New Dredging Project in Shark River Inlet

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After finishing the dredging of the Shark River channels situated off the Belmar Marina, the US Army Corps of Engineers will bring the start of another dredging project at the entrance of the Shark River Inlet on 2 January 2018.

Since early September, the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) has been removing 102,000 cubic yards of sediment to open up the western portions of the Share River Channel and Shark River Channel Spur to full depth and width, making it easier and safer for commercial and recreational boaters to navigate those waterways.

In this new dredging project, the Army Corps of Engineers will station its dredge Murden in the outer section of the mouth of the Shark River Inlet, where up to 35,000 cubic feet of sand will be removed in several areas of recurring shoals.

ODNR Completes Record-breaking Dredging Season

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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently finished the 2017 dredging season, having removed 1,053,042 cubic yards of material from state park lakes and other state properties. In the previous year, a total of 1,011,458 cubic yards of sediment were removed statewide.

In 2017, ODNR worked to excavate and remove sediment from navigable waterways, including Grand Lake St Marys, Indian Lake and Lake Loramie. This practice increases navigability and water quality by removing and relocating phosphorus-rich sediment to designated dredge material relocation areas.

Other dredging sites for 2017 included Buckeye Lake, Cowan Lake, East Harbor, Findley and Rocky Fork state parks.

The next dredging season will begin in April 2018. Dredging is critical at the state park lakes to improve boater access and water quality.

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Dredging Tenders at Azov Sea Port

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The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has put forward a tender for the dredging works at two Azov Sea ports which are urgently. In this water area, there is a more intensive flooding than, for example, in the ports of Bolshaya Odessa, and this calls for a regular operational dredging.

The dredging program, worth $17.8 million, will be carried out in the Mariupol Port and the Port of Berdyansk. The planned volume of the dredging operations in both ports is 2.9 million cubic meters and the project is set to be completed within eight months after the start.

Earlier this year, the Ukrainian government launched a major renewal of the country’s port infrastructure to boost the logistic capacities of Ukraine. The project would have an impact on the functioning of our two ports and on the overall cargo logistics in the Azov basin.

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Outer Harbor Dredging Plan

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South Australia’s largest port operator has applied to the State Planning Commission to widen the existing shipping channel at Outer Harbor by 40m for a distance of 7km.

Its proposal would require dredging of 1.55 million cubic metres of sea matter to be relocated at Gulf St Vincent which sparking “serious concerns” from local environmental groups.

According to Flinders Ports, the project is necessary because the number of ships calling into Outer Harbor has quadrupled this year and is expected to double again in 2018. Meanwhile the economic benefit of widening the channel did not outweigh the destruction of the environment.

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Dredging Project of Forked River Channels

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The state-funded dredging project of shallow navigational watercourses near Barnegat Inlet has already begun with the part dredging works of Forked River channels completed to maintain and ensure the safe navigation.

The dredge project in the Forked River channels, which included Forked River, Forked River Middle Branch, and Spur, the South Spur, and the channel known as the Elks Channel, began in August and was completed on schedule in September. The work is part of the $2.5 million projects to dredge the Forked River and Barnegat Bay channels. The dredge materials were hydraulically transported to the Oyster Creek confined disposal facility to drain.

The next project includes Double Creek Mainland, Double Creek Inlet, High Bar Harbor, and Barnegat Light Stake, located just off the municipal boat ramp. Dredging operations began last month and continue 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the end of December.

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Damen Dredger Starts Work at Gippsland Lakes

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Tommy Norton, a Damen trailing suction hopper dredger built at Damen Shipyards Yichang has been delivered to Gippsland Ports.The suction hopper dredger has been put into dredging work as soon as it arrived.

Capable of dredging to depths of 15m, the dredger has been built with bottom doors to enable self-emptying and can alternate between a bow connection and rainbow expulsion for beach reclamation work. In order to increase the vessel’s payload capacity when dredging sand with a high specific density, Damen has reduced the freeboard of the vessel and applied a dredge mark.

The 60m dredger has now started work to deliver safe and reliable ocean access for the commercial vessels, oil and gas suppliers and commercial fishing fleet that cross the entrance bar to the Gippsland Lakes area. The maintenance dredging also helps reduce the risk of flooding to local communities.

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