Two harbours and two marinas in the Mid and East Antrim Council area will be dredged in the following days. Under the cleanup plan, Charles Brand and Foyle & Marine Dredging will remove around 30,000m3 – enough to fill 12 Olympic swimming pools – of silt, sand and sediment over a number of months at
One of the largest providers of dredging services in the United States, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) yesterday reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. According to Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, GLDD ended the third quarter with i
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently introduced nature-based solutions as part of a risk-management strategy for natural hazards. Nature-based solutions are sustainable planning, design, environmental management and engineering practices that weave natural features or processes in
NY State DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos has announced the completion of a significant Grasse River restoration project to help address a legacy of contamination and improve habitat in the region. This habitat restoration milestone is the result of a landmark DEC agreement with Arconic in July 2020, a
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is gearing up for their annual Gulf Coast Chapter event which will be held from November 17-19, in Mobile, AL. According to the organizers, there is still time to register for the 2021 WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter annual meeting. The meeting will provide a forum for ex
Ahmed Abd El Hameed, Project Engineer at DEME Group, has just released this amazing photo from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to the Belgian giant, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It
J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. is continuing work on the Spirit Lake Sediment Remediation Project in Duluth, Minnesota. This work is being conducted as part of the Great Lakes Legacy Act project agreement between EPA and U.S. Steel. The site is located within the St. Louis River Area of Concern and is s
At Noordwijk, the Netherlands, a number of electricity cables coming from wind farms located in the North Sea reach the land. Recently, one of these cables was found to be too close to the surface with only 1.5 m of sand on top. The decision was made to bury them deeper below the surface. To [&helli
The USACE Memphis District’s Plant Section team is currently on a $9.6 million, 18-month project to repair the Wilmington District’s Dredge Currituck. The crews are busy working on: replating the hull and repairing significant structural damage found when hull planting was removed; fabricating a new
The Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been busy lately working on a massive dredging project in the Cagayan River. According to DENR Secretary, Roy A. Cimatu, the government is hoping to complete the dredging of a “mega” island sandbar along the Cagayan River by
USACE Buffalo District and its contractor, Illinois-based Kovilic Construction Company Inc., completed substantial repairs of the Vermilion Harbor east pier on October 26, 2021. Construction on the $2.2 million project began in June and encompassed 70 feet of the most degraded section of the pier. I
San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy (2nd November 2021) – Torqeedo and Italdraghe todayannounced the joint development of an outboard, retractable electric propulsion system forcommercial and working vessels in inland and urban waterways. The system combines Italdraghe’s proven and extensively field-te
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) recently held their annual safety awards ceremony to recognize outstanding safety leadership in the dredging and marine construction industry. CDMCS together with the USACE representatives, dredging contractors, Associated General Contr
The USACE Jacksonville District said that dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches will be undertaken in two shifts per day, seven days per week when they begin work sometime in the next two months. The district plans to begin dredging operations to address pr
