The New Jersey Department of Transportation has just released this amazing video about the latest Wildwood dredging project. In this video, Maritime Resident Engineer Joselyn Wall takes us on a fascinating tour of an on-going winter dredging operation in Wildwood:
J.F. Brennan Company recently posted an interesting blog post on Treatability: An Important Asset in Environmental Dredging. Treatability testing uses bench-scale demonstrations and analysis to determine if a material can be effectively treated with a specific chemical or process. At Brennan, they u
Boskalis published its 2023 financial results today. The company said that they have concluded a historic 2023 with both revenue and earnings reaching a record level. Revenue increased by 20% to EUR 4.28 billion, EBITDA increased 68% to EUR 1 billion and EBIT increased 135% to EUR 701 million. Net p
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said that he has secured over $41.2 million in federal funding for 31 projects across the Bay Area in the first package of FY 2024 appropriations bills. Senator Padilla said: “I am proud to have also secured funding for projects that will improve the quality of
The USACE New England District has received a permit application from the City of New Haven Engineering Department for a proposed work in New Haven Harbor waters at Long Wharf Park on Long Wharf Drive in New Haven, Connecticut. The proposed work involves the permanent discharge of up to 11,410 cubic
Norfolk Dredging has completed their work dredging the channel and placing sand on the beach in Topsail Island, NC. According to the Town, the contractor finished another successful dredging/beach nourishment project on February 26. Over the next few weeks, the crews will be working to demobilize eq
The Town of Barnstable said that the County Dredge and the Town’s contractor, Dig-It Construction, will begin mobilizing equipment in preparation for the Cotuit Bay Entrance Channel Dredging Project in the following days. This project will consist of dredging the approach channel into Cotuit Bay. Ac
The Dredging Contractors of America announced today that the House and Senate have reached deal on the first set of appropriations bills including Energy & Water. In their announcement, DCA showed support for the bipartisan bipartisan package of appropriations bills agreed to by the U.S. House of Re
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District has just released this very interesting video named ‘Dredging at the Port of Morgan City’. In the video, Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, Michael Stack, Operations Division chief and Mac Wade, executive director, Port of Morga
New Jersey Department of Transportation team has won a National Recognition Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2024 Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the Manasquan Area Channels Maintenance Dredging Project. The $7.2 million project restored eight channels in M
Port of Coos Bay, Oregon, recently welcomed a handymax bulk carrier at the GMA Garnet dock. The vessel is the second ship to call at river mile 15 in the last 12 months. Prior to last year’s call, it had been over 20 years since a deep draft vessel transited and moored at River Mile […]
The Port of Virginia’s wider shipping channel is now open for two-way passage of ultra-large container vessels (ULCV). Widening the channel is part of the port’s $1.4 billion strategic infrastructure investment package that focuses on creating efficiency, supporting larger cargo volumes and increasi
