The USACE Baltimore District said that dredging works in Ocean City are complete for this round of operations. According to their latest announcement, the U.S. Army Corps removed roughly 13,000 cubic yards of material from this area during its latest round of dredging. “Dredging operations are compl
The Port of Blyth has been awarded £275,000 in match funding from The Crown Estate to initiate the expansion of its Battleship Wharf terminal. According to the Port, this funding will enable the initial design work for infilling and land reclamation of 3 hectares at the terminal, along with capital
Point Richards boat ramp is scheduled to re-open today, following dredging to improve access at the Bellarine ramp. A cutter suction dredge has been operating yesterday and today to remove material from inside the harbor area and at the entrance. “The ramp will re-open once work is complete this aft
During COP30 Brazil, the Port of Açu, located in the northern region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, and Van Oord, responsible for maintenance dredging of the port complex, announced a collaboration on a number of sustainable initiatives in the port, including using biofuel for the dredging of the a
About 200m (656ft) of beach to the west of South Parade Pier has now been temporarily reopened, Southsea Coastal Scheme said in its latest project update. According to the official announcement, the beach will temporarily close again for about a week from December 18 while the pipes used to pipe in
The Port of Grangemouth dredging project will start this week, Forth Ports said. According to their latest announcement, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) UKD Orca will be carrying out dredging operations in the Port area and its approaches for approximately 6 days. This will be followed by
The USACE Jacksonville District has announced the completion of the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project. This project will improve the health of Biscayne Bay and aid in wetland rehydration – building coastal resiliency and improving water quality in this area of Miami-Dade County, USACE said. Duri
Maintenance dredging is moving forward at Perdido Pass to ensure the busy waterway remains clear and safe for navigation, City of Orange Beach said. The project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began in late November and is expected to be completed before Christmas, weather permitting.
Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service from Dubuque, Iowa, has won a firm-fixed-price contract for mechanical dredging services in the Mississippi River Basin under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The amount of this action is $25 million, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. B
The Vox Ariane, Van Oord’s first trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) equipped with an LNG fuel system, delivered new sand onto the Krautsand Strand beach recently. “The beach in Krautsand was in need of additional sand, and we provided it,” said Senne Hekkert, Superintendent Elbe Maintenance. “Th
The City of North Myrtle Beach has just released the latest video update on their beach renourishment program. The street end of Sea Mountain Highway is the staging and mobilization point for materials, piping, and heavy machinery for beach renourishment. The United States Army Corps of Engineers wi
USACE Portland District’s hopper dredge Essayons arrived in Honolulu this week for its annual maintenance, repairs and upgrades. “Our two hopper dredges – the Essayons and the Yaquina – typically spend March through November maintaining our region’s waterways for safe and reliable marine transit. Th
Tsimlyansk Shipbuilding Plant has launched a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) for Rosmorrechflot – the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation. The CSD Leonid Svinarev belongs to the Project Ts490DM1 series of non-self-propelled cutter suction dredgers designed for extracting ha
The Barnstable County Dredge Department completed the Popponesset Bay “Big Dig” dredging project last Friday in Mashpee, marking the largest project undertaken by the department since its formation thirty years ago. The project began in mid-September and utilized both of the County’s dredgers, Cod F
