J.E. McAmis has started placing the first stones at the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach County, FL. According to the company, this work is unique as all stones will be placed from a barge as opposed to from the top of the jetty. The project is being performed for the U.S. Army Corps of […]
With 55 days until the 75th anniversary of the Corps Alaska District, USACE is looking at a project that they have been working on for a long time – dredging the Port of Alaska. Through the years, various dredges have worked to keep the waterway clear because underwater shoals in Cook Inlet cause se
DEME Group’s 13,700 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ recently underwent a drydocking in Setubal, Portugal. According to DEME, the dredger is back in peak condition. Right after dry-docking, she immediately headed off to the River Elbe to perform maintenance dredging along the fairwa
As the world was reshaped by Covid-19, it is safe to say that 2020 was “one for the history books.” Like most companies around the world, DSC Dredge, LLC (DSC) had to quickly adapt their business to a new reality. This family-owned international dredging company found itself constantly assessing how
PrimeBMD – a construction and infrastructure development company in the Philippines – recently completed maintenance dredging project for the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). The maintenance dredging is crucial in maintaining designated channel and berth depths to ensure the continued
DEMCON unmanned systems and Van Oord have signed a contract for another DEMCON unmanned systems USV vessel. With this piece of equipment, Van Oord will expand their unmanned fleet with a second DUS V2500 type USV platform for hydrographic surveying applications. Their first vessel, named VO:X Metiri
IHC America has successfully delivered and commissioned their water injection dredger (WID) Osprey to the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA). The dredger will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turn
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has just released the latest update on their Hanimaadhoo development program. According to MTCC, work on Hdh. Hanimaadhoo Harbor is well underway, with overall 30% project progress so far. New Harbor basin dredging works and maintenance dredging
The Environment Agency will this April begin works on the Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme. The plan is to improve the existing frontage and to maintain the sea defence along the existing alignment. Once completed it will help better protect this environmentally important area and the Ministry of Defe
The USACE Kansas City District has just announced a report on the actions taken to repair and mitigate damage done to river structures on the Missouri River from high water over the last several years including major flooding in 2019. Crews have been repairing damaged structures all winter but work
The U.S. EPA has finalized an agreement with 12 parties to develop detailed cleanup plans for the Swan Island Basin, completing a major milestone in the cleanup of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. According to EPA, this latest cleanup agreement represents nearly 25 percent of the site’s total cle
Trinity River, CA, has just released this amazing video named Trinity River Restoration Program – Dutch Creek Restoration Project’. The project purpose is to increase salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity Ri
Alewijnse and Jan De Nul Group have inked a long-term service level agreement covering the entire Jan De Nul dredging and offshore fleet. The contract, involving the works on the electrical and automation systems on board the Jan De Nul’s fleet, got underway in 2020 and will run for three years. Acc
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Harbors Division, has just announced that USACE will begin maintenance dredging throughout Honolulu Harbor on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. “Work will be scheduled on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 1
