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  • VIDEO: Lake Oroville Spillway Works

    8 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Contractors working at the Lake Oroville Spillway continue to remove sediment and debris below the spillway. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has just released this video update on the operations. Crews working on widening the channel at the base of the main spillway have made significant progress towards the goal of creating enough […]

  • VIDEO: San Jacinto River Dredging in Final Phase

    15 April 2019
    Business & Finance

     The FEMA funded emergency dredging of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River near Kingwood, Texas, is nearing its completion. USACE Galveston District has just released the latest project update, saying that as of April 11, 652 tons of woody debris and 1,547,000 cubic yards of sand has been dredged from the river. […]

  • Monroe County Canal Cleanup Program Ahead of Schedule

    5 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Monroe County-led $49.2 million project to cleanup Hurricane Irma marine debris is at 78 percent completion, with 134 of the 172 federally approved canals completed, the county said in its last week’s release.  The project has used only $14.2 million (38%) of the available $45.8 million marine debris clearing budget for unincorporated Monroe County, […]

  • New Zealand: Container Removal from Rena Wreck Remains Priority

    25 January 2012

    The priority for the Svitzer salvage team continues to be the removal of containers from the bow section of Rena. Salvors yesterday removed 29 packets of wood, and 9 tonnes of container lashing equipment from the bow section yesterday. These were lifted off by helicopter as conditions did not allow the barge Smit Borneo close […]

  • New Zealand: Underwater Steel Cutting Continues Onboard Rena Wreck

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day, the Maritime New Zealand announces. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction and the divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel. This […]

  • Pallone Announces Federal Dollars for Lakes and Waterways Cleanup (USA)

    5 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced federal funding for the cleanup of lakes and waterways affected by Superstorm Sandy in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. Pallone announced that several lakes, creeks and brooks throughout the Sixth Congressional District will receive federal dollars to cover 90% of the cost of cleanup and restoration work through the National […]

  • Maritime New Zealand Reports Oil Leak from Sunken Part of Rena

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The […]

  • Environment Agency to Remove Gravel and Silt from Aire and Worth

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency this week started an £800,000 program of work on the rivers Aire and Worth to remove gravel and silt deposited by the winter floods. The deposits, known as shoals, built up in the rivers during the flooding as large volumes of water picked up debris and distributed it along the river system. […]

  • Philippines: Completion of Yawa River Dredging Program Set for August

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The concerned groups and individuals said there should have been transparency in the controversial P50-million Yawa River dredging project implementation in line with the “Matuwid na daan” policy of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Incidentally, dredging projects have been selectively banned in the Bicol Region because of their highly scandalous implementation in the past, which […]

  • VIDEO: San Jacinto Dredging Reaches Midpoint

    21 February 2019
    Business & Finance

     The West Fork of the San Jacinto River FEMA funded Emergency Debris Removal project near Kingwood, Texas, has reached its halfway mark of completion, USACE Galveston District said in its latest announcement.  This emergency cleanup program was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) on July 6, 2018 and covers about two miles of […]

  • New Zealand: Bad Weather Prevents Salvors to Assess Rena’s Break-up Damage

    12 January 2012

    Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The […]

  • USA: Louisiana Collects and Removes Oil From E-4 Chandeleur Island Sand Berm

    29 July 2010

    Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 225th Engineer Brigade collected 28 bags or approximately 700 pounds of oily debris on the state built E-4 berm at the Chandeleur Island chain. This comes on the heals of another 500 pounds of oily debris that was previously discovered, totaling 1,200 pounds of oiled debris removed to date. The […]

  • New Zealand: Divers Continue Assessment of Rena Wreck

    16 January 2012

    Divers today continued a full assessment of the state of the wreck of the Rena – its stability on the reef and general condition – as the first stage of working out what to do next. “It’s extremely challenging and dangerous work,” National On Scene Commander Rob Service said, “because of the surges of water […]

  • VIDEO: Dive Survey of Rena’s Stern Section Completed (New Zealand)

