The €140 million Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project is about to enter its next phase with the arrival of trailing hopper suction dredger Vox Amalia. According to the Harwich Haven Authority (HHA), the hopper dredger Vox Amalia will arrive in Harwich later today to commence capital dredging of t
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott wrote to Michael Connor, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued 10 safety recommendations Tuesday during a public board meeting held to determine the probable cause of the fatal Aug. 21, 2020, hazardous liquid pipeline strike and subsequent explosion and fire aboard the dredging vessel Waymon Boyd. The Waymo
Littlehampton Harbour has just released some great photos from work on dredging the Harbour Entrance by the masters of the long reach trade WM Plant. The shoal bank is typically dredged using shore-side excavators at least twice per year. The bar is maintained at 0.9m over datum by the natural scour
Governor Ralph Northam has released the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, providing a foundational and fundamental step towards protecting Virginia’s coast. Virginia’s coastal areas face significant impacts from rising sea levels and increased storm flooding. “We must acknowledge that climate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District has prepared a draft disposition study and environmental assessment for the St. Michael Canal historical project. The study’s focus is to evaluate the existing St. Michael Canal project located in Norton Sound, Alaska, and to verify if a federal int
The times are changing, and so is the dredging industry. Dredging is evolving to ensure it remains sustainable whilst adding value to society, the environment and the economy. With that in mind, the focus for the next World Dredging Congress (WODCON XXIII) will be on exactly how ‘Dredging is Changin
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (ORN) recently announced three contract awards for its Marine segment totaling approximately $16 million. In Texas, the company has won a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging works in the Freeport Harbor Channel. The company expects this
Department of Transport Western Australia has just announced that a record amount of sand has been moved in the annual campaign to provide safe navigation at Mandurah Ocean Entrance and to widen the Town Beach. According to DoT, this was the largest ever campaign completed at Mandurah Entrance Chann
Carteret County did not get any bids to open Thursday for a proposed project to dredge east Taylor’s Creek, Carteret County News-Times informs. According to Gene Foxworth, county planning director, the county did get some “interest” from potential bidders, but no official bids. “We will readvertise
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed into law Act 93 of 2021 that will allow beneficial re-use of dredged sediments for beach nourishment projects. This legislation, advocated by the City of Two Rivers and co-authored by State Senator Andre Jacque and State Representative Shae Sortwell, clears r
The project cost to carry out dredging in the 460km Mogla-Pakshi water route is shooting up by Tk 3.34 billion ($39 million) to Tk 12.90 billion ($150 million), daily sun reports. A proposal of the Shipping Ministry for the cost hike is likely to get the nod at a meeting of the Executive Committee o
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin wrote Monday to the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, who leads USACE, spotlighting the major priorities across Maryland. “The enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides an opportunity to accele
Pennsylvania DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn yesterday announced that the commonwealth has reached a settlement with Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., that will require the company to dredge Ranger Cove in the 535-acre lake at Marsh Creek State Park in Chester County. Sunoco will also pay $4 million for natura
