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Webinar on Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration
Port of Baltimore together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will tomorrow, Wednesday night at 5:30 pm, hold a webinar on the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project. The purpose of this webinar is to provide information and discuss the Mid-Bay restoration project, a future dredg
Hopper dredge Yaquina busy in Morro Bay
The USACE’s Portland District has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredge Yaquina, taken a couple of days ago. The Essayons’ elder sister is currently dredging Morro Bay, located on the central California coast. The crew will work the bay, which is located in Los Angeles District, U.S.
Newly replenished Lloyd Beach reopens
After a year of closure Lloyd Beach and boat is set to reopen to the public later this month with a new breakwater system, a new boardwalk, restored bluffs and a replenished beach, Winnetka Park District informs. After being battered by historically high lake levels in 2019 and remaining closed for
USACE VIDEO: Cleaning up Otter Creek
Otter Creek and its confluence in Maumee Bay are contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and diesel range organics. USACE is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up. “We’re removing 57,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment in Otter Creek in Toledo/Oregon, O
One person injured in explosion at Gator Dredging
An explosion incident reported this morning at Gator Dredging in Clearwater, Florida, left one person injured. At approximately 6:45 a.m. today, Pinellas County Emergency services were requested at the scene of an explosion on 50th Way. According to reports, a 55-gallon drum exploded at Gator Dredgi
Bathtub Beach reopens
After being closed for six months, Bathtub Beach opened today, Martin County said in their latest announcement. The beach closed after Tropical Storm Eta last fall. According to officials from Martin County, 182,000 cubic yards of sand were dredged and moved onto the shoreline. Weeks Marine, a New J
Town of Nags Head getting ready for the next beachfill
The Town of Nags Head, North Carolina, is planning a beach restoration project to replace sand lost during 2019’s Hurricane Dorian. Construction is expected to take place over the summer of 2022. The beach restoration project will place 567,000 cubic yards of sand on 4.45 miles of Nags Head’s beach
PHOTO: Dredging the Los Angeles River Estuary
Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, California, has been busy lately with the dredging of the Los Angeles River Estuary. Last Saturday, May 15, the company showed a photo of the DB Ironbound with Seana C and dump scow Arrow PT digging the Los Angeles River Estuary for the US Army Corps of Engineers
Honolulu dredging work causes serious coral damage?
The State oh Hawaii is investigating the circumstances associated with what is described as significant damage to corals and live rock near the entrance channel to Honolulu Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracted dredging work to the Healy Tibbets Corporation. It is alleged that the cont
New dredging contracts for GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced yesterday the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $112.8 million. The awarded work includes: Mobile Harbor Navigation-Phase 3 Project (Capital, Alabama, $53.9 million); Golden Triangle Marsh Creation Project (Capital, Louisiana, $3
Sunny Isles beach renourishment begins
The Sunny Isles Beach shoreline renourishment, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project, will begin in the following days. The contractor, Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC, will renourish eroded shoreline in Sunny Isles Beach, using beach-quality sand fr
PHOTO: DOP250 working in the Port of Astoria
Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m