The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), legislation to improve the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. Congressman Van Drew celeb
The North Indian River Inlet coastline has a long history of erosion due to construction of the inlet jetties that began in 1928. Due to the recent storms in the area, the dunes that normally protect the Coastal Highway have eroded, which has caused flooding along the highway. As a result, the State
As a low lying country, the Netherlands needs strong dikes to protect itself from the ever-rising water. Boskalis has therefore been working since 2015 – the physical work started in 2019 – together with its partners in a public-private alliance to strengthen the Markermeerdijken in North Holland. T
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is preparing to continue beach renourishment of the Mid-Reach segment of the Brevard County, Florida Shore Protection Project from December 2024 to April 2025. Due to recent issues with the contractor’s dredge, sand will instead be obtained fro
The upper Texas coast has seen several major coastal storm surge events in recent years, notably Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008. These, as well as other storm events, produced storm surges that inundated coastal areas causing impacts to human lives and economic damages to residents
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has announced the award of Contract 4B for the Port Monmouth Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project to ANSELMI & DE CICCO. The contract, valued at $61,865,125.00, marks a significant step in advancing coastal resilience efforts in Port Monmou
The first full-scale beach nourishment of the Mexico Beach (FL) shoreline will be under construction in January 2025, with an anticipated completion by May 1st, 2025. This is a very important storm protection project for Mexico Beach that has taken years of hard work and planning to make happen. In
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Dredging Today and organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organizations from across the offshore energy sector and
Foyle and Marine Dredging (FMD) has won the largest contract to date as Main Contractor by Argyll and Bute Council. This landmark project will involve vital infrastructure works at Baile Mòr, Iona, including: – Construction of a breakwater, – Completion of lower slipway improvements, etc. A key high
The Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) broke ground on a habitat restoration project in the Delta yesterday. The program, when completed, will help endangered species such as Delta smelt and Chinook salmon while supporting the long-term operations of the federal
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has just released this amazing photo of a new marsh from the Long Point Bayou Marsh Creation Project. This major restoration effort near Lake Charles, is transforming approx. 395 acres of wetland using dredged materials from the nearby Ca
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District shared an update regarding periodic nourishment of the Absecon Island dune and beachfill project in New Jersey. USACE awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Houston, Texas for $38.2 million to complete periodic nourishment o
In early 2018, the Government of the Republic of Benin awarded Jan De Nul a design and build contract to protect a 5-kilometre-long stretch of coastline near the town of Avlékété. The breakwater was built in three seasons, taking advantage of the mild climate between November and April. Starting in
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) recently launched the new industry publication: DFSI (Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure) Magazine. The aim of DFSI Magazine is to disseminate and update the content of the book by the same name, published in 2018. Each issue will take
