Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Fernão de Magalhães is currently very busy in Morocco, deepening the Port of Safi. The expansion of the Safi industrial port is a major infrastructure project in Morocco and part of the national port strategy for 2030. This project aims to support the develo
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd is about to begin another maintenance dredging project in the Portsmouth Harbor area. The company will dredge northern area of Royal Clarence Yard on the western side of the Harbor on behalf of the Portsmouth Off Shore Group. The ML vessel conducting this task will be IHC delta
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $33.5 million contract September 29 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) re-nourishment of the St. Augustine Beach federal shore protection project. The project will
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, yesterday won a $33.8 million USACE contract for a beach nourishment project in New Jersey. The contract calls for dredging more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas (one is located off Corsons Inlet and the other is located approxim
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the contractor, Pacific Maritime Group have commenced maintenance dredging of the Suisun Bay Pier in Benicia, California. This significant project will remove approximately 80,000 cubic yards of material from two adjacent dredge areas. In line with the MARAD a
The long-anticipated beach restoration project is now officially underway, the City of Gulf Shores said. This vital initiative is geared towards mending the damage the city, Gulf State Park, and the City of Orange Beach sustained during Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Sally. “The project is expected to
A dredging program will be underway soon at the Lindsay Park Yacht Club in Davenport, IA, kwqc.com reports. Yacht club staff said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is going to be performing the work with funding that the yacht club received a year ago that had been set aside for the dredging. Sc
Cassowary Coast Regional Council has received the Port Hinchinbrook (One Mile Creek) Dredge Sediment Disposal Site Analysis Report. Council resolved to: 1. Receive the Dredge Sediment Disposal Site Analysis Report; 2. Commence scope development for design for the Dredge Sediment Management Facility
The Port of Hamburg Authority has just released a video that shows the work it has to do to keep the port dredged enough to maintain operations. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the hopper dredger Kaishuu is on the move to permanently remove excess sediment from the Port of Hamburg.
Coastal engineering firm INTERA-GEC is compiling all comments and relevant questions received for the Summer Haven River Study which will be incorporated into the final version. The company has been tasked by St. Johns County, Florida, to develop a list of environmentally and financially sustainable
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to expand dredging work in the Tijuana River Valley to remove trash and sediment and help reduce flooding impacts from the Tijuana River. The work is set to improve the conditions in two channels that run through the Valley, impacting res
Mxtv has just released the latest video update from the Navotas Land Reclamation Project in the Philippines. The Navotas project, or the Navotas Boulevard Business Park, is an under-construction commercial and business center in Navotas. The 650-hectare reclamation project in Novotas was approved by
Orion Marine Group has just released an amazing photo of a 55-year-old legend, cutter suction dredge King Fisher working in Texas. The robust 12,000 HP King Fisher is currently in Port Arthur, Texas working on the USACE Sabine Neches Waterway Maintenance Dredging Project. Here’s a glimpse of her pow
MidCoast Council (NSW) has confirmed that the Wallis Lake dredging project is starting tomorrow. According to Tanya Thompson, Member for Myall Lakes, the process will start with dredging mobilization which will include the setup of a temporary deposition site at Vincent Fazio Park in Tuncurry. The e
