The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District collaborated with the St. Paul District, of the Mississippi Valley Division, to bring the Dredge Goetz onto the Missouri River from late October through early November 2021 to participate in a pilot project to dredge sediment that had created sh
Late last month, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed a Chief’s Report recommending the Folly Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project to Congress. Folly Beach is located on Folly Island in Charleston County along South Carolina’s central coast. T
An Environment Agency-led award-winning coastal habitat creation and flood alleviation scheme on the West Sussex coast has successfully piloted a new global standard for nature-based solutions established by the world-leading authority on conservation of nature. The International Union for Conservat
U.S. President Joe Biden toured the Port of Baltimore yesterday – the largest e-commerce port and one of the busiest ports in the United States. During the visit, Biden touted the passage of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Democrats hope will allow his administration to regain momentum even
The Western Australia Department of Transport (DoT) has commenced site works on the Stage 1 of the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty project. The DoT recently engaged contractors to undertake the urgent work, required after the jetty suffered significant damage during Tropical Cyclone Seroja and engineers re
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) Long-Term Issuer Rating to ‘IND BBB+’ from ‘IND A’. The Outlook is Negative. According to the rationale report, the downgrade and Negative Outlook reflects the weakening of DCI’s liquidity position in FY21 due to
DEME Group’s dredging crews are back in Portugal. The trailing suction hopper (TSHD) Meuse River has arrived in Leixões, near Porto, DEME said in their latest project update. The dredger just started the first dredging phase of the port extension project which is being executed with their partners T
Sandy beaches and dunes are the dominant coastal landform in Texas and the Gulf Coast. They’re home and nesting grounds for hundreds of important wildlife species and provide us with spacious places to live and recreate. Beaches and dunes are also the first-line defense against storms and flooding c
Francis Asenso Boakye, the Minister for Works and Housing Ghana, said that the Government will soon start works on phase two of the Blekusu Coastal Protection Project. The second phase of the project, which includes the construction of 37 armour rock groynes and a significant amount of land reclamat
The Russian Government has announced its decision to invest over $70 million in the modernization of Onezhsky Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Yard (Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia). The Decree to invest more than RUB 5.1 billion ($72.06 million) in modernization of the shipyard has been signed by Prime
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting on December 7 to consider the draft final report on hazardous liquid pipeline strike and subsequent explosion and fire aboard the dredger Waymon Boyd. On August 21, 2020, the Waymon Boyd struck a submerged 16-in
DSC Dredge, one of the world leaders in customized dredging solutions, recently announced that the company is putting finishing touches on their new Marlin Class Dredge. The new Marlin Class, coming with newly designed Tier 4 – 14″ (350 mm), features single engine Marlin Class underwater pump and a
Wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has switched to using 100% HVO fuel in all of its projects as part of its commitment towards reducing its carbon footprint. The UK SME is also aiming to become Carbon Net Zero by 2030. “This forward-thinking and innovative change has been driven by a recent in
USACE and the City of Duluth have provided some additional info on the recently completed 2021 Minnesota Point beach nourishment, maintenance dredging and beach cleanup. The Corps awarded the 2021 maintenance dredging contract July 14, 2021 to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, based Roen Salvage Company. The
