Weeks Marine continues to make rapid progress in Segment 2b of the Town of Longboat Key 2021 beach renourishment project. According to the latest update, the beachfill reached the tie-in with Segment 2a on May 14th, after which the operations shifted back to Bayfront Park, starting filling northward
Port of Baltimore together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will tomorrow, Wednesday night at 5:30 pm, hold a webinar on the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project. The purpose of this webinar is to provide information and discuss the Mid-Bay restoration project, a future dredg
The USACE’s Portland District has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredge Yaquina, taken a couple of days ago. The Essayons’ elder sister is currently dredging Morro Bay, located on the central California coast. The crew will work the bay, which is located in Los Angeles District, U.S.
Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB is about to begin a study on protecting the City-East Coast coastline from rising sea levels caused by climate change. The study, which will take about four years to complete, will cover 57.8km of coastline across three areas – Changi, the East-Coast Marina stre
New Zealand’s South Port lodged a Resource Consent Application with Environment Southland yesterday to deepen the entrance channel and harbour to 10.7 metres, reports What’s On Invers. “Extensive consultation has been undertaken and we have completed a number of environmental assessments in preparat
After a year of closure Lloyd Beach and boat is set to reopen to the public later this month with a new breakwater system, a new boardwalk, restored bluffs and a replenished beach, Winnetka Park District informs. After being battered by historically high lake levels in 2019 and remaining closed for
Otter Creek and its confluence in Maumee Bay are contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and diesel range organics. USACE is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up. “We’re removing 57,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment in Otter Creek in Toledo/Oregon, O
The Environment Agency is working in partnership on a major new scheme to reduce flood risk in Oxford. The Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme will cost around £150 million and is one of the biggest flood schemes in the country. The scheme will create a new stream with wetland wildlife corridor, running
Dredging Today is bringing you the announcement of the public auction by Notary NautaDutilh (16th June 2021) of the seagoing vessel Caranx (also know as Joint Runner 1) – currently under construction. The public auction includes a geared multipurpose pipe supply vessel with one hold and full tween d
An explosion incident reported this morning at Gator Dredging in Clearwater, Florida, left one person injured. At approximately 6:45 a.m. today, Pinellas County Emergency services were requested at the scene of an explosion on 50th Way. According to reports, a 55-gallon drum exploded at Gator Dredgi
The Jimmys Beach Sand Transfer System will be used to create a sand buffer along the beach, in preparation for winter weather events. MidCoast Council contractors CCB Envico will be running the renourishment program and expect to start pumping from this Thursday, May 20. The Sand Transfer System use
Work begins this week to move sand from where it builds up at Semaphore to eroded sections of West Beach – part of the South Australia Department for Environment and Water’s regular beach replenishment program. Sand will be collected initially from the Semaphore South breakwater at Point Malcolm, wh
After being closed for six months, Bathtub Beach opened today, Martin County said in their latest announcement. The beach closed after Tropical Storm Eta last fall. According to officials from Martin County, 182,000 cubic yards of sand were dredged and moved onto the shoreline. Weeks Marine, a New J
The Morrison Government has detailed $30 million in on the ground projects to prevent more than 36,699 tonnes of fine sediment runoff and 175 tonnes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from entering Australia’s World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef each year. Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley,
