The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor is about to begin dredging for Brevard County (FL) beach renourishment project. According to the Corps, the Brevard Co beachfill project will begin on or about Jan. 24; the sand placement along the shoreline will begin on or about Jan. 29. The project inc
Dredging of contaminated sediment is expected to begin later this month at the Bellingham Shipping Terminal, Washington State Department of Ecology said. With federal funding, the Port of Bellingham is making improvements to the terminal, including dredging about 22,000 cubic yards of contaminated s
Rijkswaterstaat recently successfully completed another beach replenishment project – the Scheveningen beachfill campaign. During the works, a total of 700,000 m3 of sand was dredged and spread over the beach, between the harbor head and the beach north of the Pier. The project, completed late last
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Willem Sr closed 2023 with a maintenance dredging campaign in the Ferry Port of Breskens, Filia Dredging said. Under the project, approximately 185,000 tonnes dry solid was removed in and in front of the ferry port. With this, Filia Dredging completed the d
A keel laying ceremony of the UKD Seadragon took place in Gdansk, Poland, recently. The UKD Seadragon is a diesel electric Damen 2711 Shoalbuster that will carry the water injection dredging (WID) for UK Dredging around the coast of the UK. “This expansion to the fleet adds another form of dredging
KODIAK GmbH has been selected as the exclusive supplier for quality control (QC) inspection, health, safety, and environment (HSE) and client representative services for the civil engineering works of the world’s Energy Island project, the Princess Elisabeth Island in the North Sea. In this collabor
Port Stephens State MP and Minister for Family and Community Services, Kate Washington, visted Tea Gardens yesterday to announce a multi-million dollar program to fund the much-needed dredging of the Myall River. According to Washington, the dredging project will be carried out from the ‘Singing Bri
In partnership with the City of Newport News, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District has set a date to begin dredging the Deep Creek Navigation Channel. Dredging is expected to begin in the entrance channel Feb. 15 and start making way to the harbor. The work is set to be completed by mid
The Kingston District Council, South Australia, is about to begin maintenance dredging activities at Cape Jaffa. The District advised members of the public that the dredging operations are scheduled to commence from approximately Thursday 1 Feb 2024, in Cape Jaffa. “The discharge site is located to
A medieval sword was found earlier this month at the bottom of Poland’s Vistula River during the dredging operations at Włocławek. According to the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Toruń (Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków w Toruniu), preliminary analyses of the weapon traced it b
Stage one of dredging in the Swansea Channel has now concluded. More than 16,600 cubic metres of sand were removed from three areas, creating a 30 metre wide channel, extending from the Dog Leg southeast of Elizabeth Island, up to the Drop Over northwest of the Swan Bay entrance. Transport for NSW s
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District has announced that sand replenishment project in San Clemente will be delayed due to ongoing sand quality issues. USACE has agreed to allow the contractor, Manson Construction to delay the project up to 70 days to ensure that quality sand is use
On the Atlantic Coast, DEME Group is preparing the Port Atlantique La Rochelle for the future. “Through means of no less than 3 different types of dredgers, we are deepening the current Port zones, but also several berthing pockets for yet-to-be-built quays,” said Jonas Ryvers, project engineer at D
A HID heavy duty CSD-7530 Model cutter suction dredger (CSD) was launched in the Maldives earlier this week. According to HID Dredger, the CSD will be used to dredge hard soils, coral reefs, rocks and sand. The dredger is equipped with two robust pumps located in the engine room and the ladder, rea
