The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Blackhawk Park bank stabilization and erosion protection project. The proposed project is upstream of Lock 9 on the Upper Mississippi River on the Wisconsin si
St. Lucie County (FL) will next week, Monday, March 3, begin an emergency beach nourishment project at Jetty Park. The project will add roughly 95,000 cubic yards of sand just south of the jetty from a pre-approved upland sand mine to protect Jetty Park and adjacent infrastructure from the upcoming
ATL Diversified, Inc., (ATL) has completed about 80 percent of the truck hauling portion of Sebastian Inlet District’s current beach placement project, with the dredging portion of the project slated to begin in early March. ATL is placing approximately 80,000 cubic yards of material on part of a 2.
Over the last couple of weeks, Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger Tristão da Cunha worked tirelessly to deepen the access channel to the Town of Höfn in southeastern Iceland. Höfn, located on a peninsula between the Hornafjörður and Skarðsfjörður fjords, is one of Iceland’s key fish proces
The construction of the Hungarian port has started at the Adriatic Sea in Trieste, Italy, said Levente Magyar, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Work is set to begin with the construction of a large section of the seawall and a 50,000-cubic meter filling on
Essex Wildlife Trust, RSPB and Harwich Haven Authority have joined together to deliver a two-year project to protect coastal communities from flooding, alongside creating habitat for key wildlife species. The project is part of a £25-million program funded by the Environment Agency. Together, the pa
Pangasinan Second District Representative, Mark Cojuangco, said that he is pushing for the dredged materials from Lingayen Gulf to remain in the province for beach nourishment and flood mitigation. Cojuangco added that these materials could help widen beaches, create a natural buffer against storm w
DEME Group announced its full year results 2024 today, reporting a turnover of almost 2 billion euro in their Dredging & Infra segment – marking a 22% increase from the previous year. Orderbook remains steady at 3.6 billion euro, driven by demand across various regions. Driven by sustained high acti
China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) recently started work on a massive Port Klang West expansion project in Malaysia. With dredging work now underway, the expansion of Port Klang West has entered its construction phase. Under this project, approximately 550ha of new land is to be develo
Work on the Montrose Coastal Erosion Project has continued, with engineered sandbags now in place at the dunes’ low points, Angus Council said. These, “larger than your average” sandbags are robust and filled with quarried sand. They’ve been positioned within the low points in the dunes at the “pipe
Technology group Wärtsilä and NMDC Group, one of the largest dredging and marine contractors in the Middle East, have signed a five-year Lifecycle Agreement for seven NMDC dredgers. The agreement, with the potential to expand the scope to additional vessels in the future, includes a tailor-made main
Big strides are being taken in the development of new dredging technology to control the invasive exotic caulerpa seaweed, said Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard. “A $10 million funding injection last year helped drive improvements to technology and getting new tools in the water. Today I’m happy
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District commander Col. Andrew Baker met with Rep. Mike Levin last week to discuss the status and future of shoreline mitigation for Oceanside, California. Baker and Levin were joined by USACE subject-matter experts, as well as partners from the City of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be performing dredging work at Lake Shelbyville – on the North end of the lake – in 2025. Work will include dredging of the Kaskaskia River channel, starting at the Whitley Creek boat ramp and heading towards the Illinois Highway 32 bridge, located south of Sull
