Port of Los Angeles will receive an estimated $58 million in federal funding this year for maintaining its harbor channels and repairing its wharves, USACE said. “We started this fight in 2011 with my amendment in the Transportation Committee to provide relief to donor ports, such as Los Angeles and
Parks Victoria is about to begin next Werribee River maintenance dredging campaign which will ensure safe boating access at key sites within Port Phillip and Western Port. Over time sand naturally fills in boating access channels like Werribee River entrance. For the last 20 years, dredging is being
CLARION Project was kicked off in Rotterdam and Delft, The Netherlands, last week. Funded by the Horizon Europe Programme (Project 101147041 – CLARION) and coordinated by TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Geotechnical Engineering Section, CLARION is dedicated to enhancing t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program. Of the $8.681 billion in appropriations provided for the Army Civil Works Program in the act, approximately $8.2 billion is appropriated across five accounts ― Investigations,
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan includes critical hurricane protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisiana. “I have worked for months with the Corps to include critical funding for flood prot
CEDA Dredging Days is the flagship conference of the Central Dredging Association and is the main event on the dredging industry calendar in the CEDA (EMEA) region. It is widely considered to be the primary forum for leading researchers and industry experts, to share ideas, discuss challenges and co
Boskalis hopper dredger Sospan Dau has commenced capital dredging operations in the Outer Harbor at the Port of Lowestoft. The start of capital dredging of the Outer Harbor and channel approaches represents significant milestone in the construction of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). TS
Suomen Hyötytuuli conducted test dredging off the coast of Pori at the Sea of Bothnia – the site of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project – earlier this month. In this area (located between 4 and 22km off the coast), the company plans to build a 600+ MW expansion to the existing 44.3 M
Senator Tom Carper joined Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, Slaughter Beach Mayor Bob Woods, Delaware Bay Beach Association President Kathy Lock, and state and local officials yesterday to announce $31.9 million in federal funding to help protect and res
The final portion of the King Harbor dredging project is underway, the King Harbor Yacht Club said. The project involves two areas – starting with a sandbar built up inside the breakwall from Marina Way to Yacht Club Way, to remove about 60,000 cubic yards of sediment. The second stretch is along t
The Lee Board of County Commissioners last week voted to approve an interlocal agreement with the Town of Fort Myers Beach for restoration and nourishment of approximately 5.2 miles of beach on Estero Island. The goal of the project in southwest Florida is to address chronic and acute erosion, provi
Representatives from the USACE Los Angeles District teamed up with local, state and federal partners to announce the completion of the Encinitas and Solana Beaches nourishment projects in a joint press conference May 13. The beach nourishment project began early this year in Solana Beach and then ph
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has released new information paper on Environmental Adaptive Management. CEDA – committed to promoting concepts for sustainable dredging and waterborne construction works – supports the concept of Adaptive Management within dredging projects. Adaptive Manageme
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed its BRP Teresa Magbanua to monitor the supposed illegal activities of China, creating “an artificial island” on Escoda Shoal (Sabina Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Sabina Shoal is a low-tide elevation in the Spratly Islands, well inside the Phi
