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The MMO's role in dredging associated with port development

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 24 January 2019 - Categories: marine licensing
Birdseye view of a shipping container at sea.

...and gravels for construction (aggregate dredging) to remove material to clear outfalls (clearance dredging) There has been increased interest in navigational dredging as the UK prepares to leave the EU,...

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Support for good practice guidance

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 21 November 2017 - Categories: marine licensing
aggregate dredger

...to carry out sustainable marine aggregate extraction in English waters BMAPA and The Crown Estate have jointly published a new good practice guide. Good Practice Guidance: Extraction by Dredging of...

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