Pacific Dredge and Construction, LLC. has completed dredging work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Maritime Administration (MARAD) Suisun Bay Pier Dredging Project. This maintenance dredging project restored navigable water access to the MARAD Pier. Over 70,000 cubic yards of material was
Jenkins Marine is gearing up for another busy winter season with their dredging vessels, including backhoe dredger ‘Doreen Dorward‘ and split hopper barges ’Nab’ and ‘Needles’, already booked for the coming months. This season, the company will be performing maintenance dredging works in Poole, Sout
Manson Construction Co., from Seattle, Washington, has won a $70.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Norfolk Harbor and channel dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia,
Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has received the ‘End of Waste’ certificate from the Service Public de Wallonie (SPW-ARNE). This certificate has been granted for the physicochemical washing plant for contaminated soils at Envisan’s site in the port of Liège. The washing pl
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has towed the Dredge Illinois into place off Corson’s Inlet to start pumping sand for the south-end beach replenishment project. Overall, the contractor will pump 257,000 cubic yards of sand onto Ocean City beaches between 45th Street and 59th Street over the next
Preparation work for a dredging project in White Creek and the Assawoman Canal is now underway, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). The Delaware DNREC awarded the project to dredge White Creek and the Assawoman Canal to McLean Contracting Company on Oc
Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) is conducting maintenance dredging of the Noel “Breeze” Boynes Sr. Car Ferry Dock in Red Hook, St. Thomas. The dredging, which commenced on Thursday, November 30, will be performed at night without interrupting the barge or passenger ferry operations in Red Hook.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill. has begun dredging and beachfill operations near U.S. Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, N.J. The project includes dredging over 500,000 cubic yards of sand from a borrow area approximately 2.6 miles south of the Cape May Inlet jetties. The sand i
The Northern Territory Government of Australia has presented update to the port users regarding the upcoming HMAS Coonawarra Dredging Campaign – Darwin Harbour. According to the notification, Duratec Australia / HALL Contracting are to conduct dredging operations within HMAS Coonawarra harbour. The
Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging recently released a video of the Water and/or Air Injection Dredger (WID) ‘Delta Queen II’ working in French Guiana. The beautiful drone video was made by colleague Nander Kleen during the “Maintenance dredging and towing services in Cayenne and Kourou”. Dégrad
Cosmos Van Oord, a joint venture of Cosmos Shipping and Van Oord, has won a dredging contract for the development of Port of Burgas, the biggest port in Bulgaria. According to Van Oord, the Bulgarian Port Authorities have chosen the joint venture for the combination of local maritime know-how and th
Boskalis and Bahrain have been closely linked since the early 1980s. The company has participated in almost every medium and large land reclamation project in the kingdom since that period. The result: Boskalis dredging vessels have been continuously active in Bahrain for some forty years. An import
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday to mark the completion of Phase 2 of the Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. The 3.5-mile-long Muddy River flows through the heart of Frederick Law Olmsted’s
Harwich Haven Authority’s former Harbour Engineer, John Brien, has been recognized for his outstanding contribution to the dredging sector by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) at their annual meeting held in November 2023. Chartered civil engineer, John, joined Harwich Haven Authority in 1986
