Kingston Council next week. The first stage of the dredging was completed last year at a cost of $1.5 million. The second stage, with the estimated cost of about $5.5 million, will remove mud and silt from
The Liberal Opposition is calling on the Weatherill Labor Government to immediately start dredging the narrows between Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert to ensure the work is completed before the high flows coming down the Darling System reach the Lower Lakes. The Liberal Opposition has been told by
A delegation led by visiting Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu forged sisterhood ties Friday with the Port of Miami with a view to promoting personnel exchanges, information sharing and technological cooperation between both ports. The sisterhood pact was signed by Chen and Chang Kuo-ming, chief secretary of
Another three armament shells were discovered in the mud lodged inside the dredger undergoing repair work at Western India Shipyard Ltd dock at Mormugao port after four workers were injured in an explosion reported on Wednesday. An investigation is being conducted and the shells have been sent to th
Developing a love and respect for the open seas came naturally to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Small Craft Operator Joe Vernier, a Galveston, Texas, native, who spent much of his youth recreating along and exploring the Gulf of Mexico. So it’s not any surprise that Vernier chose
Avalon Borough Council authorized a placement of an additional 14,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach, bringing the new total to 74,000 cubic yards of sand instead of the original 60,000. “Our beach will be renourished and replenished well in advance of the spring and summer tourism season,” stated
The CBI has registered an FIR at the CBI Special Court in Kochi against a naval officer and the Managing Director of a private dredging company in connection with the sand mining scam at Ezhimala Naval Academy. The case relates to the illegal selling of sand worth 1 .4 crore rupees dredged at the Na
An agreement has been signed between the Port of Pascagoula and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for initiating a project at the triple barrel dredging material disposal site. This Project Partnership Agreement states that the port and Corps will share the cost of construction worth $5.5 million. Th
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners has completed work to level the bed in the east corner of Custom House basin this week. The work took place at low water on Tuesday and was carried out by the Padstow Harbour Commissioners’ dredging vessel Mannin, which used a grab to level out the bottom of the muddy
Meddtl/Deal974, service des ports et des bases aériennes, has invited tenders for the harbour dredging works at Le Port area, Guadeloupe. Extension works to the East Port – Phase 2 include: – Continuation and deepening of the main container terminal; – Construction of an additional wharf in the nort
Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust has awarded the beach of De Haan-Weinduine replenishment contract to the THV Vlaamse Baaien. This contract is intended to carry out a beach (and bank) material supplementation of the beach of De Haan-Weinduine and the continuing sandy area to other b
IPC has announced a plan for the Port of Ashdod dredging program. Dredging and sand bypassing works adjacent to the Port of Ashdod and the Port of Haifa involve: – Dredging in the port area and north of the Ashdod Marina, – Transporting and placing the sand approximately 5- 10 kilometers north of th
Restoration work necessary for dealing with erosion at Georgica Beach and damage caused to the road-end by Tropical Storm Irene is organized, however East Hampton Village has postponed the work until spring. The village submitted an application for $231,000 of reimbursable expenses and only 87.5% ha
Water levels along the Mississippi River continue to drop, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deactivate Phase I flood fight inspections. As a result of this deactivation, all permitted construction work near levees and floodwalls along or near the river may now resume. The Corps activate