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Avon Construction Ltd. recently completed Hill Head beach maintenance works, making this section of the beach much safer now. Following a spell of bad weather, the beach levels lowered in one of the groyne bays at the beach. This lowering of the beach level exposed and undermined the concrete apron along a 10m section of the sea […]
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The major reconstruction of the Stone Harbor beachfront ends with two blocks of work in Avalon on the south side of town. On Sunday morning, July 28th, Norfolk Dredging announced that it has reached the Avalon border and will be doing final beach work at 79th Street and 80th Street in Avalon for the balance […]
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An update on the major beach fill project being conducted in Avalon has been announced. The dredger “Charleston” owned and operated by Norfolk Dredging is currently moving up the New Jersey coastline and and is located near Hereford Inlet between North Wildwood and Stone Harbor. The dredger is expected to arrive in Townsend’s Inlet off […]
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Despite the bad weather, the Glace Bay harbour dredging program has resumed, reports capebretonpost.com. “They (the contractors) missed one or two days during it all but this time of year you can expect that and more really,” said Herb Nash, the Chairman of the Glace Bay Harbour Association, and added that there were a couple […]
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Ryba Marine and Constriction recently won a $2.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo Distric to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Maumee Bay, Ohio. The contract calls for dredged material to be placed in a contractor furnished location, different from last year’s dredging cycle when material was placed […]
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As one of the major hubs for ferry services to Corsica and Sardinia, the Port of Vado Ligure in northern Italy is currently in the process of significantly extending its capacities. In order to be able to accommodate not only more, but also larger vessels the Port Authority has started on a project to deepen […]
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The dredging operations are currently underway for what is believed to be the final stretch for the Fox River Cleanup Project, the FOX 11 News reports. This cleanup scheme is designed to reduce risk to human health and the environment due to the presence of PCBs – polychlorinated biphenyls – in Fox River sediment. It’s […]
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With immediate effect and for a period of approximately 5 months, dredging operations will be carried out in the Nim Wan area in Deep Bay (Shenzhen Wan), the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) informs. The works will be carried out by one grab dredger and one derrick lighter. Two hopper barges, some tugs […]
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Approximately 127,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels during the following months, according to the Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. This cleanup project will consist of dredging of a shoal area located in front of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). Dredged material will […]
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Royal BAM Group has just released this beautiful photo of their C6 rig working hard on the Antarctic wharf project at Rothera Research Station. A new 74-meter long wharf, bigger, deeper and stronger than the current one, will be built during the next two Antarctic seasons. It is due for completion in April 2020, and will […]
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Kennedy Point Boatharbour Limited has released preliminary conceptual design plans for an approximately 200-berth marina proposed to be built at Kennedy Point in Putiki Bay, on the south-west side of Waiheke Island. A New Zealand marina developer Tony Mair and an expert team of specialist consultants are conferring with interested parties on the concept designs and […]
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A major milestone has been reached on the new Antarctic wharf project at Rothera Research Station. Following two months of deconstructing the old Biscoe wharf, the first frame of the new 74-meter long structure has been lowered into place. Over the weekend, divers completed the final part of the wharf deconstruction along the sea bed, […]
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With dredging completed in Edgewater Bay, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. is already preparing for the next phase of the Fountain Lake restoration project. According to the Shell Rock River Watershed District (SRRWD), in the coming weeks, the contractor will begin dredging the Main Bay and Dane’s Bay by rerouting the discharge pipeline through Bancroft Bay. […]
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The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that marine works involving dredging operations, removal and laying of private moorings will be carried out in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. During the next three months, the works will be carried out by one grab dredger and one hopper barge with some […]
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The Florida House passed on Monday a second bill that will help the postponed Port of Miami Deep Dredging project to move forward, reports The Miami Herald. The $150 million project is a priority for Gov. Rick Scott and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. However, the project is being held up by challenges from environmental groups […]
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The 2014 municipal budget for the Borough of Avalon was approved by a unanimous 5–0 vote by the Avalon Borough Council during its meeting on Wednesday, March 26th. The new budget totals $24.8 million and sets the local purpose tax rate at 22.4 cents, which represents a half cent increase from 2013. The budget maintains […]
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The NSW Government has just released the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Western Harbor Tunnel which lays out the route for the project and how it will impact residents and the environment, Jamie Parker, the NSW Member of Parliament for the electorate of Balmain, announced today. It includes plans for: Tunneling under homes in […]
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The Avalon Borough Council voted unanimously on Wednesday evening, April 10th, to approve a new study that will examine feasibility of a groin field and other protective measures that would provide greater resiliency for the Borough during future coastal storm events. The resolution to award the contract for the study was approved by a unanimous […]
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Work on coastal protection structures at N. Fohdhoo is well underway, with 58% project progress so far, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said in their latest release. “We are currently working on back-fill area leveling works and geo bag filling which will be used for revetment construction,” MTCC said. The project involves sand filtering […]
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Work on the second coastal erosion project in Mercury Bay has begun with a geotextile sandbag wall being built at Brophy’s Beach. The geotextile bags are currently being dropped off on-site with a total of 660 to be used. The wall is expected to be finished by mid-December. A plan for landscaping work to follow is […]
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South Korea’s state auditor on Friday panned President Lee Myung-Bak’s $20 billion effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers, saying it was riddled with costly flaws. Revitalizing the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers was the centrepiece of the outgoing president’s “Green New Deal”, a bold plan to create jobs after the 2008 […]
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Four of Moffatt & Nichol’s key wetland restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay Area have returned to natural marshland. The most recent is at Bair Island in San Mateo County, one of California’s largest wetland restoration projects at 1400 acres. The entire project involved placing over one million cubic yards of fill to raise […]
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Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company of Quincy, Mass., is about to begin dredge operations in Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida. The dredging will begin on or about November 14, 2015, along the length of the Tampa Bay Channel (Federal Navigation Channel encompassing the entire Tampa Bay from Mullet Key Channel Lighted Buoy 26 west of the Sunshine […]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District has conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The draft Environmental Assessment, for the Lower Newport Bay Maintenance Dredging Project addresses the need to remove shoals in the entrance channel and main channel Balboa Reach of the […]
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RESON has provided its advanced multibeam sonar system, the SeaBat 7125, to a new breakwater mapping system called GEOSUB 3DTM developed by the company MESURIS in France. The system is a high resolution 3D real time bathymetric and topographic system designed to provide marine engineering data both above and below water surface deployable either from […]
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During a regular safety check of the Dutch coastline several locations were identified where the coastal protection is unable to withstand a 4,000 years super storm. These locations are seen as weak links in the Dutch coastline. In Cadzand Bad, located close to the Belgian border in the Dutch province Zeeland, an important dewatering sluice […]
