Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) is about to begin periodic nourishment of the Long Beach Island, according to the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District. Work on the beaches is expected to begin in late September in Beach Haven before heading south toward the Holgate section of Long Beach Township. The
Don Punch MLA, Minister for Regional Development, provided an update in Parliament yesterday on the latest developments taking place at the Bunbury waterfront. “Recently, I joined Minister David Michael to announce the Department Of Transport had awarded a milestone $69.2 million contract to build t
The California Ocean Protection Council has awarded a $2.9 million grant to San Mateo County Harbor District for a restoration project at Surfers Beach. The grant was unanimously approved at the OPC meeting on September 10, 2024. The Harbor Commission now has to decide how to allocate these funds, w
With water levels on the Mississippi River hitting close to record lows for the third consecutive year now, the Memphis District Corps of Engineers organized and held a press conference yesterday to review current river operations and answer questions related to this year’s low water event. During t
Colonna Shipyard is proposing to perform new and future maintenance dredging by mechanical methods to deepen the 5,450 foot federal channel on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, to provide safer ingress/egress to deeper draft vessels. This project includes the following
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Manaus yesterday to announce measures to mitigate the drought in the Amazon region. The announcement includes the public bidding processes for four maintenance dredging operations in the Amazon and Solimões rivers. Over five years, a total of BRL
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Division of Watershed Stewardship is proposing to utilize a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to hydraulically dredge up to 550,000 cubic yards of material from three potential borrow sites. The sites are: The dredged ma
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Columbia River ports are asking for public comment on the draft plan to place millions of cubic yards of clean, Columbia River sediment in multiple Oregon and Washington locations. This “sand plan” is a combined draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and E
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD), from Houston, has won an $8.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging program in Texas. Work will be performed in Brownsville, with an estimated completion date of December 12, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in t
The Bristol Port will soon be home to a new state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger, which is currently close to completion at the Neptune yard in the Netherlands. Set for delivery by December 2024, this powerful vessel will significantly enhance Bristol Port’s dredging capabilities. The new dredger
The City of Lorain Black River Dredge Material Reuse Facility is operational and began accepting material last week. The path to project success began in 2016 and has led to the launching of the facility – on time and on budget, according to the City. “Navigational dredging is critical to ensuring o
Marotechniek B.V. completed a full cutter suction dredger retrofit for its customer in Germany recently.“Cutter dredge has been fitted with a complete new electrical control system and is equipped with our Advanced Dredge Control System which is linked to the DGPS system of our partner SPE Dredging
Luhr Crosby LLC, from Columbia, Illinois, has won a $9.9 million modification (P00001) to contract W912QR-24-F-0086 for dredging on the Ohio River. Work will be performed in Cairo, Illinois, with an estimated completion date of December 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. According
Dredging work is set to take place in the following days at the Clifton Springs Boat Harbor, in response to recent storms, the City of Greater Geelong said. According to Geelong Council, the recent storms have resulted in seagrass wrack at the entrance to the harbor, with dredging to start this week
