Dredging work is officially underway on the Milwaukee River in the Third Ward. After years of planning, permitting and outreach, We Energies, along with their contractors GEI Consultants and J. F. Brennan, will now remove the contaminated sediment in portions of the Milwaukee River near the Third Wa
The Paradip Port Authority Marine Department awarded a very important dredging contract to Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) yesterday. The contract includes dredging on approach channel, entrance channel, turning circle, docks and sand trap of the Paradip Port at an estimated cost of ₹172.22 cror
The USACE Philadelphia District shared an update on the construction schedule for ongoing dune and beach nourishment work along the Delaware coast yesterday. USACE’s contractor, Weeks Marine, Inc., is mobilizing a third hopper dredge to the site, which will significantly impact the schedule with con
A Swartz Creek company is moving west to expand and begin building the world’s first autonomous dredging machines. LJ Inc. has outgrown its current space at 6359 Miller Road near the I-69 interchange in Swartz Creek, where it employs 115 people. The company continues to grow and is purchasing 50 acr
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) continues work on the Cox’s Bazar Airport Runway Expansion project, an ambitious scheme that will transform the city into a New Aviation Hub. Cox’s Bazar Airport started its journey as a domestic airport in 1956. Due to the damage of the airpo
Ken Cirillo, the Director of the Barnstable County Dredge Program, last week informed the Commissioners of a $975,000.00 grant award from the Massachusetts Dredging Program, managed by the Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development. “As one of two regional dredging programs in the state, th
The Queen Pool dredging project at Blenheim Palace is now back in full swing after the winter pause. “We first began dredging Queen Pool this time last year with the amazing Land & Water team. By the time the project is finished, enough silt will have been removed to fill Wembley Stadium to the top,
The VINCY Issues Now facebook page has just released this beautiful photo from the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project. The dredger HAM 316 will, beginning this week and continuing for seven weeks, move a total of 1.17 million cubic metres of sand from the seabed off the south east coast of St. Vin
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company continues work on the Avalon beachfill project with sand being pumped from the dredge “Texas” in Townsend’s Inlet. As of yesterday, the dredge has placed over 300,000 cubic yards of sand on the Avalon beach. GLDD is currently pumping sand at the beach between 14th
Upgrades at three boat ramps around Geelong worth a combined $8 million will begin soon to make it easier to get out onto Corio Bay and Port Phillip, Better Boating Victoria said. At Kirk Point, boaters’ licence and registration fees will be reinvested to make launching a far simpler prospect at the
Starting next week, Jenkins Marine Ltd will kick off annual maintenance dredging of the Rudmore Channel. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth and the Harbour Master Portsmouth International Port, the dredging will be conducted within the Rudmore Channel to the south east of Whale Island
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a long-awaited proposed cleanup plan for the East Waterway in Seattle. It runs along the east side of Harbor Island, at the mouth of the Lower Duwamish River, which empties into Elliot Bay and Puget Sound. A 60-day public comment period on the plan be
The Adelaide Beach Management Review is well underway following the appointment of community engagement specialists URPS, the company responsible for community engagement supported by DEW’s project manager Chris Newby. Coastal science and engineering specialists Bluecoast Consulting Engineers will b
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), is performing airborne coastal mapping surveys along the shorelines of the Hawaiian Islands now through June as part of the USACE National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP). The surveys wi
