The City of Rockingham has completed seabed dredging works at the Point Peron Boat Harbour, improving safe navigability of the harbour for boaties. Work began in deeper waters on the north side of the limestone breakwater at the boat harbour entrance, before moving southward towards the boat ramps.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has begun sand placement on Vilano Beach, St. Johns Co., starting at the north end of the project area. This will restore sand loss due to the November 2021 nor’easter and Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. The $20.2 million emergency re-nourishment pr
Transport for NSW has started to dredge the Ettalong Channel, and as of yesterday, the Faucan is clearing the channel to make sure Central Coast Ferries can provide their essential services. Working under the Environmental & Crown Lands licence, the dredge Faucan will remove up to 30,000 cubic meter
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered another versatile working platform, the new Shoalbuster 3209. The vessel – named Al Mirfa after a coastal community located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi – is owned by SAFEEN Group, a subsidiary of AD Ports Group. The primary purpose of the Al Mirfa will be
St. Johns County, Florida, announced yesterday the closure of Riverdale Boat Ramp to complete a routine maintenance dredging project. “The scope of the project will result in a full closure of the boat ramp from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15 and some minor impacts to the parking and picnic areas of the park d
Donjon Marine Co Inc. of Hillside, New Jersey, will once again perform maintenance dredging activities in Newark Bay. Similar to last year, the company has won a $45.7 million USACE contract for the Newark Bay maintenance dredging works. According to the Corps, this year’s campaign includes removal
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won a major dredging and disposal contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project. The contract was awarded by Bechtel Energy, Inc. (Bechtel), the company that’s managing the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in partnership with Sempra Infrastructure.
Berkeley County Government, South Carolina, has awarded a $5 million contract to J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. for the Bushy Park Dredging and Spoil Site project. Bushy Park Landing is located near the Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek and provides public access to Foster Creek and the Cooper River.
NOAA has announced the availability of up to $240 million in funding for transformational projects that restore coastal habitat and strengthen community resilience. This funding has been made available through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Ac
Stage 1 of the Onslow Community Boating Precinct (CBP) is now complete, with the works creating modern recreational boating facilities to residents and visitors alike. Upgrades to the precinct included the dredging of a new basin, construction of a two-lane boat ramp with central floating jetty, a c
Danos has expanded its portfolio to offer coastal restoration services to customers throughout the Gulf South. In addition to providing the materials and workforce to restore or replace barriers in marine environments, the company is producing and installing artificial reefs tailored to the local ha
Virginia-based Norfolk Dredging Company is busy dredging and placing sand to nourish the dune and berm project on the Island of Brigantine in New Jersey. The project, which is moving along very well, consists of dredging approximately 850,000 cubic yards of sand from an offshore borrow source. The d
Dragflow SRL, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment, has delivered a state-of-the-art cable dredge to a client in West Africa. Equipped with a hydraulic pump model HY400 with a capacity of up to 3000 m3/h, the dredge features a user-friendly design that enables operators to navigate its func
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. The aim of the dredging work in the Shrewsbury River fede
