Portos RS has commenced urgent dredging to recover the most critical stretch of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in an area outside the Barra Breakwaters. According to the Port Authority, the work is being carried out by Jan de Nul’s hopper dredger Galileo Galilei. “R$ 21.5 million will
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is dredging the Manistee Harbor federal navigation channel to remove shoaling preventing deep-drafting commercial traffic. USACE was previously scheduled to maintenance dredge the harbor later in the summer, but quick coordination between staff and
A beach renourishment project that is underway in Atlantic Beach will take a slight pause for the Independence holiday, said USACE. This very important coastal protection program is part of a $32 million federally funded beach renourishment project to build up and strengthen beaches in Duval County.
A dredging project has begun at Millers-Showers Park, the City of Bloomington said. The City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) has the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the detention pools at Miller-Showers Park for the purpose of stormwater management. A dredging project to remove a
Work on dredging the navigational channel along the Indian River, near Millsboro, will begin in the following days, said the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). The material dredged from the channel will be used in a marsh enhancement project to restore a loca
Plans are underway for a major expansion and deepening of the Babitonga Bay channel in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Earlier this month, Governor Jorginho Mello signed a memorandum of understanding with Ports of São Francisco do Sul and Itapoá to increase the depth of the Babitonga Bay Port Complex. The a
The City of Lewes, DE, is inviting interested bidders to submit proposals for the maintenance dredging of the boat slips at the Canalfront Park Marina and specified private marinas. According to the city, bids will be accepted until 4 p.m. on July 19 at City Hall. At that time, the bids will be publ
Recently, the Dredge Goetz was in the Rock Island District performing dredging operations in Pool 16 of the Mississippi River near Buffalo, Iowa. The Goetz is a hydraulic dredge based out of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District that helps maintain the 9-foot navigation channel on the U
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District said that a dredging and marsh restoration project at the mouth of the Salem River in New Jersey is about to begin. Dredging operations, to be conducted by the Dredge Lexington, are set to start in early July as part of contract that was awarde
The City of Cape Town proposes the redevelopment and upgrade of the weirs at Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei that are located within the False Bay Nature Reserve. The proposed redevelopment of the ‘weir complex’ is to supplement other medium-term interventions, including the dredging of Zeekoevlei, to impr
The USACE Jacksonville District is inviting public comments, views, and information regarding the preparation of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for the maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Fernandina Harbor, Florida. The district has publishe
North Wildwood’s emergency beach renourishment dredging project is now complete. Just in time for the 4th of July weekend crews are now demobilizing equipment after spending the last month pumping sand onto the rapidly eroding beach. North Wildwood has been hit hard by bad storms. The coastal erosio
