The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been a crucial player in preserving both human infrastructure and natural habitats. Their latest endeavor, a collaborative project with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, highlights how their engineering prowess can create positive environmental impacts
Filia Dredging has completed the Port of Ventspils 2024 maintenance dredging campaign in Latvia. “Immediately after the contract was concluded, our TSHD Willem Sr was mobilized after which it spent the last month dredging silt in the waterways in the port, along quays, and in waterways on the River
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) is about to begin periodic nourishment of the Long Beach Island, according to the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District. Work on the beaches is expected to begin in late September in Beach Haven before heading south toward the Holgate section of Long Beach Township. The
Don Punch MLA, Minister for Regional Development, provided an update in Parliament yesterday on the latest developments taking place at the Bunbury waterfront. “Recently, I joined Minister David Michael to announce the Department Of Transport had awarded a milestone $69.2 million contract to build t
The California Ocean Protection Council has awarded a $2.9 million grant to San Mateo County Harbor District for a restoration project at Surfers Beach. The grant was unanimously approved at the OPC meeting on September 10, 2024. The Harbor Commission now has to decide how to allocate these funds, w
With water levels on the Mississippi River hitting close to record lows for the third consecutive year now, the Memphis District Corps of Engineers organized and held a press conference yesterday to review current river operations and answer questions related to this year’s low water event. During t
The dunes along the Montrose Golf Links are a natural coastal flood barrier to the town. In recent years, however, the dunes have eroded significantly. The rate of future erosion is now predicted to be higher than previously anticipated. With a predicted rise in sea levels and increasingly intensive
Colonna Shipyard is proposing to perform new and future maintenance dredging by mechanical methods to deepen the 5,450 foot federal channel on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, to provide safer ingress/egress to deeper draft vessels. This project includes the following
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) from Houston, Texas, has won an $8.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for a beach nourishment and dredging project in Massachusetts. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Sand
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Manaus yesterday to announce measures to mitigate the drought in the Amazon region. The announcement includes the public bidding processes for four maintenance dredging operations in the Amazon and Solimões rivers. Over five years, a total of BRL
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located along Delaware Bay, an area threatened by sea-level rise. Due to sea-level rise and other environmental factors, this tidal marsh is sinking, losing critical habitat for American black ducks, rails, terns, and fish species like striped bass and whi
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Division of Watershed Stewardship is proposing to utilize a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to hydraulically dredge up to 550,000 cubic yards of material from three potential borrow sites. The sites are: The dredged ma
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Columbia River ports are asking for public comment on the draft plan to place millions of cubic yards of clean, Columbia River sediment in multiple Oregon and Washington locations. This “sand plan” is a combined draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and E
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing, Infrastructure, Transport & Development said that Kaibo Public Beach Park will be temporarily closed to the public effective September 9, 2024. This necessary but temporary closure is to ensure public safety while essential beach repleni
