The Town of Nags Head, North Carolina, is planning a beach restoration project to replace sand lost during 2019’s Hurricane Dorian. Construction is expected to take place over the summer of 2022. The beach restoration project will place 567,000 cubic yards of sand on 4.45 miles of Nags Head’s beach
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has officially kicked off the dredging operations to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in the southern section of the canal. The recent grounding of the 20,000TEU containership Ever Given in this part of the canal delayed the passage of hundreds of v
Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, California, has been busy lately with the dredging of the Los Angeles River Estuary. Last Saturday, May 15, the company showed a photo of the DB Ironbound with Seana C and dump scow Arrow PT digging the Los Angeles River Estuary for the US Army Corps of Engineers
High winds and rough seas last week didn’t hinder the Southsea Coastal Scheme piling work, which is now within touching distance. According to the officials, the space between the rear and front pile lines is now clearly visible. Further to the west, the crews are excavating in sections between the
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has scooped maintenance dredging contract for one of the major ports in the country, the Paradip Port. The contract worth over $14 million was awarded to DCI by Paradip Port Trust for the period May 2021 to mid-March 2022. According to the official release, DCI ha
FSUE Rosmorport recently celebrated the beginning of new dredging season along the main navigable channel of Arkhangelsk seaport. The amount of material to be removed during the 2021 dredging season is estimated at 1.16 million cbm. This will ensure safe navigation for ships with a draft of up to 9.
The State oh Hawaii is investigating the circumstances associated with what is described as significant damage to corals and live rock near the entrance channel to Honolulu Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracted dredging work to the Healy Tibbets Corporation. It is alleged that the cont
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced yesterday the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $112.8 million. The awarded work includes: Mobile Harbor Navigation-Phase 3 Project (Capital, Alabama, $53.9 million); Golden Triangle Marsh Creation Project (Capital, Louisiana, $3
Foyle and Marine’s dredger Aoibheann is currently mobilised to the Port of Greenore, in County Louth, Ireland. Foyle and Marine dredging crews are working in support of the principal contractor Cunningham Civil and Marine. The dredging works include a portion of underwater rock breaking, which Foyle
The Sunny Isles Beach shoreline renourishment, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project, will begin in the following days. The contractor, Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC, will renourish eroded shoreline in Sunny Isles Beach, using beach-quality sand fr
Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m
USACE Galveston District recently awarded the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Jetty and Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging Contract with Beneficial Use Beach Placement at South Padre Island to Weeks Marine, Inc. for a total of $7.5 million. Dredging of the BIH Jetty and Entrance Channels will remove
Kim McMahon, co-owner and daughter of founder, Mr. Mike Hooks, traveled to Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, recently to attend the Steel Cutting Ceremony for Hooks’ new dredger. McMahon, accompanied by various Hooks executives and managers, was invited to the ceremony by contractor SPI/Mobile
Russian Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) has signed Acceptance Certificate for Phase 1 of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project. The main aim of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project is to solve the problems of navigation on the Volga-Don Waterway. According to Rosmorrechflot, th
