Piney Point
Port Manatee faces claim over Piney Point
PALMETTO -- A multimillion-dollar claim by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock against Port Manatee is just the start of what could end up being a “complicated and multi-party dispute,” according to attorneys representing the port.
Piney Point
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PINEY POINT
Port Manatee dredging back on track
BRADENTON -- Dredging at Port Manatee resumed over the weekend and repairs at Piney Point, where the dredge material is being stored, seem to be holding.
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PINEY POINT
Piney Point deal spills out in lawsuit: HRK Holdings being sued over $30M sale gone awry
MANATEE -- A Chicago development firm is suing the owners of the Piney Point phosphate site, claiming that HRK Holdings is illegally holding a $250,000 deposit on a failed deal and repeatedly deceived and undercut the developers during their negotiations to buy the site.
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PINEY POINT
Piney Point cleared to accept dredging
MANATEE -- The former Piney Point phosphates site began taking on new dredge material around 9:30 a.m. after state environmental officials approved repairs and a monitoring plan.
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PINEY POINT
Port dredging should resume by mid-week
MANATEE -- Anticipating the completion of repairs to Piney Point reservoirs, Port Manatee officials have called dredging operators back to work and expect the project to resume by mid-week.
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BUSINESS
Piney Point repairs may end Monday
MANATEE -- Repairs designed to fix leaks at a former Piney Point phosphate plant are expected to be complete Monday, a company official said Friday.
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PINEY POINT
Piney Point repairs may wrap up Wednesday
MANATEE -- Repairs are expected to be completed Wednesday at a former Piney Point phosphate plant that leaked millions of gallons into the neighborhood around it.
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PINEY POINT
Piney Point repairs should be finished next week -- company
MANATEE Repairs are slated to be completed Wednesday at a former Piney Point phosphate plant that leaked millions of gallons into the neighborhood around it. The repairs mean a dredging project could resume shortly thereafter at nearby Port Manatee.
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PINEY POINT
Behind the name HRK Holdings
MANATEE -- Outside the circle of Port Manatee businesses, the name HRK Holdings LLC was largely unknown.
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PINEY POINT
Leak tally at Piney Point: 169M gallons
MANATEE -- State officials have calculated that a Piney Point facility sent more than 169 million gallons of emergency discharges through ditches and into Bishop Harbor over three weeks’ time.
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PINEY POINT
‘Seam failure’ suspected in leak at Piney Point
MANATEE -- Officials at HRK Holdings LLC, owner of a former phosphate plant that was leaking earlier this month, suspect “seam failure” in a plastic lining at the facility may be to blame.








