Jefferson Parish (LA) has just released a video about the Living Shoreline project which is now in its Marsh Creation phase. The Lake Pontchartrain shoreline project stretches from Bucktown to Bonnabel Harbor. During the month of July, approximately 20 acres of intertidal marsh is being created by d
Clearing the water channels to secure the reliable movement of people and goods that are needed in remote communities in the Canadian North is the focus of the ongoing Hay River Harbor project. The harbor was last significantly dredged in 1997. Since then, the buildup of sediment in the harbor has c
As part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to growing the economy to help everyone get ahead, Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard has announced a $70-million investment over three years to continue important work at 18 small craft harbors in New Brun
In recent years, bigger and bigger vessels have been navigating through the seas and oceans. But the bigger the vessels, the fewer can moor at a quay. That is why in 2021, the government of Uruguay, together with Katoen Natie, decided to further expand the container terminal Cuenca del Plata. To acc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now soliciting bids for the project of dredging the Essex River. The Essex River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Massachusetts consists of mechanically dredging approximately 17,500 cubic yards (cy) of sand and silty material from the 4-foot channel and 4-foot
The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery project is now underway, according to the Town of Fort Myers Beach (FL). The project will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand from a nearshore borrow area in the Gulf of Mexico onto Fort Myers Beach. Ahtna Marine Construction Co
Marinex Construction Inc. has won a $22.8 million contract for maintenance dredging works in Savannah, Georgia. The work is located in the Savannah Harbor deep draft navigation project in the vicinity of Chatham County, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina. According to the Army Corps, approxim
The Honourable Judge Steven Merrick of the Sechelt Provincial Court fined George Winkler $70,000 for offences under Canada’s Fisheries Act last month. Mr. Winkler pleaded guilty in October 2023 to violating the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Act by undertaking work that resulted
Last week, Royal IHC team in Brazil successfully concluded the final commissioning test and begun operations of the dredging pump for the last of four electrical mining dredgers designed and supplied to serve Vale’s Gelado Project. “With our dedicated team focused on achieving project success, they
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its third review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA’s review concludes that PCB levels in water and fish are going down overall, but the EPA needs more years of fish data to determine if the clea
The City of Sanibel, Florida, said that dredging will begin on the entrance channel to the Shell Harbor subdivision today. According to the City, the work will take a few weeks to complete. “The channel will remain open for use during dredging, however, there may be short periods of time when boat t
The Dredge Hurley, a dustpan dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, has been very busy these days, removing sediment from navigation channels in the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, La. Dustpan dredges, like the Hurley, are unique to the Mississippi River system and work
