Weeks Marine has finally begun work on the dredging and beach nourishment project in Town of Duck, North Carolina. The hopper dredge Magdalen placed the first load of sand from the subline located just south of Dianne Street on Tuesday evening (April 11). After building the construction pad, the wor
The Walla Walla District recently completed dredging work at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Lewiston, Idaho and downstream of Ice Harbor Dam. This is the first project the district has completed using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds. The commitment of Walla Walla District
Eastern Shipbuilding Group conducted sea trials for the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258) recently. “The R.B. Weeks is the second trailing suction hopper dredge we have built for Weeks Marine, Inc. This new 356-foot vessel has a hopper capacity of 8,550 cubic yards,” T
Eagle Dynamic Solutions of Evans, Georgia, recently took delivery of their second Mud Cat® 115D after their first Mud Cat 115D was a complete success for their dredging operations. In addition to the purchase of another Mud Cat 115D, Eagle also purchased a patented WeedMaster® Cutterhead for convert
NEOM has invited selected companies to bid for a contract to complete the next phase of the Duba Port Expansion at Oxagon Industrial City. According to MEED, the companies need to submit their offers before May 11. The prospective bidders are: The contract to execute the first phase of the Duba Port
Dredging work is moving ahead on the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss., and the U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners in the area to exercise caution. The Mike Hooks cutter suction dredger (CSD) E. Stroud is currently conducting dredging operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just north o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is about to embark on another round of maintenance dredging of Salem River Federal Navigation Channel. The Corps recently proposed to hydraulically dredge approximately 209,000 cubic yards of material from the Salem River FNC in the vicinity of Salem Cove in New Cast
Mary Richards and Robin Armetta, two biologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, survey bird species in the dredged material containment areas along the Savannah River, every two weeks. The DMCAs are designated placement sites for sediment removed from the Savannah River tha
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District is looking for a contractor to provide maintenance dredging for two dredging projects in Northern Carolina. According to the Corps, the areas of consideration for these dredging services are Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin and 42-Ft Project, Ne
An unexploded World War II aerial bomb was detonated off a beach in Fort Pierce yesterday, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. A construction crew dredging sand on the beach discovered the bomb and called emergency responders to the scene shortly before 11 a.m., Sheriff Ken Mascara s
A second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake, located in Sac County, is scheduled to start this week. An additional two to three weeks of site clean-up and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The dredge will move across the lake slowly as it removes silt. Also, the p
St. Bernard Parish Government has just announced that four largescale coastal restoration projects have advanced in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) funding process. The CWPPRA Technical Committee voted Bayou Ducros Marsh Creation (Pontchartrain Basin), Biloxi M
