This week is California Flood Preparedness Week, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is making progress on several projects throughout the Sacramento region aimed at reducing the flood risk for one of the most at-risk regions in the nation. The American River Common Features 201
One year after the first phase of the contract execution for the capital and maintenance dredging of Payra Port started, Payra Port Authority and Jan De Nul Group again kicked off the second phase of this very important project. The access channel dredging works have started in full force over the l
Van Oord is about to begin the dredging works in the inner shipping channel of the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda. Under the contract, part of the inner harbour will be deepened to 15.5 metres, the port’s authority said in a press release on Wednesday. The main goal of this EUR 45.8 million project is
Bodies of remaining four people who went missing after a sand-extraction dredger capsized in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong because of tidal waves caused by Cyclone Sitrang have been recovered. With the latest development, the bodies of all missing people have been recovered and the number of death
On the heels of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law earlier this year, the Norfolk Harbor and Channels Improvement Project’s federal sponsor, the Army Corps’ Norfolk District recently announced more good news. Last month, the Norfolk District awarded Norfolk Dredging Company work on the Channel to New
Svitzer, a towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, will take delivery of two new ASD tugboats and one workboat and thereby further modernising and expanding the fleet in the Americas region. The workboat – Svitzer Moín – is a survey vessel, which will service Svitzer’s operation in Costa Ric
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Deputy District Commander, Maj. Lyle Milliman and Deputy District Engineer, Dave Romano, attended a ceremony celebrating the Conneaut Creek Dredge Facility Groundbreaking in Conneaut, Ohio, earlier this week. Conneaut Harbor handles commodities that
The Mississippi River is one of the busiest waterways in the United States. Of its 4,267 miles of navigable channels (1/3 of U.S. inland waterways) 681 million tons of cargo move on the system each year with transportation cost savings of $12.5 billion. “Maintaining and protecting the Mississippi Ri
Dead bodies of four people have been recovered after a dredger capsized in coast adjacent to Mirsarai Economic Zone in Chattogram, Bangladesh, due to the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Sitrang’. The dredger capsized on Tuesday morning with eight workers, risingbd.com reports. “We recovered three bodies o
A trial will soon begin to see if a technique never before seen on the Sunshine Coast could be used to help replenish Maroochydore Beach in the future. The project is due to begin in November and will use a method, called nearshore nourishment, in what will be a first for the region. It involves [&h
The Army Corps’ contactor, Manson Construction, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is performing maintenance dredging near the entrance of Channel Islands Harbor. Dredging began in late September and is expected to be completed at the end of January. The dredging is taking place in various
Lind Marine has been busy lately with the dredging of the Petaluma Marina, California. After a few weeks of working, the contractor has now moved to the next phase of dredging in Petaluma – removing silt from the entrance to the marina. The project is happening because excessive silt in the marina h
Ship channel managers regularly have to schedule maintenance and dredging activities in order to keep channels clear from sand, debris, and trash. Delays in dredging can trigger increased risks, the need for repeated maintenance and lost revenue. A new Dredging Planning Optimization Model (DPOM) dec
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and St. Charles Parish leaders have celebrated the completion of construction on the Paradis Canal Gate, a major component of the Parish’s West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee project. The gate will help to provide flood protection to reside
