New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a targeted sand replenishment project in Monmouth County, that may include sections of the towns of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, and Long Branch this winter. The project solicitation was made public on July 22,
The Administrative Commission of the River Plate (CARP) and Jan De Nul have signed a contract for the dredging operations, maintenance, widening and potential improvement works on the Martín García Channel. According to CARP, the contract will be valid for five years, with the option to extend it fo
Morrish-Wallace Construction (Ryba Marine) from Cheboygan, Michigan, has won a $20 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Toledo Harbor/River dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work locations and funding will be det
Maryland Congressman Andy Harris toured dredging operations on board the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dredger Murden during maintenance dredging in the federal channel of the Ocean City Inlet, July 31, 2026. This dredging cycle, the second of the summer season, lasts approximately 15 days to
Van Oord’s sustainable hybrid water injection dredger (WID) Rhône arrived at Balaena Birkenhead last month for a major program of survey, maintenance and repair work. The vessel’s schedule of works included an intermediate class survey, as well as the replacement of pins and bushes on her jet pipe,
A project to protect a key part of Brighton and Hove’s coastline from erosion and flooding has entered a new phase. The works to fill a new groyne field in Hove, East Sussex, with thousands of tons of shingle started yesterday, Brighton & Hove City Council said. Taken from a licensed dredging site i
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the electrical engineering scope for a new Easydredge® 2700XL trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), currently under construction by Royal IHC for a dredging project in West Africa. “With the contract now signed, our engineering team is getting straight to work a
The Webuild Group strengthens its presence in Liguria with an €803 million contract awarded by Autostrade per l’Italia for the construction of the central section of the Genoa Undersea Road Tunnel. The project will be executed by Webuild (90 percent) and its subsidiary SELI Overseas (10 percent). Ac
Wasa Dredging said that their heavy-duty backhoe dredger Optimus kicked off the dredging operations on the Tornio outer fairway recently. The outer fairway in Tornio refers to the maritime shipping channel leading into the Port of Tornio (Port of Röyttä) located in the northern part of the Bothnian
The Malawi Government has taken a major step towards restoring operations at Chipoka Port by inviting bids for consultancy services to undertake an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and supervise capital dredging works at the port. “The move marks significant progress in Government’s
In a bid to reduce flooding in one of Eastern Visayas’ busiest urban centers, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has begun dredging and desilting operations in the Mangonbangon River – a major waterway that drains floodwater from several communities in Tacloban City. The project, und
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Port Freeport marked a major milestone in the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project during a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. The federal navigation project deepens and partially widens the harbor channel, enhances the upper turning bas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is repairing and raising the western perimeter wall of Confined Disposal Facility 4 – or CDF 4 – in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. CDF 4 is the primary placement site for material dredged from the federal navigation channels in Buffalo Harbor and the Buff
Dredging works have officially started at Anaklia Deep Sea Port in Georgia, marked by the arrival of the first dredging vessel Tristao Da Cunha into the maritime aquatory of the future port. Under the development plan, the seabed in the Anaklia marine area will be deepened to 17.5m, followed by the
