The USACE New England District’s crews are currently very busy working with Coastline Consulting out of Branford, CT on the Josias River project. Josias River was last dredged in 1994 and is expected to be complete by February 2025. The Josias River located in Ogunquit, Maine, is a small river that
Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kieran O’Donnell, has announced the approval of Cork County Council’s application for funding under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. Under the scheme, the OPW has approved fun
Following a hold on operations earlier this month, dredging at the Whanganui Port is set to re-commence in January 2025, as part of Te Pūwaha, the Whanganui Port revitalization project. A 40 tonne amphibious excavator, owned and operated by Murphy Civil Limited, is scheduled to create a clear channe
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is responding to a fire aboard a dredger in Manila Bay. Reports of a fire on a vessel were received yesterday afternoon, December 19, with the Coast Guard Station Manila rendering assistance. Two of its patrol boats, BRP Sindangan and BRP Suluan, were dispatched to
Van Oord’s dredging work in the Prinses Amaliahaven on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam has been completed. The harbor basin has been deepened to 20 meters below sea level. During the peak of the work, 3 Van Oord vessels were working at the same time, turning the port orange-blue: The dredged sand was pa
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has won several dredging contracts worth a total of $182 million. Among the awarded projects is the $73.6 million Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet Ocean City beachfill scheme. This project will provide coastal storm damage reduction by maintaining an engineered
Dutra has just released this amazing night photo of its dredge Paul Vincent, working in Crescent City, CA. The Dutra Group’s joint venture with Camenzind, Camenzind Dutra JV II, was contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers to perform 80,000 cubic yards of maintenance dredging in Crescent City Harbo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has awarded a $13.2 million contract to Manson Construction for maintenance dredging works in Anchorage, Alaska. Similar to previous campaigns, hopper dredge Westport will work its magic, removing built-up sediment from the seafloor near the Port of
Silver Creek in Blaine County, Idaho is a fisherman’s paradise and famed trout fishery with stunning clear water. But since the USGS began recording flow data in 1974, there has been a significant decline in the flow rates in Silver Creek. Over the past few decades, the fish habitat has also been ad
Mud Cat has just commissioned a brand new 2024 Mud Cat® Model 275D cable drive dredge to support an aggregate production facility in Florida. The customer opted for a dredging GPS system for precision tracking of cuts. “The Mud Cat 275D is the ideal industrial, mining, and wastewater dredge when you
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) yesterday announced the publication of the latest issue of the Terra et Aqua magazine. The latest Terra et Aqua features articles covering dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the environm
Dredging in the first expansion phase of the Kiel Canal in Germany is nearing completion, DEME Group said. The eastern section of the canal is progressing significantly, with the first phase of dredging almost finished. So far, DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ has removed nearly 1.1 million
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District, Port of Brownsville, and NextDecade, LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for phase two of Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project earlier this month. This project is one of four nationwide Public-Private Partnerships (P3) announced by the
The Northern Territory Government has announced the commencement of backhoe dredging operations at the Darwin Shiplift Facility. According to the NT Government, dredging of the Darwin Ship Lift Marine Activity Zone is set to commence on January 6, 2025. Backhoe Dredges Woomera and Nulla Nulla togeth
