The USACE Philadelphia District hosted Col. Jesse Curry, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, last week. “Col. Curry toured the Dredge McFarland, visited ongoing remediation at the Chambers Works FUSRAP site, and met with our Operations Division teammates at the Che
HDR has been selected by the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) to provide engineering services for the Beaches and Dunes element of the Galveston Bay Barrier System, also known locally as the “Ike Dike”. The project will deliver approximately 45 miles of nature-based coastal defense structure, d
The USACE Charleston District and the City of Charleston have officially signed the Design Agreement for the Battery Extension Project. This milestone kicks off the Preconstruction, Engineering and Design (PED) phase, where engineers and scientists will refine the project alignment, complete detaile
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) said that over 30 hectares of land have been dredged so far under the Hulhumale’ Phase III land reclamation project. In its latest project update, HDC confirmed that dredging work is progressing rapidly with the deployment of two dredgers, including one rece
Tanco Holdings Bhd has named CCCC Dredging Southeast Asia Sdn Bhd (CDSA) – a unit of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) – as the proposed contractor for the Sea Port Component of its Smart AI Container Port (Midport) in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The engineering, procurement and co
The City of Cape Town said that their large-scale restoration of Zeekoevlei has reached a major milestone, with the dredging team surpassing 93.000m³ of sediment removed from Storm Bay. This puts the project nearly halfway toward its goal of clearing over 200.000m³ of material from these areas. Laun
A coastal protection project in Portarlington is moving forward, Bellarine Bayside said. “We’re carrying out sand renourishment and beach profiling on the Portarlington main beach over the coming weeks,” Bellarine said in its latest project update. The main goals of this projects are: Heavy machiner
A new Italdraghe’s multifunctional amphibious self propelled dredger Octopus 90 was launched this morning. “The Octopus 90 is the flagship of our multifunctional amphibious dredger range, a product line that spans from the Octopus 10 to the Octopus 90 and reflects decades of Italdraghe expertise in
Foyle & Marine Dredging has won a contract as Main Contractor for the Barmouth Piers (Moles) Repair Project, commissioned by Coleraine Harbor Commissioners. According to Foyle, “this £1.2 million investment from the Department for Infrastructure marks a major step forward in protecting one of the no
Manson Construction from Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2025 maintenance dredging of the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor. The main goal of this dredging program is to ensure navigational safety and operational efficiency in these areas, the U.S.
Neumann Contractors’ second dredger – DRG006, the Nu Endeavour – has now been assembled and launched on a mining site in Northern QLD, joining Dredge 16 – Nu Pheonix. According to Neumann, the Nu Endeavour is “a highly capable, high-technology cutting and recovery machine with a strong reputation fo
Dean Construction completed this year’s work for the water intake structure at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington New Nuclear Plant recently. The 2025 works included the dredging operations of the intake footprint, the drilling of the shaft for the intake riser, as well as the supply and placemen
United Heavy Lift (UHL), in close collaboration with Multi Marine Chartering & Agencies and Royal IHC, has completed the transport and delivery of two B65 dredgers from Rotterdam to Balikpapan, Indonesia. According to UHL, this project involved moving substantial heavy-lift cargo, with each dredger
The Dredge Goetz fleet and crew have wrapped up their season and are mobilized back in the St. Paul District, Fountain City Service Base, Wisconsin. “From Melvin Price Lock and Dam Auxiliary Approach (St. Louis District) to Dog Island to the Brownsville Placement site, their hard work has made an im
