by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: association, bayou, boaster, boat, boating, county government, dredge, dredging, ecosystem, environment, homeowner, lake, land, navigation, oxbow, property, sediment, silt, state agency, wildlife
DIAMONDHEAD — The Hancock County Board of Supervisors and Diamondhead Property Owners Association have filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) requesting authorization to excavate and dredge accreted sediment in Devil’s Elbow, an oxbow of Rotten Bayou, in Diamondhead. Accelerated sedimentation, due to a lack of upland [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
Tags: dredge, dredging, ecosystem, environment, poort, public hearing, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, wildlife
GULFPORT — A public hearing is scheduled for tomorrow on the state port’s proposal to study deepening the ship channel to as much as 47 feet. The port has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a deeper ship channel as part of an ongoing environmental assessment of port expansion. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: agriculture, bayou, berth, contract, dredge, forest, forester, forestry, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, port, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, wood pellet
PASCAGOULA — Port of Pascagoula commissioners have approved a $1.5-million dredging project to prepare a Bayou Casotte berth for a specialized wood pellet exporting facility. The board awarded the $1.47 million contract to C. F. Bean, LLC for the dredging, testing, transporting and disposing of about 45,000 cubic yards of silts around Terminals E and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2013
Tags: bill, depth, dredge, dredging, federal agecy, federal government, international trade, legislation, legislative, navigate, navigation, river, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The Army Corps of Engineers should dredge the Mississippi River deep enough to handle the huge cargo ships expected to use the Panama Canal once its expansion is completed next year, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond say. The Louisiana Democrats have submitted bills to authorize dredging the river [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 21,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, boat, boater, boating, county government, dredge, ecosystem, environment, martimie, navigation, pollution, ship, shipping, state agency, supervisor, wildlife
PASCAGOULA – The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources requesting authorization to maintenance dredge the Lake Yazoo Canal in Pascagoula. The proposed dredging is 2,200 feet in length and an average of 60 feet in width from a depth ranging from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: director, disaster, disaster recovery, dredge, dredging, executive, port, resign, resignation, transportation
GULFPORT — The longtime director of Mississippi’s state-owned port is resigning after increasing scrutiny over how the Gulf Coast facility is spending $570 million in federal money it was given after Hurricane Katrina. Gulfport Port director Don Allee will resign Nov. 2, according to a news release distributed today at a port commission meeting After [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: dredge, dredger, dredging, drought, dry, emergency, federal government, low, navigation, port, river, transportation, travel, water, water level
VICKSBURG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bringing in a contract dredge from Greenville to work at the Port of Vicksburg by next week. Corps officials tell the Vicksburg Post the Dredge Iowa is, owned by Illinois-based Great Lakes Barge Dredge and Dock Company. Corps spokesman Kavanaugh Breazeale says the dredge was to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 27,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, dredge, dredging, drought, dry, maritime, port, severe weather, ship, shipping, tow boat, traffic, transportation, travel, water, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Another barge grounding near Greenville has closed the Mississippi River to shipping. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Robert Anderson said a barge ran past buoys marking the shipping channel Saturday evening. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said yesterday it was refloated, but vessel traffic was not expected to resume before today. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: barge, boat, Commerce, dredge, drought, dry, information technology, maritime, port, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, towboat, transportation, travel, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Shipping is being allowed to move slowly through a stretch of the Mississippi River near Greenville that has been a trouble spot as low water caused by drought exposes sand and mud bars. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said today barges are being allowed to proceed south with northbound traffic expected [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: boat, boating, Commerce, dredge, dredging, drought, dry, maritime, port, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, trade, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage yesterday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said. New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets said the stretch of river near Greenville has been closed intermittently since Aug. [...] [...]
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