Rijkswaterstaat has successfully completed beach nourishment works at the south-west side of the Texel coastline. The Texel Southwest beach nourishment campaign took place from March to May 2024. This included dredging and pumping around 810,000m3 of sand onto the beach, between the beach posts 9 an
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has delayed the maintenance dredging for the federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, until early October 2024. The project has been delayed because of active shorebird nests within the beach placement area of
Yesterday, Flagler County (FL) marked the official groundbreaking of the Coastal Storm Risk Management Beach Nourishment project. The beach nourishment project groundbreaking marks a significant milestone in collective efforts to protect and enhance Flagler’s coastline. For over a decade, layers of
The multiyear revitalization work at the Newport Harbor is soon entering it’s second phase of construction, according to the Government of Canada. This work follows the first phase of construction, which began in November 2023 and was completed in March 2024. During this first phase, work involved t
The call for abstract submission for the 2024 Western Dredging Association Pacific Chapter is still open. The 2024 Pacific Chapter will be held in Portland, OR, at The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton from Wednesday, October 23 to Friday, October 25, 2024. According to WEDA, presentations
Maintenance work is moving forward at Markland Locks and Dam in Warsaw, Ky, USACE said in its latest project update. Last week, USACE dredging team was onsite dredging inside the 600’ lock chamber, near the upstream land approach wall, and in the harbor area near the project site. Navigable channels
Roan Salvage will host a public meeting Thursday, June 20th at 7pm immediately following the East Chicago Waterway Management District monthly board meeting. This Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) meeting will discuss the operations and schedule of the upcoming dredging
Cleanup operations are moving ahead at Pasir Panjang Terminal after a dredger hit another vessel this morning, resulting in an oil spill, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said. The incident involved the Netherlands-flagged trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Maxima and the S
Jan De Nul Group and Goa Shipyard Limited have signed a contract for the construction of a next generation trailing suction hopper dredger. The new dredger is a plug-in hybrid specifically designed to operate in small harbors. With its 79 meters hull length and a hopper capacity of 2000 cubic meter,
Mr. Kieran O’Donnell, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, has announced the approval of Wexford County Council’s application for funding under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. It has been estimated that th
Mammoet has entered into an agreement with DHO (Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV) to perform transportation and lifting services for the construction of Dry Dock 5 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. According to the contract, the new dry dock will be deeper than the existing dry dock which will be replaced
Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) Government reported yesterday that the dredging operations are about to begin in Darwin Harbor. According to the Local Notice to Mariners, DVO JV will be conducting the trenching operations in Darwin harbour for Barossa GEP project. Trenching is executed using spe
Dredging team is returning to West Bay (UK) in June to complete the removal of excessive sediment remaining in the harbour after the earlier dredging work, the Dorset Council announced in the statement. To maintain the safe depths for the navigational channels and waterways, the Council carried out
ASDR Canada has received its sixth Amphibex dredger in Caraquet, New Brunswick. “This dredger boasts an incredible excavation depth of 6.5 m (21′ 4″) and a superior pumping capacity of 4250 GPM,” said the company. “What’s more, the addition means that we now have the biggest fleet of Amphibex by Nor
