Australia: Dredging Starts at Abell Point Marina

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Abell Point Marina dredging project is currently underway. The project started few days ago after completing the first tests successfully.

The dredging team have been working hard over the past three months to profile a dredging process that will effectively target high areas areas across the marina that have previously caused access issues on a low tide.

In targeting 20% of high areas across the marina, the dredging team believe that it can rectify 80% of the problem areas allowing greater access to berths for deeper draft vessels.

The dredging project will first target high areas in O/P arm, M/N arm, L arm and around the fuel wharf before scoping out a full maintenance schedule of the marina. The project is predicted to last for 6 – 8 months with all dredge material being pumped into the retention pond to develop a community parkland for marina customers to enjoy with regular events planned for this area.

Press Release, July 16, 2014

Bayou Lafourche Dredging Project Expected to Begin in 2015

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A $20 million project to dredge parts of Bayou Lafourche is expected to begin in early 2015. The project aims to increase Mississippi River water flow into the bayou.

Ben Malbrough, Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District executive director, said 16 to 18 months of work could start in January. This is the second $20 million dredging of the bayou in the past four years.

Money for the project comes from the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, which sends revenue from offshore energy production back to the state for restoration projects.

The program requires the project be complete by December 2016.

Hong Kong: Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Dredging Underway

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The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that marine works involving dredging operations, removal and laying of private moorings will be carried out in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.

During the next three months, the works will be carried out by one grab dredger and one hopper barge with some tugs and guard boats providing assistance. The number of vessels engaged in the works will change from time to time to suit operational requirements.

A working area of approximately 50 metres around each working vessel will be established. Yellow marker buoys fitted with yellow flashing lights will be laid to mark the positions of the anchors extending from the working vessels.

A silt curtain, extending from the sea surface to the seabed, will be established around the dredger. The silt curtain is a large piece of netting used to contain mud and sediments. Yellow markers fitted with yellow flashing lights will be laid to mark the extent of the silt curtain.

Press Release, June 25, 2014

Vietnam: Soai Rap Dredging Project Phase 2 Inaugurated

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The second phase of Soai Rap River dredging project was inaugurated on June 21. The project will allow larger vessels to navigate through the Soai Rap channel and ease the access to Ho Chi Minh City’s Hiep Phuoc Port and the relocated ports along the Saigon River.

The 54 km route begins from the Soai Rap River and ends at Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Hiep Phuoc Industrial Zone.

The second phase costs VND2,797 billion, of which Belgium financed EUR76 million and the remaining VND642 billion was from the city budget.

The Soai Rap River dredging scheme encompasses Tien Giang, Long An, Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau. It is expected to accommodate the city’s rising demand for cargo transport.

The dredging project is divided into three phases. The first phase will dredge the river to a depth of 9.5m for handling ships of 30,000 to 50,000 tonnes. The second and third phase will dredge to a respective depth of 11 and 12m for ships with capacity of 50,000-70,000 tonnes and over 70,000 tonnes.

USA: Wonder Lake Dredging To Start Soon

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The Wonder Lake Master Property Owners Association will commence dredging of Wonder Lake this week according to the lake manager Randy Stowe.

The restoration project is designed to deepen Wonder Lake by churning up soil at the bottom of the lake and then sucking it up. The soil and water then will be deposited in the now-complete sediment drying facility to control the flow of water located in the Meadows of West Bay.

The official start date on the long delayed and debated project is up to the contractor, which the association’s board of directors hired last year on a $2.7 million contract.

USA: Buffalo River Dredging About to Start

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The final phase of the environmental dredging of the Buffalo River begins this week. The removal of close to 1 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment is one of the largest of its kind nationally.

The dredging cost of $22.7 million is funded through a 50/50 cost-share agreement with Honeywell and the EPA under the Great Lakes Legacy Act program.

According to Riverkeeper, the restoration will conclude in 2015 with the capping of sediments in the City Ship Canal and habitat restoration along the shoreline.

Photo by: Andrew Kornacki