The Dredge Goetz fleet and crew have wrapped up their season and are mobilized back in the St. Paul District, Fountain City Service Base, Wisconsin. “From Melvin Price Lock and Dam Auxiliary Approach (St. Louis District) to Dog Island to the Brownsville Placement site, their hard work has made an im
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and its contractor Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company have completed the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes. “We’ve dredged approximately 600,000 cubic yards of material in the Toledo Harbor that will allow larger ves
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) kicked off the 79th annual revetment season on the Mississippi River last month. Under the project, MSU places hundreds of thousands of articulated concrete mats, also known as revetment, along the Mississippi River
The City of Delray Beach, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State of Florida, and Palm Beach County, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on December 8, to officially launch a major beach nourishment project aimed at restoring and reinforcing the city’s shoreline.
The USACE Omaha District has released a video named “Missouri River Bank Revetment Stabilization and Repair”. The video shows how a crew from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Missouri River Project Office, place riprap along the banks of the Missouri River as part of a bank revetme
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., said that the Continuing Authorities Program Section 204 (CAP 204) West Galveston Beach Nourishment Project has added 93,308 cubic yards of beach-quality sand to 1,000 linear feet of West Galveston Beach as of November 18, 2025. This project is being ex
Starting December 15th, the long-planned Portland Harbor Dredge Project will officially begin, with work continuing through March 2026. “Dredging removes the natural buildup of sediment on the harbor floor. Over time, mud, silt, and sand make our channels and berthing areas shallower. This project w
The Barnstable County Dredge team was out on the water last week conducting a Pre-Dredge survey in the Bass River Approach Channel. According to the County, these surveys help determine how much sand has built up (shoaling) and the volume of material that needs to be removed before dredging begins.
The Port of Açu, located in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro state, and Van Oord announced a partnership earlier this week to collaborate on several sustainable initiatives, including the use of biofuel in the access channel dredging works. The project is set to start in 2026, the Port said, ad
Specialized dredging equipment purchased by the government for Blue Ocean Marine has arrived in Antigua and Barbuda. The €1.1 million Caterpillar 6015 excavator, purchased in the Netherlands, is expected to complete dredging in St John’s Harbor and Crabbs, projects crucial to both the tourism and en
Finding innovative and unique ways to repurpose or use readily available materials is a good way to ensure sustainability and save money. The USACE Mobile District, in partnership with the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) and USACE’s Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), uses t
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today, celebrating the completion of the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Construction on the project near Shell Beach began in 2021 and utilized 15 million cubic yards of dred
