In the wake of significant storm damage and erosion from recurring coastal storms, NY Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday announced key resiliency investments to stabilize communities from shoreline erosion and severe weather driven by climate change. New State funding to the town of Babylon from the hi
South Mission Beach and Cardwell foreshores will receive protection against coastal erosion thanks to Queensland Government funding administered through the QCoast2100 Program. Cassowary Coast Councilor for Environment Jeff Baines explained how the funding is vital to ensuring the region’s coastal a
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Willem Sr closed 2023 with a maintenance dredging campaign in the Ferry Port of Breskens, Filia Dredging said. Under the project, approximately 185,000 tonnes dry solid was removed in and in front of the ferry port. With this, Filia Dredging completed the d
A keel laying ceremony of the UKD Seadragon took place in Gdansk, Poland, recently. The UKD Seadragon is a diesel electric Damen 2711 Shoalbuster that will carry the water injection dredging (WID) for UK Dredging around the coast of the UK. “This expansion to the fleet adds another form of dredging
KODIAK GmbH has been selected as the exclusive supplier for quality control (QC) inspection, health, safety, and environment (HSE) and client representative services for the civil engineering works of the world’s Energy Island project, the Princess Elisabeth Island in the North Sea. In this collabor
Port Stephens State MP and Minister for Family and Community Services, Kate Washington, visted Tea Gardens yesterday to announce a multi-million dollar program to fund the much-needed dredging of the Myall River. According to Washington, the dredging project will be carried out from the ‘Singing Bri
In partnership with the City of Newport News, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District has set a date to begin dredging the Deep Creek Navigation Channel. Dredging is expected to begin in the entrance channel Feb. 15 and start making way to the harbor. The work is set to be completed by mid
Delaware Senator Tom Carper joined the Philadelphia District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Delaware DNREC recently to survey important projects in Sussex County, including the renourishment at Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes. “This project was made possible thanks to $4.9M I helped secure through the Bi
The Kingston District Council, South Australia, is about to begin maintenance dredging activities at Cape Jaffa. The District advised members of the public that the dredging operations are scheduled to commence from approximately Thursday 1 Feb 2024, in Cape Jaffa. “The discharge site is located to
A medieval sword was found earlier this month at the bottom of Poland’s Vistula River during the dredging operations at Włocławek. According to the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Toruń (Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków w Toruniu), preliminary analyses of the weapon traced it b
Stage one of dredging in the Swansea Channel has now concluded. More than 16,600 cubic metres of sand were removed from three areas, creating a 30 metre wide channel, extending from the Dog Leg southeast of Elizabeth Island, up to the Drop Over northwest of the Swan Bay entrance. Transport for NSW s
Work on the historic Lake Borgne Marsh Creation project, Louisiana’s largest marsh creation effort by acreage to date, is in full swing. According to Louisiana CPRA, the project will use 13 million cubic yards of dredged material to restore more than 2,700 acres of marsh along the south shore of the
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District has announced that sand replenishment project in San Clemente will be delayed due to ongoing sand quality issues. USACE has agreed to allow the contractor, Manson Construction to delay the project up to 70 days to ensure that quality sand is use
On the Atlantic Coast, DEME Group is preparing the Port Atlantique La Rochelle for the future. “Through means of no less than 3 different types of dredgers, we are deepening the current Port zones, but also several berthing pockets for yet-to-be-built quays,” said Jonas Ryvers, project engineer at D
