Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) from Houston, Texas, has won an $18.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction services, including furnishing personnel, transportation, mobilization and demobilization, equipment and materials required in connection with a maintenance dredging project. Bid
The 600 meter cordon around Exmouth Marina has been lifted, and dispersed residents have been able to return home, some for the first time in two nights. The unexploded Second World War bomb, dredged out of the water earlier this week, was towed at hightide this morning to a location off the coast a
A World War Two bomb dredged from Exmouth Marina was taken for detonation during high tide, at around 4:40am this morning. The device was uncovered during routine dredging operations on Wednesday and prompted an immediate, coordinated multi-agency response. Bomb disposal experts from the military to
The U.S. House and Senate both passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, securing $5 million in federal funding for the Coastal Texas Project. This appropriation marks Congress’s largest federal investment in the Coastal Texas Project since the project’s autho
A new amphibious Watermaster Classic 4 multipurpose dredger was launched today at the Najafgarh drain in Delhi, marking the official start of the dredging operations in this area. Last year, the Delhi Government procured this advanced dredging equipment from Watermaster/Aquamec Ltd. to undertake lar
Barnstable County Dredge has just released this very interesting video, filmed on January 5, about the ongoing Pamet Harbor dredging program. The dredging operation has a target volume of approximately 9,000 cubic yards, which under ideal conditions would typically take about 12 dredging days to com
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is supporting the Hwy 1 Terracing Extension in Lafourche Parish through its 2025 Parish Matching Program, a targeted investment that expands ongoing coastal protection efforts and helps safeguard communities and essential transportation c
East Devon District Council said that a temporary 400m cordon has been put in place near Exmouth Marina following the discovery of a suspected unexploded ordnance, which was dredged out of the water earlier yesterday. “Homes within the cordon are being evacuated and affected residents are being enco
Havant Borough Council has approved plans to bid for Government funding to support four major projects aimed at reducing the risk of coastal flooding and erosion and habitat creation. According to the Council, these initiatives will focus on safeguarding properties and critical infrastructure while
Dredge Yard has delivered a set of its dredging equipment to Bahrain. “Dredge Valves DN 800 and DN 850 have officially landed in Bahrain – smooth, safe, and right on time. Six valves, one destination, zero delays,” Dredge Yard said. “Dredge Yard provides versatile drive options for operating gate va
VERBUND, Austria’s energy company and one of Europe’s largest hydropower producers, has selected the Watermaster Classic V eco-dredger for waterway and hydropower infrastructure maintenance work. VERBUND operates a wide network of hydropower plants, dams and water infrastructure across Austria that
The St. Johns River Water Management District is advancing a new, collaborative approach to help coastal communities restore and protect vital wetlands. Through interagency agreements with coastal local governments, the District said that they aim to streamline the launch of restoration projects, re
HID Dredging delivered a newly developed cutter suction dredger (CSD) with a water flow capacity of 7000 m³/h to its client recently. This marks another significant technological achievement in HID’s high-performance dredging equipment portfolio, the Chinese company said. The dredger, independently
Royal IHC launched the Tomaszow, an electric cutter suction dredger (CSD), for Quarzwerke GmbH yesterday. “This electric mining dredger is a tailored solution built on our proven Beaver 65 platform,” Royal IHC said. According to the Dutch company, the CSD will have two Cutterspecial® pumps in series
