Dredging work of the South Dock Redevelopment Project Phase 1 is in full swing, Ports Authority, Turks and Caicos Islands said. The massive $53 million redevelopment of South Dock, which is the main gateway for cargo; handling approximately, 95% of all foods, fuel, and building materials that enter
The first phase of dredging work to remove historic contamination from Bellingham Bay in front the Shipping Terminal project is nearly complete. The contaminated sediments have been removed and are being transported by rail car to a certified landfill in eastern Oregon for permanent disposal. Constr
DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) D’Artagnan is busy deepening the harbour of La Rochelle in a key construction phase of the prestigious PORT HORIZON 2025 extension project. “Despite the challenges of handling the rocky material and stringent environmental regulations, our enthusiastic proje
The Army Corps’ New England District Planning Division performed maintenance dredging which hydraulically removed approximately 118,000 cubic yards of sand from Cape Cod Canal. The sand was then pumped onto Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, MA. Additional sand will be placed on Town Neck Beach as part of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District and Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting have officially wrapped up maintenance dredging contract in Portsmouth Harbor, NH. The authorized Federal Navigation Project (FNP) for Portsmouth Harbor consists of five 35-feet-deep segments along the P
Even these long reach excavators are feeling the love today forming a love heart in the sky for all to see! Happy Valentines Day from Dredging Today team!
After 4 weeks of intensive collaboration, Van den Herik’s dredger Charlock is ready to go again, Royal Niestern Sander said. “With the majority of our work centered around substantial steel repairs, we’re proud to say it’s been a job well done,” the Dutch shipyard said. Royal Niestern Sander is a 10
To maintain the safe depths for the navigational channels and water ways in the area, Dorset Council (UK) will be dredging at West Bay and Lyme Regis. Every year the accumulated sediment that has deposited over the last twelve months is removed from the navigational channels and used to build up the
The Dutra Group’s Hopper Dredge Stuyvesant is dredging material from a designated borrow area offshore of Cape Canaveral. This material is transited to Melbourne Beach where it is offloaded through approximately 4,500’ of subline. The material is being used to build a stockpile approximately 26’ hig
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has begun the last phase of the Fernandina Beach (FL) nourishment project. According to the City, GLDD was contracted through the Corps of Engineers to place sand on the Fernandina beaches. The contractor is on the north end now and will finish up next we
Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TO
The WEDA Safety Commission is accepting nominations for the annual 2024 Safety Excellence Awards. The awards will recognize individual organizations or project teams for outstanding contributions to meeting the goals of the Western Dredging Association and for exceptional safety performance that exh
Immediately after completion at the Damen Dredging Equipment yard, the first-of-series cutter suction dredger (CSD) 600 has been sold to an Indonesian customer, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The dredger is part of a complete dredging package, which includes ship transportation, training of the crew on l
Building and civil engineering contractor McLaughlin & Harvey has made some great progress at the Port of Lowestoft project lately. The company is working for the client Associated British Ports on the development of Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) – a major ABP investment project on Lowest
