The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District recently presented plans for the maintenance dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway Federal Navigation Channel (LIIW). According to the Corps, the work will involve dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway in Quogue Canal in Suf
CORMAC and Bude-Stratton Town Council issued an update on the on-going canal dredging works today. No operations will take place over Easter weekend (Good Friday to Easter Monday) for both dredging and embankment repairs. According to the update, pile installation for repairs are now completed, redu
The Western Dredging Association recently published the new edition of the WEDA Journal of Dredging, bringing new stories and project information to stakeholders. The peer-reviewed papers in this practice-oriented journal present solutions to dredging and placement problems that are not normally ava
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has proposed to perform maintenance dredging of the Port Jersey Channel Federal Navigation Project. The proposed activity includes dredging of the shoal areas located in the Port Jersey Channel Federal Navigation Project to a depth of -50 feet MLLW
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has completed placing 500,000 cubic yards of sand along 4,100 feet of coastline in Downtown Montauk, NY. With favorable weather conditions allowing for completion ahead of schedule, the $11.7 million project also refurbished dunes eroded by a seri
The trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Medway (Boskalis) and Pallieter (DEME Group) kept Astilleros de Santander S.A.U. (Astander) crews busy for the last two months. “Drydocking and maintenance of trailing suction hopper dredgers are complex projects and completing them in a successful way re
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge vessels Yaquina and Essayons are set to begin Grays Harbor outer harbor maintenance dredging on April 8. According to the U.S. Army, the Yaquina will dredge about 15 days, while the Essayons will dredge about 25 days. All work will conclude no later tha
A maintenance dredging project in Liverpool Marina has commenced to return sediment that enters through the lock and impounding pumps back to the River Mersey. For this project, Humber Work Boats Limited brought in their 12″ cutter suction dredger, the John M. In order to maintain the desired water
Hawaii DLNR has just announced that the long-awaited dredging of the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor, on Hawai‘i Island, could begin this summer. Initial funding for the project was released in January 2024; a consultant has been hired, and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has indicated it will expeditiousl
The Watermaster dredger Nemunaitis is currently improving the navigability of the Nemunas River in Lithuania. This very important dredging program is being conducted by Druskininkai Municipality, in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Authority. The dredging operations on a 17.7 km stretch of th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District is announcing a public review and comment period for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s (PCCA) Channel Deepening Project. The PCCA Channel Deepening Project is located near Port Aransas and Nueces and Aransas counties in Texas. According to th
Recent hurricanes and northeasters have severely eroded South Ponte Vedra Beach (SPV). The St. Johns County (FL) is working on a project that will replenish the eroded beach and protect the shoreline. According to the officials, the southern end of this dredge project will tie in with the recently c
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has presented the new spring package of the Terra et Aqua magazine. The latest publication includes articles on a new method to economically evaluate adaptation pathways, optimizing real-time dredge monitoring systems with acoustic sensors and d
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has detained 17 of 28 inspected vessels involved in dredging activities in Zambales from March 19 to 21, 2024. PCG Spokesperson, CG Rear Admiral Armando Balilo, said that three of these vessels are foreign (China, Sierra Leone and Panama), while 25 are bareboat chart
