The USACE St. Paul District is hosting an open house June 22, to gather the public’s input on its Mississippi River dredged material management plans near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The event will be held at the Prairie du Chien City Hall, 214 E Blackhawk Ave., in Prairie du Chien. The open house
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) has just announced that the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), Port of Baltimore, officially joined the organization. “We’re thrilled to join the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety,” said William P. Doyle, Executive Di
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released this beautiful photo from the Sh. Feydhoo Harbour project site in Shaviyani Atoll. According to MTCC, work on the design and construction of the Sh. Feydhoo Harbour continues, with overall 28% of the project completed so far. New ha
Wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has won a contract with the Environment Agency to complete dredging works in Kent and South London (KSL). With mobilisation due to start in late August and dredging works planned for September, Land & Water will be working downstream of Sluice Weir on the Rive
Piriou, involved in shipbuilding, repair, naval engineering and services since 1965, has just received an order from the South France Occitanie Region for a 70m dredging vessel. According to the shipbuilder, the dredger will maintain the harbours in the Gulf of Lion. Designed in collaboration with L
Waterking BV announced today that their amphibious excavator models WK 95, WK 55 and the WK 20 are officially ES-TRIN certified. “Together with Register Holland we have worked long and hard on preparing the machines to get them ready to be certified. The smallest models that we offer the WK 20 and W
Jenkins Marine was instructed recently by Isle of Wight Council to carry out a capital dredge in the River Medina where it approaches Newport harbour to increase the depth of the navigable channel. The full dredge length was over 500m from start point to its finish in Newport harbour. The last time
New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, yesterday announced almost $140 million in new City funding to add more community amenities as part of East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR), the world-leading effort to protect Manhattan’s east side from the worst effects of climate change. ESCR is a $1.45 billion
The Philippine News Agency (PNA) has just released this beautiful photo of a backhoe on a floating platform, taken yesterday during the Marikina River dredging work. Marikina City has been prone to flooding, and the river water has always been monitored during typhoons. A couple of weeks ago, the Ph
Earlier this week, Rohr-Idreco presented the zero emission iBoat to their product line. “As with many dredgers in the Rohr-Idreco portfolio, the workboat is designed to be ‘containerized’, allowing it to be conveniently transported worldwide in 40-foot containers and reassembled quickly and easily o
Sustainability means acting in a way that is not harmful to the planet, preserving natural resources, and thus supporting long-term ecological balance. By adhering to principles of sustainability for dredging and dredged material management by using natural systems to integrate these actions, the dr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just announced details for an upcoming project that will involve dredging the Barnegat Inlet navigation channel and placing the sand in the nearshore area off Harvey Cedars, N.J. The dredger Murden is expected to arrive around July 6th and will conduct dredging a
The USACE Buffalo District and its contractor Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock & Materials, L.L.C have completed the repair work to the east breakwater in Great Sodus Harbor. The project is located in Sodus Bay, Village of Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY. Work was completed May 19th, of the $3.86 milli
Frederick County Executive, Jan Gardner, announced yesterday that the Lake Linganore dredging project is now completed. Over the past two years, sediment has been removed to restore the lake’s water storage capacity and improve recreational access for residents. Lake Linganore serves as the primary
