U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon commence a $15.8 million beach renourishment project between Key Biscayne and Miami Beach. The first phase of the beach restoration is set to start in the last week of February and it will include dredging of approximately 250,000 cubic yards of sand from a bor
The Coastal Conservation Association Texas recently announced a $500,000 matching grant to initiate a new push in generating the funding to open Aransas County’s Cedar Bayou and Vincent Slough. After decades of negative impacts from siltation and low water flows, an estimated $6.5 million effort wil
A Hawks Nest group has called for an urgent Myall River dredge following the death of Grant ‘‘Squid’’ Forster in the area this week. BY MATT CARR (theherald) [mappress] Source: theherald, February 23, 2012
Dredging process of the Oconto River is moving ahead and it might be completed in 2013. Five years have passed since the river was last dredged. Back then the project cost $1.5 million and the state provided 80% of the expenses. The dredging is needed again since shoaling and sandbars at the mouth o
The Board of Selectmen has authorized approximately $200,000 from the town’s Harbor Dredge Fund to be used for an emergency dredging of 10,000 cubic yards of sand in Wells Harbor. The release of town funds is precautionary according to Town Manager Jon Carter since it was made clear on February 8 th
WWF today challenged the Australian Government’s view that the Great Barrier Reef is being sustainably managed, citing publications showing that coral had declined by up to 50 per cent. As UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee prepares to visit Queensland next month, after expressing “extreme concern” a
A long awaited beach renourishment project is underway at the Fort Pierce Inlet. Approximately 416,000 cubic yards of sand are being pumped onto the beach on the south side of the St. Lucie County’s inlet. “It’s a recreational benefit,” said Richard Bouchard, St. Lucie County coastal engineer. Reaut
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Public Affairs Office captured one first-place award, a second-place award and a third-place award in the 2011 USACE Herbert A. Kassner Public Affairs Competition. Public affairs staff earned a first-place unit award for outstanding achievements
Governor Jerry Brown, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Port of Los Angeles officials welcomed Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and his delegation to the Port on Thursday, February 16. The visit to China Shipping at the Port is part of a growing relationship between China, Los Angeles and Port officia
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for capital and maintenance dredging in the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The contract value is approximately EUR 90 million and was acquired together with the Jan de Nul Group. Boskalis’ share of the total contract is approximately EUR
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent to the White House a final, new clean water guidance meant to protect rivers, streams, and wetlands from pollution, restoring Clean Water Act safeguards that were in place for decades but recently placed in jeopardy. The following statement is from Earth
Verkhovna Rada adopted in first reading the draft law “On the sea ports of Ukraine.” The new draft regulatory act has been prepared by experts Mininfrastruktury pursuant to instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The bill aims at qualitatively new level to normalize relations in the fie
Port of Tauranga today posted a record half-year result as it consolidates its position as the country’s leading freight gateway. Revenue for the six months to December rose 14% to $105.7 million, from $92.8 million in the same period last year, while Net Profit After Tax rose 22% to $34.6 from $28.
The Okaloosa County Tourism and Development Council is chipping in $100,000 to help pay for dredging and long-term erosion management controls. This happened after erosion threatened to block the entrance to Destin Harbor at Norriego Point. “Every day we are getting closer to an accident,” said Mike
