A larger than expected amount of material has been dredged from Exmouth Boat Harbor to provide a safer, deeper channel at the entrance. The Department of Transport recently spent $1.6 million completing three months of maintenance dredging at the facility after surveying confirmed the channel was ne
J.F. Brennan Company recently embarked on a vital restoration project for the middle section of the Lake George Canal. The primary goal was to protect aquatic organisms by separating them from contaminated sediment through a multi-layer sediment cap. The project, executed by Brennan and USACE on beh
Jan De Nul Group has just announced that their cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has reached a historic peak – dredging to a record depth of 41.94 meters for Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm. Built in 2020, the cutter dredger Willem van Rubroeck is the largest in Jan
Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock & Materials LLC have resumed construction of repairs to the Oswego West Arrowhead Breakwater. “Oswego Harbor is a critical component of the Great Lakes Navigation System, supporting economic growth and strategic value to the nation,” said Lt. Col. Robert Burnham, USAC
Cork County Council, Ireland, later this summer will commence with the dredging of Ballycotton Harbor. According to the Council, dredging of the seabed within Ballycotton Harbor will start on the 1st of September 2024 and will last until the 31st of October 2024. In order to facilitate the dredging
Protecting coastal areas and islands against rising sea levels and the forces of waves requires big equipment and major work. But before interfering in an existing ecosystem, people naturally want to know whether the measures they have devised will hold up in practice. With that in mind, Boskalis re
The Town of Nantucket has been awarded a $1 million grant for Miacomet Pond dredging project. The grant comes from the the Inland Dredging Pilot Round, part of the Massachusetts Dredging Program, managed by the Massachusetts State Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED). The Natural Resource
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently kicked off work on the 466 acre No Name Bayou Marsh Creation Project. Currently the external dikes are under construction with dredging expected to begin later this fall. Containment dikes that are being constructed around the ar
Van Oord has successfully completed the Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point Beach Management Scheme on behalf of the Environment Agency. This year, LNG trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Alexia played a key role in the project. She dredged around 400,000m3 of sand to renourish the beaches at Mablethorpe,
Works to replenish West Beach with more sand will continue from Monday (July 29) in line with the recommendations of the independent Adelaide Beach Management Review. The beach will be boosted with 200,000 cubic meters of sand over the next 12 months following the review’s findings, which were annou
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to conduct dredging operations in Ocean City, Maryland, from July 25 until July 30. The work will focus on two priority areas from the last round of Inlet work (unless the survey indicates otherwise), as well as the junction between the Isle of Wight and
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will provide record $21.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund allocations to communities and projects throughout Maryland in Fiscal Year 2025. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterway
Van Oord and Boskalis have commenced the preparatory dredging works for Sweden’s largest dredging project in modern times. Van Oord’s backhoe dredger Simson and Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor now started dredging the port and fairway to enable the subsequent work to be carried out as efficiently a
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District has commenced maintenance dredging of the Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of the Island of Oahu. Honolulu Harbor is the principal seaport of the State of Hawai‘i, receiving more than 98% of all goods through its harbors. Much of the
