A survey conducted two days ago by the dredging contractor, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. shows the dredging progress in the Main Bay and Dane’s Bay to date. As reported, over 337,000 cubic yards have been removed from Fountain Lake during Phase 2. In total, the contractor J.F. Brennan will remove appr
The States’ Trading Supervisory Board (STSB), a committee of the States of Guernsey government, is proposing construction of a new port for freight and fuel imports that would free up valuable space around the island’s existing main harbours. The recommendation of the STSB comes after a comprehensiv
Quinns Beach is better placed to handle storm events this winter, following the completion of a groyne upgrade to help prevent erosion and damage to roads and community infrastructure. The upgraded groyne will assist in retaining the recently replenished sand on Quinns Beach – a separate project fun
Work on the new Mega HID Dredger CSD 5522 is in full swing, HID Dredging Equipment Company, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, informs. According to the company’s latest project update, the HID 5522 cutter suction dredger manufacturing is progressing steadily at their shipyar
Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) has officially launched the next phase of construction along the waterfront, including work in the adjacent Menominee River. Beginning this week and planned to continue until late October, FMM will have several inches of sediment and bedrock removed from the river
As of Monday morning, May 10th, Manson Construction has dredged a total of 290,000 cubic yards of sand from the Harbor inlet, the City of Oceanside Harbor informs. Manson is authorized to dredge another 15,000 cubic yards before demobilizing. Unfortunately, weather and large south swells are creatin
USACE Buffalo District has awarded a $7.8 million contract to Ryba Marine Construction Co. for the repair of 750 feet of the north end of the Buffalo North Breakwater. Under the contract, Ryba will use rubble mound repair to the lakeside of the structure and construction is set to start by mid-summe
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released these beautiful photos from the Mosede Fort coastal protection project. From March 29 to April 4, the hopper dredger Freja R pumped 20,844m3 of sand onto the beaches, which was distributed over a 330m stretch. This work was done to protect the coast south of Mosed
U.S. EPA will this week begin dredging contaminated sediment in the St. Louis River Area of Concern at Howards Bay in Superior, Wisconsin. St. Louis River AOC is one of the 43 AOCs identified by the United States and Canada in the mid-1980s as the most environmentally degraded areas in the Great Lak
The navigation channel of the Cameroon’s Kribi Deepwater Port Phase II Project successfully passed acceptance testing and was put into use on May 2. The 1,015-m channel has a depth of 15 meters, width of 200 meters, and a 600-meter diameter turning basin. According to China Communications Constructi
A high-performance, large-scale machine went into operation last month at the Rogätz gravel works in Saxony-Anhalt: a floating bucket ladder dredger 46 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a capacity of 400 tons per hour. In a wet open-cast mine, CEMEX Kies Rogätz GmbH, a subsidiary of CEMEX Deutsch
The City of Fremantle, WA, is preparing to put an initial 30,000 cubic metres of sand along Port Beach in the first stage of a major project to protect the beach from coastal erosion. The sand is scheduled to be deposited on the beach in August to avoid the seagrass growing season. With winter appro
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
The Marine & Property Group Ltd provides water injection dredging, marina berthing, drystack, boatyard services and commercial property for the benefit of both marine leisure and marine commercial customers. The company headquarters are based in Cardiff with additional facilities in Swansea, Burry P
