A new beach maintenance project for Waikīkī Beach is set to begin next week, the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources informs. The project is a collaboration between the DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) and the Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association (W
On or about January 25, Barnegat Bay Dredging Company will begin dredging the federal channel of the waterway between markers 419 and 421 in the vicinity of Nummy Island, NJ, USACE reports. The Dredge Fullerton will conduct the dredging and pump the sediment to Great Flats to adaptively manage habit
The recently announced USACE Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan includes $24.9 million in funding for the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project (FHCIP). To date, Port Freeport has received $43.9 million in federal funding for the project. Mobilization and preparation for dredging the first component o
Port of Baltimore will receive a significant funding in the Army Corps FY21 Work Plan to complete preconstruction engineering and design on the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project and other important dredging projects. “We look forward to working with our partners in the Baltimor
Despite witnessing a downfall in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dredging market is gradually recovering, and is projected to exhibit steady growth over the coming years, reports the Fact.MR. For example, the United States passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company yesterday announced the execution of a design contract with IHC America Inc. for a new 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger. The new vessel will complement Cashman Dredging’s current fleet of specialized dredging equipment and will primaril
U.S. Representative Mike Kelly yesterday announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will allocate $1.5 million for sand replenishment at Presque Isle State Park as part of its 2021 work plan. Commenting the latest news, Kelly said: “Presque Isle State Park is a natural treasure and I am thankfu
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District has awarded a $29.5 million construction contract to Nordic Industries Inc. for 1.8 miles of levee improvements at four sites along the Sacramento River East Levee. Construction in 2021 will entail installation of seepage cutoff walls on both sid
Two brand-new Jan De Nul vessels, the cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck and the trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei, are getting ready for their next challenges. The brand-new dredger Willem van Rubroeck docked in the Port of Ghent yesterday evening. This powerful cutter suction
Lake Orono looks different these days, the City of Elk River reports. Since September, the lake was closely monitored as the water levels were drawn down in preparation for dredging over the winter months. Now that the weather is colder, the city’s contractor, New Look Contracting, Inc., is preparin
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council recently kicked off a major clean-up campaign of the South Lake in Craigavon. This campaign, which will refresh the lake, started before Christmas to ensure that the waters will be restored, revived and ready to use when the new Watersports Centre
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott said in their latest release that they applauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for supporting Florida’s priorities in their Fiscal Year 2021 work plan. The work plan includes funding for water resource and navigation projects that are of importance to c
The ponds at Great Linford Manor Park have now been dredged, the Milton Keynes Parks Trust reports. The Water Garden ponds, outside the Almshouses, had many decades of silt in them, which clearly evident from how much of it has been excavated and is now spread around their banks. This had built up f
Sandock Austral Shipyards, in collaboration with Channel Marine Trading and various contractors, has welcomed the Isandlwana dredger to the Prince Edward Graving Dock for joint repairs. Isandlwana is a hopper dredger with the main function of maintaining navigable waterways and deepening the maritim
