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IHC America delivers water injection dredger to NCSPA
IHC America has successfully delivered and commissioned their water injection dredger (WID) Osprey to the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA). The dredger will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turn
Keeping the Missouri River open for navigation
The USACE Kansas City District has just announced a report on the actions taken to repair and mitigate damage done to river structures on the Missouri River from high water over the last several years including major flooding in 2019. Crews have been repairing damaged structures all winter but work
EPA reaches agreement for Portland Harbor Superfund Site
The U.S. EPA has finalized an agreement with 12 parties to develop detailed cleanup plans for the Swan Island Basin, completing a major milestone in the cleanup of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. According to EPA, this latest cleanup agreement represents nearly 25 percent of the site’s total cle
Dutch Creek Restoration Project VIDEO
Trinity River, CA, has just released this amazing video named Trinity River Restoration Program – Dutch Creek Restoration Project’. The project purpose is to increase salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity Ri
Honolulu Harbor dredging set for next week
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Harbors Division, has just announced that USACE will begin maintenance dredging throughout Honolulu Harbor on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. “Work will be scheduled on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 1
Gowanus Canal barge incident report released
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded its assessment of the recent incident that caused a barge containing approximately 850 cubic yards of material dredged from the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, NY to become submerged, under high tide conditions, in the Upper New York
Cottrell bags Kings Bay Submarine Base dredging contract
Cottrell Contracting Corp., Chesapeake, Virginia, recently won a $9.42 million contract for maintenance dredging of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia. According to the Army Corps, Kings Bay Submarine Base project consists of maintenance dredging within the Naval Submarine Base K
Ahtna – J.F. Brennan joint venture announced
Ahtna Marine & Construction Company, LLC (AMCC) has formally announced their Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) certified joint venture with J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan). Publicly titled the “Ahtna – J.F. Brennan JV”, the partnership establishes a mentor protégé relationship between Alaska N
All set for Carlsbad dredging project
Carlsbad beaches will soon have more sand as a result of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon dredging project – starting this February until mid April, informs the City of Carlsbad, California. The lagoon has been dredged every one to four years since 1954 as part of the Encina power plant operations. The last
Spotlight on Fast Oceanographic Automated Measurement system
Sequoia Scientific, Ocean Instruments and Sequoia’s Dutch distributor, Geometius, have delivered a Fast Oceanographic Automated Measurement (FOAM) system for dredge monitoring. The FOAM system is composed of a pump and winch with a fluid rotary joint, 100 m hybrid cable with hose and conductors, a t
Boskalis wraps up Kitimat job
Boskalis has successfully wrapped up the dredging operations for the development of the first large-scale LNG export terminal in Canada. For three seasons, the crews worked under harsh weather conditions to remove and remediate soil at the site of the future terminal in Kitimat. Boskalis’ hopper dre
Muddy River dredging to cause temporary lane closures
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has announced upcoming lane closures on Riverway and Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. According to the