The USACE St. Paul District is seeking comments on a draft environmental assessment for the transportation of dredged material, or river sand, near Lock and Dam 4, east of Kellogg, Minnesota. This project is a continuation of the actions laid out in the 2022 Lower Pool 4 Dredged Material Management
Saltchuk Resources Inc. today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) for approximately $1.2 billion in aggregate equity value and $1.5 billion total transaction value. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Board
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) held the keel laying ceremony for new medium-class hopper dredger Donnelly at its Allanton shipyard last month. For this project, ESG has teamed with Royal IHC, a world-renowned designer and builder of dredging vessels and equipment. The Dutch company designed this t
Apalachicola Riverkeeper has wrapped up a 6 year, 4.7 million dollar slough restoration project in Florida. River sloughs are important in transporting freshwater to floodplains and in controlling the flow of freshwater and nutrients into the river and ultimately into the Apalachicola Bay. This proj
Dredging Contractors of America’s William Doyle participated in meetings with the broader Jones Act and U.S.-flag maritime community yesterday, featuring special guest Congressman John Garamendi (CA). According to DCA, Congressman Garamendi discussed advancing the SHIPS Act and the importance of hol
Pinellas County has completed a major multi-million dollar effort to restore and replenish sand along its beaches. The project spanned 8 municipalities, including Clearwater’s Sand Key, Belleair Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Redington Shores, North Redington Beach, Treasure Island, and S
Works are underway on the Monkey River in Belize to safeguard its shoreline against erosion and the effects of climate change. This initiative is a result of a dedicated joint effort between the Ministry of Rural Transformation, the Ministry of Economic Transformation, the Monkey River Village Counc
The Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project is nearing completion, restoring the federal navigation channel to an authorized depth of 50ft. In the following video, Jun Yan, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, explains why a federal navigation channel is dredged and how
After seven weeks of work, the USACE Charleston District has completed the first section of the Grand Strand Renourishment Project in North Myrtle Beach. 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. Accord
Inland Dredging Company from Dyersburg, Tennessee, has won a $10.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance pipeline dredging program in Texas. The project includes dredging work on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, from High Island to Causeway with Chocolate Bayou in Galveston, Chambers, a
The County of Norfolk has applied to Transport Canada for maintenance dredging at Port Dover Harbor Marina, an action intended to ensure safe access for vessels navigating to the Canadian Coast Guard base and the county-operated marina. The application has been submitted under the Canadian Navigable
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. has secured $1.25 million in federal Community Project Funding in Fiscal Year 2026 to support the Alberta Lake Environmental Cleanup and Restoration Project in Neptune Township, a critical effort to address flooding, pollution, and long-term environmental de
