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
Van Oord has won a contract for the land reclamation of Naïa Island Dubai, a new development located just off Jumeirah’s coastline. Naïa Island Dubai, a landmark project by Shamal Holding, will span approximately 13 hectares and feature 6 kilometers of pristine beaches. “This partnership reinforces
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 Lions Weir dredging project is moving forward according to schedule, the Shire of Boddington said in the latest project update. Apex Envirocare has initiated dredging along the Hotham River, with the extracted sediment pumped to the Laydown Area behind the Pool Centre. To date, one Geotube has b
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
Step by step, Klaipėda Port is preparing for one of the largest projects in its history – the development of the port’s southern part. Technical designers have already started work and are now developing specific engineering solutions covering an area of 100 hectares. The construction permit is expe
Foyle & Marine has completed the first transhipment of rock armor to the Iona Breakwater Project for Argyll and Bute Council.A total of 11,000 tons of rock armor was delivered to Iona aboard the Barge Silur, towed by the tug Raduga Lyon. “Our dedicated crew worked around the clock, to ensure the saf
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
The NSW Government is delivering a major boost for maritime infrastructure, with 46 projects funded under the $23 million Boating Infrastructure for Communities Grant Program. This key program, part of the $44 million Boating Infrastructure and Dredging Scheme, will support the delivery of projects
The Albanese Government, through the Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), is investing more than $7.5 million in four projects along the Moreton Bay coast to protect communities from the increasing impact of coastal inundation as experienced through events like Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The projects are being
St. Johns County (FL) has hired an engineering firm to complete the permitting, engineering, and design work for the South Ponte Vedra beach nourishment project. The proposed project sand placement volume is 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand, dredged from an offshore borrow area. According to the County