    25 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have escaped since the vessel broke in […]

  • Two die as fishing boat sinks off Channel Islands

    12 July 2006

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A fishing boat sank off the Channel Islands Tuesday, killing two people and injuring one, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Clifton Kent, 45, of Santa Barbara swam more than a mile through chilly waters and was rescued about 9 a.m. on the island’s north shore. A scuba diving boat crew called […]

  • Sirius Takes Delivery of Cameron SOLIDrill for Ororo Field

    21 December 2017
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Sirius Petroleum has taken delivery of two sets of Cameron SOLIDrill modular compact well head systems in Nigeria.    The systems supplied by Cameron, a Schlumberger company, will be used at the company’s Ororo field. Cameron SOLIDrill modular compact wellhead systems increase casing and tubing hanger landing reliability and help prevent debris from entering the […]

  • USA: Dredging at Wallace Swamp Creek Park Kicks Off

    22 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Wallace Swamp Creek Park dredging project has officially commenced, according to kenmorewa.gov. Each summer, the city must dredge sediment and debris out of swamp creek from the pond. The creek is routed through a bypass channel, which allows workers to drain the pond and remove sediment and debris. On average, about 3,000 cubic yards […]

  • New Zealand: Svitzer Salvors Made Progress in Removing Containers from Rena

    27 April 2012

    Svitzer salvors have made good progress in removing containers and cargo from Rena throughout the week. Dive operations to remove smaller pieces of debris and cargo have been undertaken. Divers are cutting into parts of the submerged stern section to gain access to containers for removal. There are currently moderate to strong winds and swells […]

  • VIDEO: All Set for San Jacinto Dredging

    31 August 2018
    Business & Finance

     The preparation activities for emergency dredging and debris removal along the West Fork of the San Jacinto River are moving forward. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractors launched a 27 ton dredger last Thursday into the river. Two dredgers, measuring 90 feet long, 25 feet wide, were transported in and are being reassembled […]

  • New Zealand: Progress on Rena Salvage Activities

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Salvors have made good progress through the week, although operations were suspended yesterday due to heavy swells around the wreck site making salvage activity unsafe. Svitzer advises the weather conditions are expected to be suitable for operations to resume today. Salvage Salvors have undertaken salvage of sections of containers and cargo from both the seabed […]

  • GBV Wins Flood Management Project

    27 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A flagship flood risk management scheme has been awarded to GBV, a joint venture comprising Galliford Try and Black & Veatch. By creating three kilometers of flood defenses GBV’s work will rejuvenate areas of Derby city center currently underutilized because of insufficient flood protection. “The scheme is about more than safeguarding people and property from […]

  • PHOTO: Watermaster Amphibious Dredger Busy in Sri Lanka

    28 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Negombo Lagoon cleanup project in Sri Lanka was recently completed by using a multipurpose Watermaster amphibious dredging machine.  The Negombo Lagoon suffers from heavy siltation and the presence of urban debris, making big trouble for the fishing and sightseeing boats to enter the certain parts of the lagoon. Watermaster’s Urban Dredging Concept was utilized […]

  • USA: Delaware and Raritan Dredging to Improve Canal Health

    16 March 2012

    A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection stated that the piles of debris including tires and other materials at Bulls Island State Park have resulted from a routine maintenance dredging of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, reports NJ.com. “What looked like fill material was being bulldozed along about 400 feet of the floodplain. […]

  • OVI: Over 100 tons of plastics recovered in largest-ever open ocean cleanup

    26 June 2020
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ocean Voyages Institute has set a new record with the largest at sea cleanup in the Gyre to date.

  • Fort Pierce Dredging Operations Delayed

    3 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging operations related to the Fort Pierce Shore Protection Project halted Saturday as a result of a barge that sank February 24 in the Fort Pierce Inlet. Operations are ongoing to remove the wreck and its debris field, which are limiting navigation, including the dredge, in the Federal channel. On Saturday the U.S. Coast Guard […]