The Town of Duck, North Carolina, has just released an update about the town’s beach nourishment project. In the update the town said that Weeks Marine is planning to begin work in Duck in early April. They expect to complete the nourishment and have all equipment removed by Memorial Day. “The contr
USACE Jacksonville District will conduct a virtual public National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping presentation today to solicit public comments for consideration in its planned maintenance dredging of sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). The envisioned maintenance dredging wil
Gwella Contracting Services Ltd recently completed a thermal insulation project on a large dredger vessel. As reported, the company successfully wrapped up the inspection and insulation of exhaust gas pipes onboard Arco Dijk, a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger built in 1992. Gwella Contracting remove
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, celebrated the successful completion of closing man-made cuts in the salt marsh of the Satilla River with a ribbon cutting in Brunswick last week. The main focus of the first phase of the project was the closure of two man-made cuts in the salt ma
During the March JAXPORT Board of Directors meeting, the Army Corps’ Jacksonville District presented JAXPORT with a $35 million refund for unused prepayments from the recently completed Jacksonville Harbor Deepening project. JAXPORT is actively working with the City of Jacksonville and the State of
Despite the grey sky, beautiful Baarland beach is ready for the spring season. Baarland in Zeeland, the Netherlands, is set to welcome visitors following a beach nourishment programme undertaken earlier this month. Taking place every four years, around 20,000 mᶟ of sand was used from the Western Sch
Waterking BV is getting ready to ship off their new amphibious excavator to Bangladesh. “It’s always a great feeling to finish a project successfully for a customer on the other side of the world,” the company said. “Our team has worked with care on the construction of the amphibious excavator.” “We
Dover Harbour Board has announced a tender for the Port of Dover Maintenance Dredging 2023 campaign. The works consist of the maintenance dredging of the berth, basins and approaches in the Port of Dover. The primary scope of works is the restoration of advertised depths within the Inner Harbour, Ou
APM Terminals has entered into a strategic partnership with HATECO group for a project to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong City, located in the north of Vietnam. As part of the strategic partnership, APM Terminals will provide financial, operational and technical supp
Work will begin this week to clear a build-up of sand at Bandy Creek Boat Harbour at Esperance. The $1.5 million biennial maintenance dredging project will see around 60,000 cubic metres of material extracted restoring channel depths at the entrance to the harbour and reducing the sand trap adjacent
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has just released an update regarding the Newburyport dredging project. According to the Corps, H&L Contracting LLC is subcontracting the remaining dredging of the 15 ft entrance channel to Norfolk Dredging. The hydraulic cutterhead dredge DELAW
Whakatāne District Council, New Zealand, recently began maintenance dredging of the Whakatāne River in the vicinity of the Whakatāne Yacht Club. “As part of our management of the Whakatāne Harbour we’re required to maintain a safe navigational channel for all users to access,” the council said in th
60% of the Saltmarsh habitats around the UK have been lost since 1945, and without some inspired interventions significant further losses will continue, fuelled by coastal squeeze (development), increased wash from boats, extreme climatic events (climate change influences) and rising sea levels. Lan
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in order to bring the concept of ‘Waste to Wealth’ in the dredging sector has issued addendum to the Dredging Guidelines for Major Ports 2021. This will make provision for use of dredging material for beneficial purposes in bidding process with necessary
