The Philippine Coast Guard said that four people – including a Chinese national – have died and seven others are still missing after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two days ago off Occidental Mindoro. Yesterday, the divers recovered two more bodies during search-and-rescue operations,
A new permanent, buried, pipeline to pump dredged material to Castletown Beach is being used for the first time as work begins to clear the build-up of sand at Bandy Creek Boat Harbour at Esperance. The $2.3 million four month dredging campaign is expected to remove a record amount of material from
Backhoe dredger Dinopotes, owned by Foyle and Marine Dredging, has entered drydock at Dales Marine Services, Troon, to undergo her intermediate hull survey in line with class requirements. Alongside the survey, she’s receiving a series of planned steel and mechanical repairs to ensure full operation
The Army Corps dredge McFarland has returned from another successful dredging mission. To combat shoaling and maintain a safe and navigable waterway, the dredge McFarland was busy recently dredging near the entrance of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. During her deployment, she dredged more th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has awarded a $403,944,000 contract to Kiewit U.S. Contractors to construct additional portions of the Port Arthur Project, a component of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay (S2G) Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The Port Arthur Project provid
Orange County officials have approved a series of projects to stabilize the coastal rail corridor through San Clemente. According to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), the measures include adding over 500,000 cubic yards of sand and repairing rock structures along the rail line, whic
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), in coordination with the Local Government Unit (LGU), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and other key stakeholders, is continuing its intensive efforts in response to the recent capsizing of the dredger Hong Hai 16 off waters of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro. “In pa
Weeks Marine’s crews are in the final stages of the Mexico Beach Restoration Project in Florida. After Hurricane Michael displaced more than 400 million cubic yards of beach shoreline, Weeks’ team has been working to restore and reinforce the coastline. “Over the last several months, we’ve been movi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District has paused dredging on the Monongahela River to avoid disrupting the fish spawning season. In the Monongahela River, many fish species, including bass, spawn during the spring months, with hybrid striped bass being most active between mid-April a
J.E. McAmis has won another Superfund cleanup contract, this one in Portland Harbor. The project will entail dredging and upland disposal of contaminated sediments and the use of McAmis’ own in-water sand mining sites to provide clean sand capping material for the project after the completion of dre
Pacific Dredge & Construction recently returned to Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, CA, to perform another round of maintenance dredging — supporting tidal circulation, marine life, and local beach nourishment. The project occurs every one to four years to remove sand that naturally drifts into the
Season 3 of Manson Construction’s North Extension Stabilization Step 1 (NES-1) project is underway at the Don Young Port of Alaska in Anchorage, the company said in the latest project update. This season’s work includes dredging approximately 420,000 cubic yards of material and placing approximately
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has initiated Construction Management At-Risk (CMAR) pre-construction services on the Chandeleur Islands Restoration Project. CPRA has selected Weeks Marine to provide the CMAR services for the State’s largest barrier island restoration
Two years ago, Boskalis installed 17 Lego-like artificial reef blocks on the banks of the Nieuwe Waterweg in the Port of Rotterdam using their crane barge Kreeft. These reef blocks, designed and produced by the Dutch start-up Reefy, are there to serve two purposes: Now, two years later, the results
