A dredging project is set to enhance Regency Lake’s water quality and safeguard its ecosystem, said the City of Overland Park, Kansas Government. Dredging the lake is necessary to remove accumulated sediment, which reduces the lake’s water level and increases water temperature and the growth of harm
A maintenance dredging program at the São Francisco do Sul port complex is on its way, NSC Total said. Under the dredging project, a total of 1.6 million cubic meters of sediment is set to be removed. The winning bid for the job was awarded to Jan De Nul do Brasil. Work is expected to […]
Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner, Commander of the South Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was briefed on and visited the San Juan Harbor Dredging and Deepening Project yesterday. “On board the DV Avalon, he witnessed the operations of this state-of-the-art vessel, the largest a
H&L Contracting recently won a $2.2 million contract for the maintenance dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway Federal Navigation Project at Shinnecock Bay, Suffolk County, New York. According to the Army Corps, this essential maintenance project is designed to ensure the continued safe
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced the completion of beach fill operations for the St. Johns County (FL) Shore Protection Project in St. Augustine Beach. The dredging contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock will now complete beach tilling and demobilization from th
Dredging of the Tweed River entrance – conducted under the Tweed Sand Bypassing project – has been successfully completed. Over the past few weeks, visitors may have noticed the hopper dredger Trud R doing works in the Tweed River entrance. The aim of the program is to establish and maintain a safe,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Michael Connor, recently joined Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for a site visit at Poplar Island and Mid-Bay Islands ecosystem restoration projects. According to USACE, these are the places where dredge material from the Port of Bal
As the U.S. Jones Act private sector dredging industry continues with its $3 Billion construction of new dredges and associated vessels and equipment, the Dredging Contractors of America today announced the results of the FY 2023 dredging season as reported in the U.S. Dredge Report: An Analysis of
Weeks Marine of Covington, Louisiana, has won a $9.7 million USACE contract for Mississippi River dredging works. The awarded contract involves cutterhead dredging services along the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. The dredging will remove sediment from the navigation channel to help ma
The Nantucket Natural Resources Department will host a sediment transfer study and dredge plan open house at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the community room of the public safety building at 4 Fairgrounds Road. Representatives of the department will outline the town’s sediment transport study and dredging p
Canal and River Trust has published a program of of winter repairs and conservation work to protect the nation’s historic canals. These vital winter works will also help to keep the important national infrastructure available for boaters, local communities, and visitors. The program takes place betw
Jan De Nul and the Georgian government have signed an agreement for the construction of marine infrastructure within the framework of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project. The signing ceremony was held at the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development two days ago. Zurab Sichinava, Direct
Royal IHC last Friday celebrated an important milestone, the keel laying ceremony for Kenmare Resources’ electric mining dredger. The Director of IHC Mining, Hans Greve explained more on the two custom vessels, concurrently built at the company’s yard in Kinderdijk. “Boasting 6,800 kVA of total powe
Western Marine Construction Inc. from Seattle, Washington, has won a $24.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project in Alaska. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Saint Paul Island, A
