Maintenance dredging campaign is set to begin today, August 22, at the head of Lake Pepin in the Goose Bay Cut (River Miles 785.9–786.5). The mechanical dredging will remove an estimated 34,750 cubic yards plus 2,602 yd3 access dredging over the course of 19 days (September 10th) to improve navigati
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has taken delivery of its newest Jones Act-compliant hopper dredger Amelia Island from the Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. GLDD said that the Amelia Island is specially designed for efficient and safe operations along shallow and narrow waters throughout
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages hundreds of locks and dams, which are critical components of a complex navigation system that is crucial to nation’s economy and security. Inspecting this aging aquatic infrastructure often requires costly and dangerous processes, such as deploying di
Orion Marine Construction of Tampa, Florida, yesterday won a contract for maintenance dredging in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. According to the Army Corps, Galveston District, the amount of this action is $13.8 million with a total cumulative face value of $22 million. The dredging work will be p
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and their partners celebrated the completion of a multi-year repair of Oswego’s West Arrowhead Breakwater and the start of construction on its Outer West Breakwater. Repairs to the 2,700 feet of the West Arrowhead Breakwater were completed with mult
Projects to restore and protect Dockweiler, Zuma and Redondo beaches for future generations are moving ahead, thanks to $5.1 million in Measure A funds, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors (DBH) said. “We’re working with nature to protect what matters most: the beaches that conn
The Ministry of Works and Infrastructure’s Coastal Protection Unit is hard at work safeguarding Trinidad and Tobago’s vulnerable coastlines from erosion and flooding. Their latest initiative – the South Manzanilla Shoreline Stabilization Project – is designed to protect the beach, preserve the natur
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is soliciting proposals for maintenance dredging services at New Pass federal navigation channel in Sarasota County, Florida. The project includes dredging beach-compatible sand from the navigation channel and placing it on the Lido Key beach p
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to award a contract next month for the maintenance dredging of the Sandy Hook Channel, New York Harbor. The dredging project includes annual maintenance dredging of approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the Sandy Hook Channel, with pla
The final federal reimbursement for the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project has been disbursed to the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), a total of $21.28 million allocated by Congress in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District’s Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan. This funding milestone co
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has awarded a $399.4 million contract to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. for the first phase of the Port of Nome Modification Project. According to the Corps, Kiewit will construct Phase 1A of the Nome Modification project – the first of four phases o
Yucatán Governor, Joaquín Díaz Mena, visited Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Fernão de Magalhães yesterday, a state-of-the-art vessel that crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe for an entire month specifically to deepen Progreso’s port. The giant dredger arrived in the area in July, and i
