Foyle and Marine Dredging (FMD) has mobilized to Iona, Scotland, for an exciting new project – construction of a new breakwater for the client, Argyll and Bute Council. According to FMD, a key element of this project is the use of the versatile landing craft, ‘Stephen James’, which will be transport
The Sullivan County Park and Lake staff and the Board of Directors will host a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. April 8, for the upcoming lake dredging project. This event will mark the beginning of the construction of the de-watering and sediment collection area, which is essential to the preserv
The Department for Environment and Water, South Australia, continues to undertake beach renourishment works along the West Beach. The beachfill operation helps protect infrastructure from storm damage, creates more enjoyable beaches, and supports coastal communities and businesses. Since July 2024,
Four crew members of the dredger Vox Maxima that hit a bunker vessel in June 2024 – resulting in a massive oil spill in Singapore – were fined today for failing to discharge their duties properly. According to local media, M. H., who was a third engineer at the time of the incident in June 2024, [&h
Boskalis Westminster crews have been deployed to the Port of Hull to dredge the Alexandra Dock. In a few years, the blades of exactly one hundred wind turbines in RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be rotating continuously. But in order to install the foundations, turbines a
The USACE Buffalo District recently awarded a $9.1 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials LLC for repairs to the Oswego Harbor outer west breakwater. The breakwater foundation has been significantly damaged by storms, wave action, and deterioration for more than 90 years.
This week marks a significant milestone in the recovery of the Walsall Canal, following a pollution incident in August 2024, when around 4,000 liters of contaminant, including highly toxic sodium cyanide and zinc cyanide, leaked into the canal. As a result, around one mile of the canal in the Pleck
Balfour Beatty crews are working on the Cromer & Mundesley Coastal Management Schemes, safeguarding 600 local homes and businesses from flooding and coastal erosion. “On behalf North Norfolk District Council, through the SCAPE Civil Engineering framework, we’re enhancing a significant stretch of coa
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District has been busy recently dredging the Monongahela River between the towns of Elizabeth and Charleroi. The dredging project consists of two dredging crews that have been working six days a week since mid-September 2024. The crews have removed more t
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District (CEPD) will hold a public hearing on the tentative apportionment at the board’s meeting on April 7 at 3 p.m. at the Captiva Civic Center on Captiva. “(The) CEPD is organizing and preparing this tentative apportionment for a beach renourishment project schedule
The Saint Lawrence Seaway stands as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century, yet it remains one of the least talked about. Initiated in 1954 and completed in 1959, this massive infrastructure project transformed North American trade and transportation by connecting the Atlantic Oce
The water injection dredger (WID) UKD Seadragon arrived into her new home in Cardiff yesterday. “This advanced vessel will allow us to offer our clients a new and complementary dredging service, enhancing the comprehensive solutions we provide to the market,” said Mark Pearson, General Manager UK Dr
Norfolk Dredging from Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $27.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging work in Virginia. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Dredging will be performed in Portsmouth, Virginia, with an estimated com
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded a $10.7 million contract to Cashman Dredging for maintenance dredging works in Jacksonville, Florida. The project work consists of maintenance dredging of portions of the U.S. Naval Station Mayport, including Bar Cut-3, Mayport Entr
