The USACE Detroit District is pausing dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan, in response to Ottawa County Health Department’s “no-contact order” for North Park Beach after preliminary testing found E.coli concentrations in the area. Dredging will be paused in the area until testing results show the E.co
EDDY Pump Corporation has formed a strategic partnership with Hawk Excavator. EDDY Pump is a pump and dredge equipment manufacturer, while Hawk Excavator specializes in heavy-duty excavator equipment. This partnership aims to combine their expertise in designing, customizing, and servicing versatile
The Commonwealth Ports Authority has approved a Letter of Intent with the Department of Defense for a $500 million development project to repair and improve the Tinian Harbor. The approval comes after CPA conducted a town hall with community members and local leadership. CPA Board Chair, Kimberlyn K
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has prepared a new feasibility report and environmental assessment for navigational improvements at Akutan Harbor on Akun Island and is seeking public comment on the draft document. USACE proposes to construct a harbor on the island to accommodate ve
Weeks Marine Inc. has won a $20.2 million contract from the Army Corps for emergency renourishment of the St. Johns County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project (Vilano Beach). The project will renourish approximately 3 miles of shoreline along portions of south Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beaches in St.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a $12.9 million contract to Seaward Marine of Norfolk, Va. for maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Trenton. Work involves dredging 425,000 cubic yards of sediment fr
Environmentally friendly dredging is just one of the concrete results to come from Finland’s partnership with a Michigan company called Moran Iron Works (MIW). MIW and Watermaster North America recently partnered to manufacture a second Finnish-engineered dredging machine for a costumer in Minnesota
In less than two weeks, WEDA’s Dredging Summit & Expo ’23 will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, from July 17-20, 2023. WEDA’s annual National conference is the perfect opportunity for companies in the dredging industry to connect with key decision-makers, generate new leads, and showcase t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District has awarded a contract to HME Construction, Inc. to perform clamshell dredging at six locations, four in Oregon and two in Washington. The Oregon/Washington Clamshell Maintenance Dredging 2023 project includes removal of approximately 450,000 cubic
Scientists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL) recently assisted USACE New Orleans District in measuring the turbidity near a dredging operation in the Bayou Rigaud Federal Navigation Channel. The Bayou Rigaud Federal Navigation Channel pass
The City of Mobile, Alabama, recently began a seven-month effort to restore the historic stream channel of Three Mile Creek. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bypassed this segment of the Creek with a straight channel in the early 1980s to control flooding in the area. The project, funded through the
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has completed construction of Berth 8 at Port Freeport, Texas. Part of the Velasco Terminal, Berth 8 features over 925 feet of berth and an associated roll-on/roll-off dock extension. The expansion represents the single largest project built by a public port on the
