Latest maintenance dredging monitoring report provided by the Cawthron Institute, New Zealand, shows contamination levels in the Nelson Haven have declined. This is a positive outcome for the health of the haven, according to the Port Nelson. A key driver in the improvement is likely to be the compl
A group from the USACE Galveston District took a tour of the hopper dredge Padre Island, a “suction hopper dredger”, working in the Galveston Channel earlier this month. The Padre Island can collect 3,600 cubic yards of dredge material per “cut” or dredging pass. Hopper dredges use dragheads affixed
Jefferson Parish leaders held a ribbon cutting at the site on Friday (August 11) to mark the end of the Laketown Boat Launch Rehabilitation Project in Kenner. Leaders broke ground on the $2.16 million project this past November. It was an effort to make repairs to the boat launch and to dredge its c
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC of Houston, Texas, has won a $27.1 million contract for beachfill and dredging services in Bay Shore, New York. The work that will be performed in one of Long Island’s most densely populated communities has an estimated completion date of February 14, 2024. Under th
Despite the declaration of the Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to suspend all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, dredging activities intended for reclamation continue in Cavite, a fisherfolk group claimed. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) reported
Surveys are being undertaken in Brighton Marina to ascertain the results and exact depth of the dredging operations in the channel and identify any areas which need revisiting. According to Premier Marinas, also awaiting survey is the area around the Visitors Bay on pontoon 10 – a useful waiting are
The Lions Weir project in Boddington, which will look to remove sediment from the Town Pool area and enable recreational use, is progressing behind the scenes. A meeting was held recently with an experienced engineer to inspect and discuss the weir wall’s structural integrity. Fortunately, the wall
Each year at its annual WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo, Western Dredging Association presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects/programs. In 2023 the categories for the awards were reimagined and two Environmental Excellence Awards were given. An award in the category “Partnership
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will this week hold two public hearings on the recently published Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study. The study investigated alternatives to provide efficient and safe navigation and maritime commerce in Tampa Harbor such as deepening an
Authorities have identified a boater killed when his craft hit a loose dredge pipe in Cape May Harbor. Christopher W. Heitman, 45, of Cape May, was operating the 17-foot vessel Sea Hunt in Cape May Harbor yesterday, with one occupant, when his boat struck a loose dredge pipe in the channel, causing
Colombia’s National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has just announced the start of maintenance dredging project named “Restoration of the Degraded Ecosystems of the Canal del Dique” being conducted in order to maintain navigability in the Canal. According to ANI, the contractor Dragados Hidráulicos SA
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Elbe is scheduled to return to Montserrat today – to continue the dredging works of the Little Bay Harbor. Upon the arrival, the dredger will immediately re-commence works on the Montserrat Port Development Project. Also, a long reach excavator arrived in t
After spending the winter in drydock for scheduled maintenance, the Dredge Goetz has been busy this summer maintaining the 9-foot channel on the Mississippi River. According to USACE St. Paul District, Goetz has dredged 418,710 cubic yards of material so far this summer and is working near Brownsvil
Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), as well as several federal and state leaders, to officially break ground and begin construction on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The project is widely regarded as the most ambitious
