St. Johns County, Florida, announced yesterday the closure of Riverdale Boat Ramp to complete a routine maintenance dredging project. “The scope of the project will result in a full closure of the boat ramp from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15 and some minor impacts to the parking and picnic areas of the park d
Donjon Marine Co Inc. of Hillside, New Jersey, will once again perform maintenance dredging activities in Newark Bay. Similar to last year, the company has won a $45.7 million USACE contract for the Newark Bay maintenance dredging works. According to the Corps, this year’s campaign includes removal
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won a major dredging and disposal contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project. The contract was awarded by Bechtel Energy, Inc. (Bechtel), the company that’s managing the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in partnership with Sempra Infrastructure.
Berkeley County Government, South Carolina, has awarded a $5 million contract to J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. for the Bushy Park Dredging and Spoil Site project. Bushy Park Landing is located near the Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek and provides public access to Foster Creek and the Cooper River.
NOAA has announced the availability of up to $240 million in funding for transformational projects that restore coastal habitat and strengthen community resilience. This funding has been made available through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Ac
Danos has expanded its portfolio to offer coastal restoration services to customers throughout the Gulf South. In addition to providing the materials and workforce to restore or replace barriers in marine environments, the company is producing and installing artificial reefs tailored to the local ha
Virginia-based Norfolk Dredging Company is busy dredging and placing sand to nourish the dune and berm project on the Island of Brigantine in New Jersey. The project, which is moving along very well, consists of dredging approximately 850,000 cubic yards of sand from an offshore borrow source. The d
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. The aim of the dredging work in the Shrewsbury River fede
The Dutra Group of San Rafael, California, has won a $9.6 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging work in Brooklyn, New York. The project includes maintenance dredging of Red Hook Flats Anchorage, New York Harbor (Federal Navigation Project) to depths of -35, -40 and -45 feet Mean Lower Low
Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe has successfully wrapped up the Caribbean dredging campaign in Montserrat. Since late July, TSHD Elbe was busy in Little Bay working on the Montserrat Port Development Project. “On the completion of its dredging duties last weekend TSHD Elbe depa
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed ecosystem restoration project in Wacouta Bay. Wacouta Bay is located near the head of Lake Pepin in Pool 4 of the Upper Mississippi River. The lands in the area are
Last weekend (August 19, 2023) Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned a new dredge at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara. The new cutter head dredge, a first of its kind for the ministry, was procured by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and will be
