Officials in North Wildwood, New Jersey, have announced plans to repair severe beach erosion that has left the city’s infrastructure at imminent risk of damage, including a potential dune breach. The construction project, focused on building a new bulkhead, is set to begin this week. North Wildwood’
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, completed the first section of the Grand Strand Renourishment Project in North Myrtle Beach, recently. Over 49 days, crews placed more than 672,000 cubic yards of sand (over 67,200 dump trucks worth) across more than eight miles of shoreline.
Stafford Township will host a public workshop on the planned Mill Creek dredging and marsh restoration project later this month. The event will provide an overview of the project, which the township said includes efforts to restore proper water flow and navigation in Mill Creek. Also, this project c
Magruder Construction from Eolia, Missouri, has won a firm-fixed-price contract for Illinois Waterway hydraulic dredging. The amount of this action is $25 million, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Bids for this project were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and
Congresswoman Sarah McBride yesterday highlighted $600,000 in Community Project Funding she secured for the ongoing operation of the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass System at Delaware Seashore State Park. The sand bypass system moves sand from the south side of the inlet to the north, helping counter
The City of Texas City said that during the recent routine dredging at the Texas City Dike, crews made a discovery that was anything but routine: gold coins, commonly known as doubloons. Estimated to be worth millions, the gold is believed to be lost pirate treasure, most likely dating back to the 1
The USACE Baltimore District recently awarded a $53.83 million base contract to C&C Joint Ventures for restoration work at James Island, part of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project in Dorchester County, Maryland. According to USACE, this contract award ushers in the first pha
Mike Hooks LLC’s cutterhead-pipeline dredger E. Stroud will begin maintenance dredging operations in Pascagoula Harbor on or around April 6, the USACE Mobile district said. According to USACE, the dredger will be pumping material into approved open-water placement sites located adjacent to the chann
Saltchuk said today that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) is their newest wholly owned subsidiary – the transaction closed this morning for a purchase price of $17.00 per share in cash, and an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion. “We’re proud to welcome Great Lakes to the Salt
Dredging work is underway in the Town of Barnstable. According to the Town’s latest announcement, these waterways are now getting the care they need for a safe and successful season ahead. “Crews are hard at work clearing built‑up sediment, improving tidal flow, and keeping the channels open for boa
Manson hosted the christening of the newest trailing suction hooper dredger (TSHD) in their fleet on Saturday, March 21, 2026 in New Orleans, LA. At the time of its delivery, the Frederick Paup is the largest self-propelled hopper dredge in the USA dredging fleet. Designed in collaboration with Hock
Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, Louisiana, has won a firm-fixed-price contract to perform maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said that the amount of this action is $66,499,250 with a total cumulative face value of $95,139,000. Bids for this
