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GLDD signs $92.5M Houston Project 11
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has signed a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program. According to GLDD, dr
King Company completes Grand Haven dredging
The King Company has completed the Grand Haven Harbor Dredging Program in Grand Haven, Michigan. The project started in May, 20201. According to USACE, material was placed in the north cell, water was pumped to the south cell, and effluent was tested at the south cell weir before it discharged to th
Ohio Dredging Newsletter available
The USACE Buffalo District has published the Ohio Dredging Newsletter, with a lot of information about the nine Lake Erie Harbors it supports across the state. The newsletter provides an update on the status of dredging at the end of fiscal year 2021, and initiatives for FY 2022. Operation, maintena
New webinar on emerging technologies in reservoir dredging
The World Organization of Dredging Associations, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and HeroX have announced that they will present next update on the WODA working group on reservoir dredging and five emerging technologies for reservoir sediment removal. The five emerging t
Port Freeport announces completion of Reach 3 dredging
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has completed the first segment of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. Port Freeport and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on the segment in April 2021. “The completion of Reach 3 is a great accomplishment for Port Freeport and fo
New Damen CSD350 begins its journey
New Damen’s cutter suction dredger CSD350 is on its way to Brazil. This new cutter suction dredger is a sister vessel to the dredger Amsterdam that was delivered to the Brazilian company Construtora Vale Verde in 2019. The Holanda is a fully dismountable, stationary dredger fitted out for one-man op
Dredge Jadwin arrives in its homeport of Vicksburg
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Jadwin is back in its homeport of Vicksburg after wrapping up a busy 2021 season. The season typically begins as soon as the spring water rise is over, in April or May, and ends some time in November. In the off season, the vessel undergoes critical repairs an
Bids received for Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects
Dare County, North Carolina, has received bids for the Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Manson Construction and Weeks Marine. According to the county officials, the bids were opened on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. However, the proposals must still be
Grasse River dredging complete
The dredging and capping operations are officially completed at the Grasse River Superfund site (aka Alcoa Aggregation) in Massena, NY, EPA said. Nearly a quarter million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been removed from the Grasse River and over 200 a
New EDDY Chrome patent-pending metal for slurry & dredge pumps
Eddy Pump, an engineering company that builds dredge equipment and industrial pumps, continues to evolve and set the pace for slurry pump technology. According to the company, their team of engineers has developed a new state-of-the-art metallurgical formulation. After years of computational materia
Sealevel wins awards for the Grand Bayou Floodgate project
Sealevel Construction Inc. recently won two Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards for the Grand Bayou Flood Control Structure and two EIC awards for an industrial waste water improvements project. The company was recognized at the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Houston Chapter’s EIC awa
Weeks Marine orders Straatman ball joints
Straatman BV completed engineering and production of three pinch ball joints earlier this week – all executed in their factory in Zwjjndrecht. These specific type of ball joints will be used on the cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) between floating pipeline and CSD. The great advantage of this ball joi