UK Dredging have been hired to conduct maintenance dredging of the ESSO Fawley and BP Hamble facilities in Southampton. The trailing suction hopper dredger UKD BLUEFIN will be engaged in dredging operations in the vicinity of Esso Fawley and BP Hamble for a period of approximately 10 days, the Port
Norfolk Dredging has completed their work dredging the channel and placing sand on the beach in Topsail Island, NC. According to the Town, the contractor finished another successful dredging/beach nourishment project on February 26. Over the next few weeks, the crews will be working to demobilize eq
The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority has just announced that the beach nourishment works at Mounts Bay, Marengo, are officially done. “A huge shout out to our amazing community for your cooperation and patience throughout the works,” the Authority said. “The temporarily closed areas are no
The Town of Barnstable said that the County Dredge and the Town’s contractor, Dig-It Construction, will begin mobilizing equipment in preparation for the Cotuit Bay Entrance Channel Dredging Project in the following days. This project will consist of dredging the approach channel into Cotuit Bay. Ac
The Dredging Contractors of America announced today that the House and Senate have reached deal on the first set of appropriations bills including Energy & Water. In their announcement, DCA showed support for the bipartisan bipartisan package of appropriations bills agreed to by the U.S. House of Re
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District has just released this very interesting video named ‘Dredging at the Port of Morgan City’. In the video, Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, Michael Stack, Operations Division chief and Mac Wade, executive director, Port of Morga
New Jersey Department of Transportation team has won a National Recognition Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2024 Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the Manasquan Area Channels Maintenance Dredging Project. The $7.2 million project restored eight channels in M
Van Oord’s subsidiary Paans Van Oord has successfully completed work on the second emergency dam in the river Meuse, Maastricht, the Netherlands. As a result of high water, the spillway dam was damaged in early January 2024. Part of the lining of the spillway dam had been loosened and washed away by
Port of Coos Bay, Oregon, recently welcomed a handymax bulk carrier at the GMA Garnet dock. The vessel is the second ship to call at river mile 15 in the last 12 months. Prior to last year’s call, it had been over 20 years since a deep draft vessel transited and moored at River Mile […]
The Port of Virginia’s wider shipping channel is now open for two-way passage of ultra-large container vessels (ULCV). Widening the channel is part of the port’s $1.4 billion strategic infrastructure investment package that focuses on creating efficiency, supporting larger cargo volumes and increasi
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) completed Phase 3A of its expansion project recently. With the expansion of VICT, supersized ships can now sail directly into Port Phillip and dock at VICT – the only terminal in Melbourne capable of receiving these. The AUD235 million (Php8.5 billion
Boskalis Westminster Ltd recently commenced work on a capital dredging project within the Port of Southampton. The project, being undertaken on behalf of Associated British Ports (ABP), will widen a section of the existing navigation channel within the port’s Western Docks by up to 46m over a length
Michels Construction has been busy lately performing dredging of the Wells harbor under the Federal Navigation Project. So far, the contractor has removed over 60,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor and built up over 1,100 feet of beach. The overall goal for the Federal Navigation Project, is to
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District’s Duval beach renourishment is about to begin. Mobilization will start later this month and beach nourishment, starting at 10th Ave. South, around the end of April, said USACE. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, won the $32.4
