Curtin Maritime has completed one of its Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging phases on the Fort McHenry and Curtis Creek Channels. According to Dredging Contractors of America, the works were performed in Upper Chesapeake Bay (Patapsco River) down stream from the Fr
The University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) has announced a 3.5-day course on Sustainable Sediment Management in Athens, Georgia – June 3rd – 6th, 2025. Countries and organizations around the world share the increasingly important challenge of sustainably managi
Boskalis crews are making great progress on the dredging project in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. For this project, the company has deployed trailing suction hopper dredger Freeway and backhoe dredger Magnor – assisted by the pusher tugs Union Topaz and Union Onyx with Terraferre barges 501 and 5
The City of Moreton Bay, QLD, will soon begin work on the Newport Canal dredging project. The City is responsible for maintaining the canal system at Newport Waterways. The tides carry sediment from Deception Bay and the greater Moreton Bay area into the canal system. The Council carries out regular
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has begun dredging operations in Southport Harbor, CT. The Corps dredge Murden arrived in Fairfield on January 16th to dredge 20,000 CY of sand and place it at the Southport Nearshore Placement site for a shellfish pilot study. The effort is par
Dredging is now underway on the River Parrett downstream of Burrowbridge, Somerset Rivers Authority said. Following a successful trial last year, a Water Injection Dredging (WID) vessel is being used in combination with an excavator mounted on a floating platform in the river. Under the cleanup prog
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has assigned the hopper dredge Texas for the 2025 Sagaponack and Bridgehampton Beach renourishment project. The renourishment is part of an ongoing long-term coastal management plan to replenish sand lost due to erosion and hurricanes, increase storm protection for
Norfolk Dredging Company’s cutterhead dredge Charleston has arrived in Topsail Inlet to kick off the Banks Channel Shallow Draft Navigation Project. This vital work will improve navigation for boaters and support the coastal waterways, while also providing much-needed beach nourishment to the Surf C
Neptune Marine has just completed dredging trials of the new Tier III stage V certified Gator 50 cutter suction dredger. With an innovative and premium design, the Gator 50 leads the new generation of dredgers that go further. Designed for high productivity, the dredger incorporates the best equipme
Damen has just released a video about the first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 which is currently being built at Baku Shipyard, Azerbaijan. The design of the dredger and its materials package have been delivered by Damen Shipyards Group. The dredger, which will be ready later this year, will
After a postponement of the activities and a pause in the project, work on creating a deeper and better shipping channel at pier 36 in Kristiansand Harbor is now back in full swing. The work in Kristiansand was first started in 2022 in close collaboration with a Norwegian contractor, but was put on
Last week, Brig. Gen. Bill Hannan, NWD commander, visited the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (NWP) hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina as they undergo maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Also, Dan Howard, NWP navigation chief, Chris Gibbons, Essayons lead port engineer, Jane Favors
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has won a $10.3 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging works in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the Corps, the work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of required material from the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel.
After carefully considering public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its third periodic review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA said that they looked at all the project data for water, fish and sediment collected bet
