The USACE Sacramento District has just released a very interesting video named ‘Sacramento Weir Widening: Progress Update Winter 2026’. The video captures the latest construction of the Sacramento Weir Widening Project, showcasing the most recent work on the weir. The Sacramento Weir Widening Projec
Lock 19 on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa, has reopened from its winter maintenance period. According to the USACE’s Rock Island District, the purpose for the closure was to perform underwater rock excavation upstream of the lock chamber in preparation for future repair and extension of the u
DEME has signed the 25‑year concession contract with Brazil’s National Secretariat of Ports (SNP) and the National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ – Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários), formally securing Brazil’s port access channel concession for the Port of Paranaguá. The Paranaguá
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is planning to conduct maintenance dredging at the Agat Small Boat Harbor in Hågat, Guam, to maintain safe navigation depths. This work is part of USACE’s navigation mission to keep federal channels at authorized depths so vessels can travel safely and effici
A beach renourishment project will begin the week of March 23 in Destin to restore about 150,600 cubic yards of beach that was lost due to erosion from Hurricane Sally in 2020. Immediately following the storm, Okaloosa County staff met with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff onsite to
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) completed the restoration of HNC Bird Island recently. The island is one of only ten remaining nesting colonies for Brown Pelicans in the state. It is also the state bird of Louisiana and classified as a species of “greatest conservation need.”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is on track to complete the Narraguagus River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) located in Milbridge, Maine by April 2026. Narraguagus River FNP supports commercial fishing and aquaculture vessels (lobster, crab, scallop, urchin, clam, etc) as w
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said that they plan to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning as early as April 8, with USACE hopper dredge vessels Yaquina and Essayons and a contracted hopper dredge. The Yaquina is expected to start dredging in the outer ha
Dare County, in partnership with Current TV, has released a new video highlighting the upcoming beach nourishment project scheduled to take place in the unincorporated villages of Buxton and Avon on Hatteras Island in the summer of 2026. The project, which is part of Dare County’s ongoing efforts to
The Shell Rock River Watershed District Board of Managers has approved a $7.7 million contract with dredging company J.F. Brennan Co. for the third and final phase of dredging on Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The project is set to remove about 600,000 cubic yards of sediment from portions
The Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will be holding a meeting on Mississippi River dredging at the Red Wing Public Library, 225 E Ave., Red Wing, MN, today from 5-7 p.m. The Corps of Engineers said that their staff is looking for information regarding its current dredging operations and
Dredging work is underway now for Sail250 Maryland & Airshow Baltimore. According to Port of Baltimore, the show will take place on June 24–30, involving a spectacular global celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. “International tall ships, military vessels, and w
