The Louisiana Wildlife Federation haws just announced that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is accepting feedback on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Plan, a 3-year outlook of projected revenues and expenditures, project activities, and implementation schedules. The $1.68 bil
Land & Water has been working closely with Canal and River Trust to overcome the logistical challenges and environmental constraints associated with dredging large volumes of silt from Gloucester Docks. The docks need regular dredging and the crews have been working together to provide ever improvin
Clearing and snagging of approximately 3.3 miles of channel at Ward Creek is underway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District said. The main goal of this work is to remove vegetation and debris from the channel to increase capacity and promote more efficient flow. Ward Creek is part
The Dutra Group’s CB ‘Harry S’ has started working at Morehead City, North Carolina, for the Army Corps’ Wilmington District. The work will entail dredging 558,000 cubic yards of material with placement at the Morehead City Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). The Port of Morehead City, a b
Jumbo Maritime has just released these amazing photos of its type 176 heavy lift vessel MV Frauke, loading a massive 45m long IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP cutter suction dredger, weighing 365t. According to Jumbo, the final destination of the dredger is Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The CSD is equipped with sta
Michels Construction Inc. continues to make steady progress with the dredging of Scarborough River in Maine. According to Scarborough Town Manager Tom Hall, the contractor has so far removed over 140,000 cubic yard of sand from the Scarborough River and will soon finish up work in the main navigatio
Working for the Harwich Haven Authority, Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Medway recently completed the first maintenance dredging campaign of this calendar year. Together with the plug tug Teddy, TSHD Medway worked around the Port of Felixstowe, River Stour, Mistley and the Harwich Deep Wat
The Western Dredging Association is accepting applications for the 2024 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards. The WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards recognize projects for their outstanding contributions to the goals of WEDA, which include: To promote communication and understanding of environment
DEME Group achieved an important dredging milestone at New Lock Terneuzen today. “Several members of our famous green fleet have been working at full pace on this large-scale project to construct a new lock in the Netherlands,” said DEME. “Marking a major achievement, our cutter suction dredger ‘Ama
Engineering company Spencer Group has commenced work to create a new permanent home for the Spurn Lightship in Hull Marina. The £30 million Spurn Lightship regeneration project has been launched by Hull City Council to celebrate and preserve Hull’s rich maritime heritage. The lightship was built in
Maintenance dredging works on the Newhaven Port’s Outer and Inner Harbour are underway. The dredging operations are being carried out by the Royal Boskalis Westminster Group trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway. The works will involve frequent passages from the Harbour to the Disposal Gro
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd is about to begin routine maintenance dredging of the Port Solent Approaches. According to the KHM Portsmouth, dredging will commence on the 12 February 2024 with completion due by early/mid March 2024. The vessel conducting this task is the “BOXER” (backhoe dredger) which will
The fire that broke out in the dredging pipe warehouse of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in the Borofkol area of Narayanganj yesterday was brought under control after four hours. According to local media, all the dredging pipes stored in the warehouse were burned. Fakhar Uddin A
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, has just released a video update on the Bogue Inlet dredging and beach nourishment project. The project, which kicked off on January 1, 2024, is being coordinated by the Army Corp of Engineers and Carteret County. Currently, the Army Corps contractor is dredging approxi
