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Remediation Option Finalized for Lower Passaic River
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its final Record of Decision for the Christie Administration’s selected remediation plan for the Lower Passaic River. The DEP issued a letter of concurrence to EPA last week, calling for the engineered, bank-to-bank capping of the lower 8.3 miles
AAPA’s Port Development Seminar Starts This Week
AAPA’s Finance and Maritime Economic Development committees are working together to plan a seminar that will help ports meet the challenges related to port infrastructure development and financing. That is why AAPA will be the organizer of the Infrastructure Development and Financing Seminar in San
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 29 – March 6, 2016). Future Dredging Technologies Discussed in Moscow Future dredging technologies will be based on robotization and intellectualization, according to Mikhail Chemodanov, Technical Direct
Boskalis Consortium Preferred Bidder for Fehmarnbelt
Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, today announced its intention to award a substantial contract related to the construction of a tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany to the Fehmarn Belt Contractors consortium including Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. Beside
Tender Announced for Twente Canal Expansion
Rijkswaterstaat has invited bidders to submit their offers for the design and implementation of the Twente Canal Expansion – Phase 2. The Twente canal forms the connection of the IJssel with companies and ports in Lochem and Twente. It is anticipated that the operations, including deepening and wide
Clawson Introduces Legislation to Expedite Repairs to HHD
Continuing in his efforts to bring relief from the massive discharges of nutrient-laden water from Lake Okeechobee, Congressman Curt Clawson yesterday introduced his bipartisan legislation to expedite repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD). Clawson’s legislation would set aside $800 million and re
EA Awards for Flood Projects by BAM, Team Van Oord and VBA
Three Dutch-related companies, BAM Nutall, Team Van Oord and VBA, have been awarded by the Environment Agency for their excellent work undertaken in flood scheme projects. On the occasion of the Flood & Coast 2016 conference the awards were handed out during a gala dinner in Telford on 24 February.
Reclamation and Other Uses of Marine Aggregate in Poland
The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) has announced that their seminar ‘Reclamation and Other Uses of Marine Aggregate’ will take place on April 22, 2016, in Gdansk, Poland. This EMSAGG seminar will examine the role of marine aggregate for reclamation works, coastal renourishment projec
Wetlands International: First Sediment Build-Up Behind Dam
A year after Dutch and Indonesian partners began the restoration of the severely eroding coast in Demak and Semarang in Northern Java, the project is showing its first results. Based on the principle of through Building with Nature, a sediment-permeable dam has been constructed and mangrove trees ha
EPA Hosts Portland Harbor Cleanup Meetings
Throughout the month of March, the EPA will continue hosting community information sessions on the Portland Harbor Cleanup Proposed Plan, as the Agency prepares to deliver key cleanup documents for public comment in April. When the Proposed Plan is released, the public will have an opportunity to re
McL&H to Hold Supplier Event for Water of Leith Project
McLaughlin & Harvey, in partnership with Constructionline, is about to hold a Supplier Engagement Event to inform potential suppliers about the opportunities available on the £14 million Water of Leith project. The event, set for 23rd March 2016, will provide potential suppliers with the chance to l
Preparations for Dyke Marsh Project Underway
The USACE, Baltimore District, and the National Park Service (NPS), George Washington Memorial Parkway, are working on a project to restore up to 100 acres of freshwater tidal marsh within the 485-acre Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve in Fairfax County, Virginia. Dyke Marsh is one of the best studied we
Aquatec Unveils SSC Converter for AQUAlogger 210TY
Aquatec Group has just announced the introduction of an SSC converter for their popular AQUAlogger 210TY turbidity logger. Now included as standard in the AQUAtalk software package, users will be able to convert their turbidity readings to suspended sediment concentration (SSC) with ease. The conver
Rossaveel Harbor Dredging Tender Announced
The Irish Government’s Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has just announced a tender for the Rossaveel Small Craft Harbor capital dredging works. The dredging operations associated with the small craft harbor will require the removal of approximately 78,000 m³ of material to create a mano