Dredging
Collier County to Close Clam Pass Park for Dredging
Collier County will close Clam Pass Park and the public beach south of Clam Pass on April 20th and 21st, so that workers from Energy Resources may perform some work for the emergency dredging project in the Clam Bay Natural Resource Protection Area. The closing is necessary for safety reasons, as th
Oregon’s Ports to Receive Their Share of Funding
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that included in the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations committee bill is $2 million for Scoggins Dam upgrades, $48 million for small ports and over $300 million for additional port programs. “The funding included in the appropriations
EPA Orders Kalamazoo River PCB Removal
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a unilateral order to Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser and International Paper which requires the removal of PCB-contaminated sediment and soil from a 1.5-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River upstream of the Otsego Township Dam, Otsego, Mich. This stret
Gator Dredging Makes Progress on Turkey Creek Dredging
Gator Dredging, a Florida based dredging contractor, is now at 50% completion of the muck removal from Turkey Creek, located in Palm Bay, FL. Part of the larger Indian River Lagoon cleanup effort in Brevard County, this project involves dredging over 235,000 cubic yards of muck using an Ellicott 670
Vedanta Wins Port of Mormugao Contract
Vedanta Limited has received the ‘Letter of Award’ for redevelopment of berth No. 8, 9 and barge berths at Port of Mormugao in Goa, India. The project will be handled by Sterlite Ports Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vedanta Limited. This contract has been awarded through a competitive bidding
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 11-17, 2016). PHOTO: Naming of Van Oord’s New Dredger BIESBOSCH Royal IHC has just released a photo from the naming ceremony of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) BIESBOSCH. Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
Guyana Launches Sea and River Defense Project
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of Guyana on Wednesday, April 13, launched a $30.9 million Sea and River Defense Project at the Pegasus Hotel in Guyana. The project is expected to provide for the reconstruction and improvement of approximately 5.4 km of sea and river defenses
USACE Invites Input on Saco River Maintenance Dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, has released a 30-day public notice to announce its intention to perform maintenance dredging of the Saco River Federal Navigation Project. The public notice is intended to provide information and seek comments about the Army Corp’s proposal an
DEP Provides Funding for Four Restoration Schemes
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded funding for four projects, including two grants in the past week, to help improve water quality in the Indian River Lagoon. The recent algal bloom (brown-tide event) in the northern Indian River Lagoon and Banana River reinforces t
Partrac Wins AMEP Monitoring Support Contract
Partrac has announced the award of a marine monitoring support services contract for the ABLE Marine Energy Park (AMEP). AMEP is a fully consented infrastructure project in the Humber estuary designed to offer port facilities for the renewable energy sector. The contract comprises the supply, deploy
Panama Canal Expansion Project – April 2016 Update
Eight years have passed since the beginning of works on the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction. The Expansion Program – which will create a new lane of traffic along the canal through the construction of a new set of locks, i
Senator Secures Funding for New Haven Dredging Study
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy yesterday applauded committee passage of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. Murphy secured $500,000 in the bill to conduct a feasibility study to deepen New Haven Harbor – Connecticut’s largest deep water commercial industrial port that is essential to th
Senator Coons Secures Funding for Delaware River Deepening
U.S. Senator Chris Coons has secured $80 million in funding for Dover Air Force Base and $33 million in funding for the Delaware River deepening project in the annual Military Construction/Veterans Affairs and Energy and Water Development appropriations bills respectively. These bills passed out of
Neumann Secures Corrie Channel Dredging Gig
The Great Lakes Council has hired Neumann Contractors to undertake the much needed dredging works in the Corrie Channel. The Corrie Channel is situated at the confluence between the Lower Myall River and Port Stephens Estuary on the north-western side of Corrie Island. The required dredge site itsel