California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has just announced that state, federal, and local agencies gathered last week to celebrate two tidal habitat restoration projects in Solano County that support the survival of Delta smelt and other fish species as part of the long-term operation of the
The reinforcement works on the Broad Green Dike project are in full swing now, Van Oord reports. Jos van Uden, Project Manager at Van Oord, is one of the key leaders of this project. Commenting the latest news, he said: “??? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?? ??? […]
Conwy County Borough Council said that the next phase of coastal defence work will begin this summer, following further funding from Welsh Government. The current work, which began in May 2021, has seen a 370m long rock barricade built on the beach to protect the Victorian seawall from severe storms
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that the United States Coast Guard awarded a $30 million federal contract to expand Coast Guard shore-side facilities at East Tongue Point in Astoria. This will enable the facility to accommodate the home porting of Fast Response Cutters (FRC
The USACE Galveston District, in partnership with the City of Galveston, has prepared a Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment (DDPR-EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Galveston Island Coastal Erosion continuing authorities study as authorized by Section 204
USACE Detroit District awarded a contract for dredging at Duluth-Superior Harbor in western Lake Superior on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, to begin early August. The $2.72 million contract is awarded to Roen Salvage Co., from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The contract is to mechanically dredge about 76
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) have awarded the first contract for the Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project. The first contract, which represents phase 1 of this coastal storm risk red
Ohio Congressman Dave Joyce has submitted a request to allocate nearly $2.8 million for Fairport Harbor dredging in the draft of a fiscal year 2023 funding bill. The official last week announced that he placed funding requests totaling $23 million for 15 Northeast Ohio projects into fiscal year 2023
Trimble Civil Construction has just introduced the latest release of Trimble Marine Construction (TMC) Software which includes the new user interface for configuration of Excavator and Cutter Suction Dredge machines. The modernized UI helps streamline configuration of these machine types for marine
Work on the Grand Isle BBA-18 project is nearing its completion as contractors are placing stone along the tie-in at the west jetty. According to USACE, this project was funded through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA-18). Under this program, six offshore stone segmented breakwaters were const
After years of development and months of construction, Napier Port recently welcomed the very first container vessel to berth at its new 350-metre 6 Wharf. The CMA CGM Marlin, measuring 294.05-metres long with a 32.2-metre beam (width), was safely piloted into Napier Port at approximately 9am on Sat
The St. Charles County Port Authority has secured $3.5 million in funding to improve the river terminal in the City of St. Charles and at Klondike Park near Augusta. County Councilman Mike Elam, District 3, worked for three years to convince fellow Council members to pass an ordinance to create the
The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $618,332 contract to Michigan-based, Dean Marine & Excavating, Inc., July 6, 2022, to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Dunkirk Harbor. “This contract award facilitates the necessary dredging and ensures Dunkirk Harbor remains accessible to al
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the modernized Pier 2 at Quonset’s Port of Davisville took place earlier this week. Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee joined the Quonset Development Corporation and state and local officials at the event Tuesday morning. According to Governor McKee, the $83.1 million expa
