Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has finished works on the Nags Head’s 2022 beach restoration project. GLDD’s hopper dredge Liberty Island delivered the last load at the northern terminus of the project area, at 8031 South Old Oregon Inlet Road, on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Approximately 611,000 cubic
The Port of Blyth has just announce that autumn maintenance dredging campaign is underway to maintain the depths of the port water areas. According to the release, dredging kicked off on August 26th 2022, and will continue for a period of approximately 7 days. The campaign will cover the port approa
Damen has announced successful delivery of a cutter suction dredger, type CSD650, to a customer in Kuwait. According to Damen, the stationary dredger (named GD4000) was mobilized from stock and outfitted, inspected and delivered from the yard to HAC Cranes, all in just 44 days from contract signatur
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz met with Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District leadership on Wednesday, August 24th and toured proposed construction sites for the Coastal Texas project. This project is going to provide real protection to help keep Galveston and the TX Gulf Coast safe for years to come. E
The Dutch agency Rijkswaterstaat is about to begin a beach nourishment project at Katwijk beach. According to the announcement, from September 2022 to the end of February 2023, Rijkswaterstaat will be adding new sand to the beach. The beach and the dunes are the main protection against the sea. Due
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has just revealed the date of their Winter 2023 conference. WEDA’s 2023 Midwest Chapter Meeting will be held in downtown Louisville, KY, at the historic Brown Hotel from Tuesday, Feb. 21 to 23rd, 2023. Similar to previous years, the meeting will be an exciting edu
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced yesterday the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $107.0 million. The awarded work includes: Norfolk Harbor Navigation Improvements Project; Charleston Lower Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project; Tampa Harbor Maintenance Dredging 45
Fraser River Pile & Dredge (FRPD) team is back at work on the Fraser River, maintaining the channel to ensure safe passage for vessels serving local ports. The project comprises annual maintenance dredging of the deep-sea shipping channel in the lower 36 kilometres of the Fraser River, from Sand Hea
Envytech Solutions AB is gearing up for the dredging and dewatering project at Lake Malar (Mälaren) in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden. As the dredging activity begins, the water from the removed soil will be collected and led to Envytech’s “big blue” treatment line. There the company will handle everyth
Many lakes developed an oxygen-free zone on the ground and are now threatened to silt up. What are the reasons for that? And more importantly, how can we prevent it? BERKY produces and sells a wide range of dredging boats made in Germany that offer tailormade solutions. One of the main initiators ca
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced last Friday that the recently completed Boston Harbor Deep Draft Navigation Improvement Project was finished four months ahead of schedule. According to the Corps, the project was a $350 million partnership between USACE, the non-feder
Van Oord has won two new contracts to reinforce the coast at the Romanian seaside resorts of Jupiter-Neptun and Balta Mangalia, Venus and Aurora. After a two year long European tender process, the Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) has chosen Van Oord for the design and construc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the $4 billion Mid-Chesapeake Bay ecosystem restoration project at MDOT Headquarters, Aug. 23, 2022. The PPA – signed by Col. Estee Pinc
The City of Gold Coast is about to begin their annual dredging program under which Burleigh and Palm Beach shoreline will be replenished with new sand. According to Mayor Tom Tate, the works are part of the city’s plan to get ready for the summer storm season. This includes dredging and placing appr
