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Van der Leun’s electrical installation for WID Osprey
Van der Leun America has successfully installed the electrical installation on the water injection dredger (WID) Osprey. The dredger, built by St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, Florida, for IHC America, will be operating in Wilmington, North Carolina. Earlier this month, IHC America delivered and
Dredging works underway at Honolulu Harbor
The Army Corps contractor, Healy Tibbits Builders has begun night dredging operations in the inner Honolulu Harbor. According to USACE, the dredge barge is working at Area U3B. Dredging will take place on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 10:30
Innovations in Dredging webinar starts this Friday
This week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their next webinar, the Innovations in Dredging. The Innovations in Dredging webinar – set for Friday, February 26, 2021 (from 11 AM to noon EST) – will feature two presentations by Aiden Horan and Xiuhan Chen. Innovations in Dredging Topics &
Morehead City project passes halfway point
Morehead City Harbor dredging and beach nourishment project recently passed the halfway point and is on target for completion in March 2021. According to the Carteret County, Weeks Marine made solid progress last week, completing dredging works in the reach known as “Range B”. However, since last Su
DeFazio urges Biden to start using harbor trust fund immediately
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio and Ranking Member Sam Graves have urged President Biden to fully utilize the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) in his upcoming budget request. This move would make billions of dollars in already-collected fees available to
Lawmakers push for Cowlitz River sediment monitoring
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Department of the Army to include funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget for sediment monitoring activities for the Mount St. Helens Sedime
Steel cutting ceremony for new GLDD dredger
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) at its Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia on February 5, 2021. The ceremony signals the start of construction of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Delivery of
USACE seeks comments on Pool 8 EA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft environmental assessment of the Goose Island cultural resource protection project, proposed for Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River. The primary goal of the proposed project is to protect a section
Congresswoman Brownley: $6.3M for Hueneme and Ventura dredging
California Congresswoman Julia Brownley has announced $6.3 million in federal funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects for the Port of Hueneme and Ventura Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps’ FY2021 Work Plan includes funds for the annual dredging of Ventura Harbor. The work plan also allocates “do
Digging deeper into dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet
The Port of Palm Beach has just released this very interesting video named ‘Digging deeper into dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet’. In the video, Port of Palm Beach Engineer, Ron Coddington, explains how much funding is allocated for a future dredge project, why dredging is important to the economy a
CPRA hosts two Atchafalaya public hearings
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will hold two virtual public hearings to receive public comments on the Fiscal Year 2022 Draft Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan. The meetings will take place on Thursday, February 25, 6:00 pm and on Monday, March 1, at 6:00 pm. A
San Diego dredging project up for comment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District has received an application for the Army permit for the proposed dredging works at the BAE Systems, Inc. San Diego yard. The proposed project includes dredging of approximately 35,100 cubic yards of sediment material to extend the Pride of San D