Starting this week, St. Johns County (FL) will temporarily close public access to Mickler’s Landing Beachfront Parking and beach access as it begins the $38.6 million Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project. Due to the mobilization of large contractor equipment and dredging supplies and for the safety
Whanganui Port is seeking a long-term dredging consent as the next major milestone in Te Pūwaha – the Whanganui Port revitalisation project. According to Whanganui District Council, this long-term consent will eventually replace the priority dredging consent for the port basin, which has a term of t
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has won a $9.3 million contract for maintenance dredging works in St. Lucie Inlet, Florida. According to the Army Corps, the project consists of maintenance dredging of the entrance channel and impoundment basin to a depth of 7 feet. The dredged material will be placed
J.E. McAmis crews touched down on Sand Island (Columbia River) this weekend. Equipment was barged to Sand Island and rock barges are being loaded for recommencement of placement this morning. These efforts are to build shore connections for the USACE Portland District’s Sand Island Pile Dikes Projec
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has just released the latest update on the Brevard Mid-Reach Renourishment program. USACE, in coordination with Brevard Co., will focus on renourishing Mid-Reach dunes between South Patrick Shores and Indian Harbour Beach Club to provide maxim
Pilbara Ports said that they will be undertaking land reclamation work later this year on the Lumsden Point project in the Port of Port Hedland using a cutter suction dredger (CSD). A CSD cuts the seabed material and mixes it with water to create a slurry which is then pumped into the land reclamati
Construction of a new flood defence scheme that will protect 2,800 homes from the risk of flooding has begun, Cardiff Council said. Spanning 1.5 kilometres along the foreshore, from Tidefields Road to the River Rhymney estuary, the £35 million scheme, the majority of which is funded by Welsh Governm
Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $32,537,200 in direct federal funding for local projects across the Eastern Shore within the six-bill package of fiscal year 2024 funding bills passed by the Senate Friday. These funds, included at the Senators’ request, support pr
Southsea Coastal Scheme said that new shingle will be delivered this week at the beach near Southsea Rowing Club with the dredger Sospan Dau. Following the weather causing delays, the deliveries are planned for Saturday, March 16, (weather depending). Two deliveries lasting approximately 90 minutes
To accommodate future developments in the Baltic Sea, Klaipeda Port recently announced an international tender for the reconstruction of quays and dredging works. According to the port, the quays of the Smeltė peninsula will be reconstructed and adapted for the handling, assembly, and storage of win
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham has announced the approval of Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) funding for the West Galveston Beach Nourishment project. The project will utilize CEPRA and other federal funds to construct a large-scale beach nourishment project extending six mi
Earlier this week, Georgetown County S.C. announced that $6.5 million in federal funds have been secured for inner harbor dredging. The funds will allow the harbor in Georgetown to be deepened for the first time since the Army Corps of Engineers announced in 2008 that it would no longer dredge that
Neptune Marine continues to make great progress on the construction of PD Ports’ new hopper dredger, the Emerald Duchess. The 71m long dredger will soon be launched (Q2) and put through the paces in the Netherlands. The 2.000m3 TSHD has been designed and built to an exacting specification to ensure
Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has commenced a new dredging campaign in the North Channel and South Channel adjacent to the Gold Coast Seaway. The project will involve the removal of shoals through the North and South Channels, improving navigational access to Gold Coast waterways for recreat
