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Comment period extended for Miami Harbor Navigation Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for its proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for maintenance dredging and dredged material placement for the Miami Harbor Navigation Project at Port Miami, in Miami Dade Count
Southwest Shipyard to build new crane barge for USACE
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center recently awarded a $11.4 million contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas, for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical loc
DSC to hold Dreducation Class next week
Once a year, industry expert Charles Johnson conducts a Dreducation Class, a dredge operators training course designed to educate and enable industry newcomers on how to become more productive and enable them to work more efficiently. The 2022 course is set to take place on Tuesday, October 18th fro
Royal IHC electrically powered dredgers ready for Projeto Gelado
Royal IHC announced yesterday that the first of a series of four electrically powered dredgers for Vale has been commissioned. The dredgers will be operating in the Projeto Gelado where they are reprocessing iron ore tailings. Given the conditions in Brazil, and those of the Gelado dam, the CSD’s ar
WEDA’s 2022 Pacific Chapter Meeting coming soon
Two weeks from now, the 2022 WEDA Pacific Chapter Meeting will be held in downtown San Francisco. The meeting is taking place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA from Wednesday, October 26th to 28th, 2022. As in the previous years, the conference is aimed at encouraging dialog between t
Dredging kicks off at Charleston Marina
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has begun maintenance dredging operations in the Charleston Marina Complex. This year, crews will be conducting dredging near the Point Adams Facility, near B Dock, and near the OIMB Dock. According to the port, dredging activities are scheduled to continue
Weeks Marine pumping sand in Southern Shores
Weeks Marine has started dredging and pumping operations for the Town of Southern Shores beach nourishment project. As reported, the hopper dredge Magdalene is pumping sand at 60 Ocean Blvd., moving towards the south to the town line. The beach nourishment project will cover approximately 3.8 miles
Maintenance dredging at Newburyport Harbor moves ahead
H&L Contracting, LLC of Long Island, NY will be performing maintenance dredging of the Newburyport Harbor in the following days, the City of Newburyport said. The project will consist of hydraulically dredging approximately 226,000 cubic yards of material from the two entrance channels at the mouth
PHOTO of Dutra Group’s hopper dredge Stuyvesant
Dutra Group has just released this photo of their hopper dredge Stuyvesant transiting to Sabine Texas and leaving Mobile, Alabama, after a lengthy drydock. After several weeks, and a lot of hard work and focus from the Dutra Team, she is happily heading back to work. During drydock, the Stuyvesant w
Kitty Hawk beach nourishment project update
Weeks Marine Inc. continues to make good progress on the beach nourishment project in the Town of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Following a brief pause, the hopper dredge B.E. Lindholm has returned to the Kitty Hawk and is now pumping sand on to the town’s shoreline. As reported in the update, the act
Lake Redwood dredging nears completion
As of September 27, just over 5 months after beginning the dredging project, the JF Brennan Company has reached 90% completion of the 657,329 cubic yard bid quantity of sediment to be removed from Lake Redwood. The dredger Michael B. continues to work 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, Redwood-Cotto
Biden’s Law to invest $845M in USACE studies and projects
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works has announced additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies, projects, and programs funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These actions will invest more than $845 million to address urgent issues facing Americans, i