Dredging works at the South Wave Break Island and the Keyhole are now complete – ahead of schedule, according to the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA). As a popular route for vessels, the South Wave Break Island channel is being returned to its designed depth to minimize risks to navigational sa
The dredging works for the Unalaska-Dutch Harbor Channels Project in the Aleutian Islands, conducted by J.E. McAmis, are moving forward. Currently, a bar shallower than the surrounding seabed located at the entrance to Iliuliuk Bay limits access to Dutch Harbor. This project aims to improve navigati
Africa Global Logistics (AGL) has secured €230 million in financing to expand the container terminal at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. AGL said that the new 750-meter quay – scheduled for completion by 2027 – is set to double the terminal’s capacity to 2.3 million containers annu
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District has awarded a $6.4 million contract to Curtin Maritime Corporation for maintenance dredging of the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) in North Carolina. The FY26 MOTSU maintenance dredging contract includes removal and disposal of approx
The State of Hawaii said that the removal of 42,000 cubic yards of black sand, rocks and boulders, deposited by the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, has been underway for two weeks to clear the boat ramp at Pohoiki. It is the largest dredging job ever for the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (
Foyle & Marine Dredging has successfully wrapped up capital dredging works for Dawson Wam at Campbeltown, Scotland. Foyle crew was tasked with the precise and efficient removal of material to deepen the harbor basin, enabling improved access and functionality for marine traffic. Using their dredger
Chatham TV – Government Access has just released a very interesting video named ‘Backstage | Coastal Resilience – Barnstable County Dredge’. In the video, Director of Coastal Resilience, Catherine Ricks, narrates the dredging conducted by the Barnstable County Dredge.
Michels Construction, Inc. used sophisticated dredging equipment, including a swinging ladder cutterhead suction dredge and booster pump, to remove years of accumulated sediment from a 3.1-mile stretch of the Yahara River in Southern Wisconsin. The dredge was purposefully tailored for this type of w
DEME Environnement marked 35 years of pioneering soil remediation and brownfield redevelopment in Belgium and France with a celebration in Farciennes earlier this week. The event was joined by Hugues Bayet, Olivier Vanderijst, Yves Coppieters, Thibaut de Villenfagne and Luc Vandenbulcke. “Their pres
Rick van de Wetering, Research Engineer at Royal IHC and Ph.D. candidate at Delft University of Technology, has won the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award 2025. The Young Author Award is granted at industry-leading conferences, with 2025’s winning young authors
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) have introduced the “Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act,” which would expand opportunities for U.S. Coast Guard personnel to transition to the dredging sector upon completion of their service. The bill directs the D
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said that the Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment Project – now nearly complete – is the result of agreements between BOEM and the State of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Since 2020, the project has relocated appro
The Port of Hastings Corporation has submitted a new referral to the Australian Government under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal. This referral is the next step for the project to confirm the Commonwealth environmental a
J.E. McAmis started the dredging operations for the USACE Alaska District at Dutch Harbor yesterday. According to J.E. McAmis, their new excavator dredge Ellis Island is set to remove 170,000 cubic yards of glacial till. Currently, a bar shallower than the surrounding seabed located at the entrance
