The City of South Padre Island is working in partnership with the Army Corps, the Texas General Land Office, and Cameron County to renourish the beaches on South Padre Island. To renourish the beaches, the contractor is using beach-quality sand harvested from a local dredging project, the Brownsvill
The Queensland Government has committed $50 million in funding towards the future of the Bowen Wharf as part of the State Budget. North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) hosted a visit by the Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey, at the Bowen Wharf yesterday, with key community
The CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course kicked off today in Beveren, Belgium. During the next two and a half days, the participants will learn how to implement the sustainability principles into dredging project practice. Experienced lecturers will inform about the latest thinki
Just one month after securing a $49 million contract for dredging services in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, Manson Construction has won another multi-million dollar deal from the Army Corps to dredge the Oakland Harbor. The $21 million contract includes annual maintenance dredging of the Oaklan
Construction plans for the Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project will be on display at a community information meeting Wed. June 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Duke Maliu Regional Park Pavilion. The Honolulu District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is responsible for maintaining the project dep
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has released the much-anticipated annual list of the nation’s best restored beaches. The award winning projects this year are Central Reach Reimbursement Project (CRR) Holden Beach, North Carolina; City of Boca Raton, City of Deerfield Beach and
Reaching out to the coastal communities in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander Col. Julie Balten and her team recently met with local officials along California’s “Gold Coast” — from Channel Islands to Morro Bay. The outrea
Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, California, has won a $56.7 million USACE contract for San Juan Harbor construction and maintenance dredging. According to the Army Corps, the work consists of construction and maintenance dredging in designated areas of the Federal navigation channel and Puerto
Weeks Marine has won a $10.3 million Army Corps contract for the Brazos Island Harbor Channel dredging work. According to the Galveston District, the work includes maintenance dredging of the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Jetty and Entrance Channels and beach replenishment operations. The maintenance d
The City of Surrey is leading the way in B.C. in testing an innovative, green approach to coastal flood protection known as a ‘living dyke’ with the Mud Bay Nature-based Foreshore Enhancements Project. Surrey has partnered with the City of Delta and Semiahmoo First Nation on the project which is val
After nearly three years of development, a comprehensive plan to protect salt marsh along the coast from North Carolina to east-central Florida has finally come to fruition. In South Carolina, a coalition of over 75 individuals, including those from the Coastal Conservation League, the South Carolin
The City of Mandurah and the WA Department of Transport are set to begin annual maintenance dredging of the Mandurah Ocean Entrance. Starting this week, around 150,000 cubic metres of sand will be excavated from the beach at Halls Head and pumped to the beaches immediately north of the entrance chan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has proposed to conduct maintenance dredging of shoaled areas within the Cumberland Dividings area of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) in Camden County, GA. The proposal calls for the maintenance dredging of the Cumberland Dividings reach
Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that Chip Kline will resign effective July 3, 2023, as director for Coastal Activities and Chairman of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). He named Bren Haase to serve as chair of CPRA. Haase is currently serving as the executive directo
