The USACE Wilmington District awarded a $4.3 million contract on July 30 to Curtin Maritime for the maintenance dredging of the Morehead City Inner Harbor. The contract funds essential dredging operations to clear shoaled sediment from the navigation channels within Morehead City Harbor. According t
In Switzerland, SUBAX is currently using Watermaster for modern, eco-friendly marina maintenance. “The self-launching, self-propelled and self-anchoring machine is easy to move between marinas and works independently in narrow and challenging areas without assisting vessels or cables that would bloc
Sand pumping operations are now underway in Brighton. Van Oord UK and Ireland, together with Mackley, in partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council, has successfully completed the first beach nourishment pump as part of the Brighton Marina to River Adur Coastal Scheme – Phase 2. “This marks an ex
A major marina maintenance dredging project, awaited for 23 years, is now underway on Lake Trasimeno – the fourth largest lake in Italy. At the Sant’Arcangelo di Magione marina, a hydraulic excavator equipped with an Italdraghe CA200 amphibious undercarriage and fitted with an Italdraghe BD1 submers
CBCL Limited has completed coastal protection solutions for Grand Turk and Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). The project was conducted in cooperation with the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), with support from the Caribbean D
The Legazpi City Government has intensified desilting and dredging operations along major rivers to improve water flow and reduce flooding in about half of the city’s 70 barangays ahead of the rainy season, Mayor Hisham Ismail said. The ongoing flood mitigation initiative covers the Macabalo and Tib
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a targeted sand replenishment project in Monmouth County, that may include sections of the towns of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, and Long Branch this winter. The project solicitation was made public on July 22,
The Administrative Commission of the River Plate (CARP) and Jan De Nul have signed a contract for the dredging operations, maintenance, widening and potential improvement works on the Martín García Channel. According to CARP, the contract will be valid for five years, with the option to extend it fo
Morrish-Wallace Construction (Ryba Marine) from Cheboygan, Michigan, has won a $20 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Toledo Harbor/River dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work locations and funding will be det
Maryland Congressman Andy Harris toured dredging operations on board the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dredger Murden during maintenance dredging in the federal channel of the Ocean City Inlet, July 31, 2026. This dredging cycle, the second of the summer season, lasts approximately 15 days to
Van Oord’s sustainable hybrid water injection dredger (WID) Rhône arrived at Balaena Birkenhead last month for a major program of survey, maintenance and repair work. The vessel’s schedule of works included an intermediate class survey, as well as the replacement of pins and bushes on her jet pipe,
A project to protect a key part of Brighton and Hove’s coastline from erosion and flooding has entered a new phase. The works to fill a new groyne field in Hove, East Sussex, with thousands of tons of shingle started yesterday, Brighton & Hove City Council said. Taken from a licensed dredging site i
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the electrical engineering scope for a new Easydredge® 2700XL trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), currently under construction by Royal IHC for a dredging project in West Africa. “With the contract now signed, our engineering team is getting straight to work a
The Webuild Group strengthens its presence in Liguria with an €803 million contract awarded by Autostrade per l’Italia for the construction of the central section of the Genoa Undersea Road Tunnel. The project will be executed by Webuild (90 percent) and its subsidiary SELI Overseas (10 percent). Ac
