The Town of Nags Head said that the beach nourishment works are set to begin May 14, with initial equipment now being staged in south Nags Head near Camelot Street, around the 9700 block of South Old Oregon Inlet Road. “During beach nourishment sand is pumped onto the beach from a dredger, or in our
Southwind Construction will begin dredging the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the coming days, the Town of Ocean Isle Beach said. Dredged sand material will be placed on the east end of the island. Approximately 35,000 cy of sand will be placed west of the terminal groin. Placement will begin clo
The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $1.78 million contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction on April 28 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Rochester Harbor this year. Dredging of harbors like Rochester’s ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow
With the placement of nearly 2 million cubic yards of sand across approximately six miles of shoreline now complete, the USACE Wilmington District has strengthened coastal storm protection and restored a wider, more resilient beach at Carolina and Kure beaches. According to USACE, the project has no
Rotterdam Maritime Capital of Europe has just released a very interesting video named ‘ZedHub: accelerating zero-emission dredging through collaboration’. ZedHub brings together industry players to accelerate zero-emission dredging. By combining the expertise of companies such as Boskalis, Van Oord,
Ravestein B.V. has won a contract for work on a new roll-on/roll-off terminal at the Port of Immingham. The contract was issued by Dragados SA, acting as main contractor on behalf of Associated British Ports (ABP). Under the contract, Ravestein will deliver a comprehensive package of marine infrastr
The Town of Hilton Head Island Municipal Government said in their latest announcement that Marinex Construction made good progress pumping sand on the beach near Bald Eagle Road in Sea Pines and moved northward. By Friday, they had reached the beach area close to Cedar Waxing Road, depositing over 7
Over the past six years, Boskalis Westminster Ltd., in a joint venture with VolkerStevin, has been working on the largest coastal protection project ever undertaken in the United Kingdom – the Southsea Coastal Scheme in Portsmouth. “The result: a well-protected city with an award-winning promenade a
Rohde Nielsen has completed maintenance dredging and coastal protection works at Estepona Port, Spain, ensuring safe navigation and restoring design depths. During the work, around 52,000m³ of sediment was removed from the port entrance and reused for the regeneration of El Cristo beach, supporting
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) began an interim emergency dredging campaign in late April to restore its main shipping channel after an unusually high level of sediment infill caused by recent extreme weather events. Since the completion of the Port’s scheduled maintenance dredging program in November
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is working to find mutually acceptable ways to remove the massive cutter suction dredger deployed by a mining firm to extract minerals in this town, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) said. MGB Eastern Visayas Regional Director, Glenn Marcelo Noble, said that the
The General Marshall, a Callan Marine cutter suction dredger (CSD), is maintenance dredging the channel to Port Mansfield in the Galveston District’s Southern Area. Port Mansfield is positioned on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. The dredging contract started Fe
From May to September, around 100,000 cubic meters of sand will be pumped onto the stretch between the Cotton Tree groynes and the Alexandra Headland seawall as part a vital renourishment program, Sunshine Coast Council said. Sunshine Coast Council Principal Coastal Engineer, Georgia Keeshan, said t
Santa Cruz Harbor said that their 2025-26 dredging season concluded on April 29, 2026. The Santa Cruz Port District dredges the harbor channel between November 1 and May 1 of each year. This has occurred each year since the harbor was first constructed in 1964. Sand, which moves downcoast through th
