The USACE Charleston District completed two dredging and sand placement projects on the Isle of Palms today. The Breach Inlet Beneficial Use Projects moved about 700,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand from USACE’s routine maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) to nourish the Isl
The Port of NEOM, formerly Duba Port, is now fully operational and actively receiving and moving complex cargo through its multi-purpose terminal. According to their latest announcement, the port’s infrastructure and operating capabilities are designed to support reliable cargo handling and multimod
Mangawhai Harbor Restoration Society (MHRS) has started its annual dredging and sandspit stabilization program, continuing more than three decades of work to safeguard the harbor’s health. The Spirit of Mangawhai II dredge was deployed mid-March, with operations scheduled through to July 31. Work is
Van Oord is moving ahead with a coastal protection and beach nourishment project between Garrão and Praia do Forte Novo, Quarteira, Portugal. In January this year, Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary, Dravo S.A. signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protec
Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil Marine, has been awarded, in consortium with Jan de Nul, the design-build contract for the Port of Callao Muelle Norte expansion in Peru. The contract is worth more than EUR 100 million. The contract awarded by APM Terminals Callao (jointly owned b
Belfast Harbor Marina has reopened after a refurbishment that has created new berths for yachts and recreational vessels. The project to expand the marina, which is located between Titanic Belfast and the SSE Arena, has extended the total length of its pontoons from 775 meters to over 807 meters, in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, began significant maintenance to the Manistee Harbor federal channel yesterday. The Corps of Engineers will place about 3,000 tons of stone to reduce wave energy and overtopping, as well as install new timber fenders along 1,800 feet of the North R
A Watermaster amphibious dredger is restoring lost capacity in a shallow and hard-to-reach reservoir where larger conventional equipment cannot operate. All reservoirs face the same problem: siltation. Reservoirs store water for drinking, irrigation and hydropower, but siltation keeps reducing their
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) yesterday for the supply of fuel to its dredging fleet for a period of five years. According to DCI, this strategic partnership strengthens the long-standing association
Union Dredgers and Marine Contracting (UDMC) is advancing the preparation phase for the installation of a stormwater outfall pipeline in Palm Jebel Ali. Dredging works for the ongoing project – covering Fronds A to G – started in February 2026. As part of this process, the HDPE pipes were subjected
The Provincial Government of Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines deployed dredging equipment from the Provincial Office to the Local Government Unit of General Salipada K. Pendatun on April 13, as part of its ongoing flood mitigation and waterway improvement efforts. The activity was led by Provi
The Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to deploy heavy equipment at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill to help extinguish the fire, which has affected nearby communities since last week. DPWH Secretary, Vince Dizon, said that dredgers, backhoes and bulldozers will be deploy
In a major shift, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its state permit application for the Port Everglades Expansion dredging project. The Center for Biological Diversity said that the withdrawal is the most significant progress in more than a decade of advocacy to protect Florida’s coral
California Representative Salud Carbajal has secured significant funding for two harbor improvement projects in San Luis Obispo County. Morro Bay Harbor will receive $4,144,000 for its dredging project and Port San Luis will receive $23,000 for maintenance of the breakwater. The funding for both pro
