Starting this month, Van Oord will be performing coastal maintenance works at Banjaard Beach (Noord-Beveland). An LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) will deposit 1 million cubic meters of sand on and just in front of the beach. For the first time in the Netherlands, this replenishmen
Antigua and Barbuda’s Cabinet has approved the purchase of specialized dredging equipment to restart stalled works at St John’s and Crabbs harbors. According to local media, a delegation led by Minister Rawdon Turner visited the Netherlands last week to meet suppliers and later briefed Cabinet on th
York County Maine Government said that the dredging operations and associated work to repair coastal dune devastation stemming from a pair of voracious storms in January 2024 are to begin sometime in November. The dunes provide a protective barrier from the elements. The storms on January 10 and 13
Public entities in Sarasota County (FL) can now apply for the Resilient SRQ Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program and the Dredging of Major Waterways Program. The Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program has $57 million available to repair, replace and enhance public infrastructure to mit
Major General Jason E. Kelly, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) joined forces with the State of Florida at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Blue Shanty Flow Way on September 10, 2025. Restoring one of America’s greatest natura
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the unloading of dredged material from the Corps Island placement site in Pool 3 of the Upper Mississippi River, located near Red Wing, Minnesota. The purpose of the proposed action
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, in partnership with the City of Jacksonville, has just announced the extension of the Duval County, FL Shore Protection Project through May 2040. This extension, made possible by Congressional action in the Water Resources Development Act of 20
Dredging work at Parker Creek in Biloxi, expected to last around six months, is now underway, the City of Biloxi said. The dredging crews will work from Monday through Friday until the over 4,000-foot project is complete. According to John Majure with the City of Biloxi, the main goal of this very i
The USACE Baltimore District recently hosted guests from the Embassy of the Netherlands in the United States from across the infrastructure and water management disciplines for a tour of its Poplar Island project in the Chesapeake Bay off Maryland’s Talbot County. “By beneficially re-using dredged m
Congressman Andy Harris has announced that the House-passed FY26 Energy & Water Appropriations Act will secure $50 million for a new shallow-draft dredging vessel to maintain navigation channels along the East Coast. According to him, the funding addresses urgent shoaling concerns that threaten safe
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) started placing sand along the San Clemente shoreline last week, as part of an emergency effort to protect the coastal rail corridor. In the following days, about 3,400 cubic yards of sand will be delivered to North Beach. The quarter-mile stretch of
The Town of East Hampton (NY) has secured $1.1 million needed to continue the Montauk Inlet Dredging project. According to the East Hampton Supervisor, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, the town has allocated $1.1 million from its Host Community Agreement with South Fork Wind to fill a federal funding gap and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is proposing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) dredging within the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) and Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) from Jacksonville to Miami. The proposed project known as the Crossroads is located in southeast Florida within the St.
Maritime education programs in the Netherlands have taken a significant step in modernizing hydraulic engineering education. Last week, September 4, five advanced dredging simulators were officially inaugurated at the Shipping and Transport College (STC) in Rotterdam. Thanks to an investment from th
