The City of Sarasota officials and community members gathered earlier this week to announce the long-awaited completion of Lido Beach’s renourishment. “Officials, project stakeholders and the general public gathered on the beach near the newly renovated Lido Pavilion, 400 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working hard to ensure a safe and enjoyable season at the Jersey shore, the backbone of New Jersey’s tourism economy. Following a pre-holiday weekend coastal monitoring flight, DEP Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette announced that New
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) today released the latest update on their R. Dhuvaafaru Land Reclamation and Shore Protection Project. According to the announcement, they have completed 60% of reclamation works so far. The R. Dhuvaafaru project includes: dredging and reclamation op
During the last six months, Fylde Council has been working on options for replacing the existing sea wall around The Island, St Annes. The sea wall protects over 400 properties and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding. It is nearly 90 years old, and is approaching the end of its design life,
Last Friday, DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the mega cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. The dredger like ‘Spartacus’ has never been seen before in the industry, with a total installed power of 44,180 kW, its production rates and ability to cut hard
Weeks Marine has completed pumping operations at Segment 2 of the Town of Longboat Key 2021 beach renourishment project. Following the completion of Segment 2, the contractor has cleared the pipe and equipment from the beach. Weeks Marine will now send the dredge into port for scheduled maintenance
Scientists have discovered changes in DNA patterns for juvenile lemon sharks that lived through a dredging event to construct a commercial marina in Bimini, Bahamas. According to the Florida International University, dredging the waters off Bimini for a marina undoubtedly affected the environment. I
Earlier this week, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) released their Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Plan. The Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Plan represents another year of aggressive investment in the Louisiana coastal program. It features 125 active projects with $602 million for constructi
The USACE Baltimore District is planning to perform rehabilitation construction to the southern jetty and maintenance dredging for the Fishing Creek Federal navigation channel in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, Maryland. The proposed work consists of the rehabilitation of the southern jetty at Fis
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) together with PIANC and ERDC will tomorrow, May 28, 2021 at 1 PM EST, hold the webinar titled “A New PIANC Guideline for Managing Environmental Risks of Navigation Infrastructure Projects”. The webinar will focus on PIANC’s Environmental Commission’s developme
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately two months, dredging operations will be carried out at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal 9 South. The works will be carried out by one grab dredger. Three tugboats, two spilt hopper barges and one survey boat will provide assistance, the Hong Kong
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of $10.8 million in grant funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The AMHP’s purpose is to encourage the use of America’s 25,000 miles of navigable waterways. It provides an effici
Damen submersible dredge pump DOP250 has once again proved itself as a reliable and flexible dredging tool, this time in the City of Warrenton, Oregon. The city is located on the North Pacific US-coast and has a marina on the Columbia River in Hammond, OR. The Hammond Marina is one of the most used
Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (HIAL) has introduced a plan for spending more than £4million to shore up coast protection defences at Stornoway Airport. An on-going erosion monitoring programme carried out by HIAL has identified the need for the vital protective work to be carried out. Sand d
