Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) has won a $157.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for new and maintenance hopper dredging of the Freeport Harbor Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Freeport,
Barnstable County (Cape Cod) Massachusetts yesterday published a video update about the Allen Harbor Approach Channel dredging project. According to the County, the dredge Sand Shifter started the Allen Harbor dredging project last week. The navigation channel, the area from the western jetty and al
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor, Weeks Marine, has begun construction of the Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The first contract, just over $50 million, includes construction of a beach berm with a planted dune, pedestrian, and vehicle crossovers, as well as two termin
Ellicott Dredges has just introduced the all-new EPA compliant Tier 3 Marine Ellicott® Series 670M Dragon® dredge. The Series 670 Dragon® dredge is a portable cutterhead suction dredge that can be easily transported and assembled on site with minimal effort. “This versatile dredge is ideal for any f
MOTAS Dredging Solutions recently received orders from C&C Marine and Repair, LLC to provide engineering and dredging components for the construction of two 28-inch Cutterhead Suction Dredges. The dredges – to be built at C&C Marine and Repair’s facility in Belle Chasse, Louisiana – will each measur
On this date in 1937, the Dredge Thompson was first placed into operation on the Mississippi River near Lansing, Iowa. Built by Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and with the price tag of $846.130, the dredge was christened by the granddaughter of William Thompson. The hydraulic dredge
Norfolk Dredging Company has received a $14 million contract from the Army Corps to conduct periodic nourishment of the Brigantine dune and berm Coastal Storm Risk Management project. The project is a joint effort between USACE, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the City of
The Louisiana Legislature has unanimously passed the 2023 Coastal Master Plan and the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Plan, according to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The projects identified in the 2023 Coastal Master Plan will restore and maintain over 300 square miles of Louisia
Earlier this week, Kokosing announced that the company’s Mid-Atlantic Marine Division has completed dredging of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal). Primarily working from early fall in 2022 to this past spring, the dredge and unloader crews worked around the clock and put in over 70,000 man
Despite continuous uncertainty, Jan De Nul Group said that 2022 fulfilled their expectations. The company achieve strong results: 2022 will also remain earmarked in history as the year of the armed conflict in Ukraine, Jan De Nul said. It was the onset of major global unrest with an immediate, devas
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The Town of Carolina Beach said that dredging and stabilization work is now underway at Carolina Beach Lake. “The Carolina Beach Lake Dredge and Stabilization project has begun. Contractors will use hydraulic dredging to fill geotextile tubes placed around the perimeter of the lake to create a stabl
