Coastal Dredging Company (CDC) has secured an $8.5 million contract with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to conduct maintenance dredging of the New Pass in Sarasota County, Florida. The New Pass Maintenance Dredging project includes removal of beach compatible sand from New Pass federal navigation c
A proud milestone for the BMT team, the Bandy Creek Maintenance Dredging and Castletown Beach Nourishment Project has been nominated as a finalist in the Coastal Adaptation category at the 2025 WA Coastal Forum Awards. Completed in July 2025, this project repurposed dredged material from Bandy Creek
DEME won Brazil’s first-ever auction for a port access channel concession yesterday. The Canal Galheta Dredging Consortium (CCGD), formed by DEME and FTS Participações Societárias S.A. (FTS), secured a 25-year concession contract1 to operate, maintain, and expand the marine access channel to the Por
Tamar Ioseliani, Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, said that the Anaklia Deep-Sea Port is set to welcome its first vessel by 2029. She revealed this information during a panel discussion at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi, earlier this week. “We consider the Anaklia De
The Isle of Palms City (SC) is in the process of installing 700 additional sandbags in three critical areas: the Port O’ Call, Beachwood East and the Breach Inlet end of the island, before the November king tides. Approximately 25,000 cubic yards of sand will be moved from a shoal. The objective of
Work is underway on the next stage of a two-year coastal defense project, the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council said. At the moment, engineers are replacing two existing timber groynes at the beach below East Cliff in Bournemouth. “Funded by central government, this project protects
Transport for NSW recently commenced dredging operations in the Batemans Bay which are necessary to keep the Clyde River Bar open and navigable for both commercial and recreational vessels. The dredging work, which started in mid-October, should take about 3 – 4 weeks to complete, depending on the w
Governor Wes Moore and the Board of Public Works this week advanced $18.2 million in funding for the Extended North Tunnel flood mitigation project in Howard County and nearly $5 million for water infrastructure projects in Calvert, Cecil, Talbot, and Kent counties. The projects will create hundreds
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has announced that marina works and dredging operations will be undertaken by the Portsmouth Offshore Group within Weevil Lake, Gosport, from 27 October to mid – November 2025. The dredging works will be conducted by Jenkins Marine utilising the 30.1m LOA Backhoe
The Bacolod City government has started clearing a major waterway by using an amphibious dredger borrowed from the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Mayor Greg Gasataya said that the massive clearing and desilting of the Mandalagan River is ongoing to restore and rehabilita
Physical works have started on the development of L. Kadhdhoo Airport in the Maldives as an international airport, the President’s Office said. According to Maldives President, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, the scope of the contract includes the reclamation of 114 hectares of new land to accommodate a 2,800-me
The Maldives’ Ministry of Tourism and Environment has launched a national policy for sustainable shore protection, supported by technical and financial assistance from Japan. According to the Ministry, the initiative seeks to safeguard the Maldives’ environmentally sensitive and erosion-prone coastl
Governor Matt Meyer sent a letter to President Donald Trump yesterday, urging immediate federal action to restore Delaware’s beaches and critical coastal protection systems following significant coastal damage from recent nor’easters. “Our beaches are part of Delaware’s critical infrastructure that
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District is developing plans for the FY26 Sabine-Neches Waterway Maintenance Dredging project. According to the Corps, the FY26 Sabine-Neches project will include maintenance pipeline dredging of the waterway with options in Neches River and Sabine Pass. T
