The Oswego County Legislature recently awarded the Sandy Pond Channel Maintenance Association (SPCMA) $300,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to ensure continued navigation from Sandy Pond to Lake Ontario and safeguard the local economy, which relies heavily upon fishing and summer tourism
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today declared that an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the seawater intrusion beginning on September 20, 2023, and continuing. The Pr
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, from Dyersburg, Texas, has won a $10.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for a channel pipeline dredging project in Texas. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), bids for this contract were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brown
The Nigerian Navy has successfully finalized the hydrographic and Comprehensive Bathymetric/Investigative Survey Report for the proposed dredging project in Oguta Lake and River Orashi. According to a statement from an executive member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Akin Akinwa
ENTACT LLC announced recently that it has completed the acquisition of White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. White Lake is a specialized environmental dredging, sediment capping, and marine construction provider with 20+ years of successful project execution across the United States. Dean Pisani, Chief Exec
Land reclamation operations for the Hulhumale’ Phase 3 in the Maldives – conducted by Boskalis – officially started last week. Under this phase, around 63 hectares of new land will be created, said Urbanco. Land reclamation works for the Phase 3 started from the north-west end the bridge tunnel, bet
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District has awarded a $21.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging of Chesapeake, Virginia, for maintenance dredging of the Charleston Harbor. According to the Army Corps, the project consists of maintenance dredging approximately 3,500,000 cubic yards of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) awarded the fourth and final multimillion dollar contract for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP) yesterday. Callan Marine will receive approximately $102.9 million to complete dredging on the final stretch of
The next featured finalist in the 2023 WA Earth Awards is the Onslow Boating Precinct Stage 1A delivered by Ertech for client the Department of Transport, Western Australia. This multi-stage upgrade to the boating facility and supporting infrastructure included the dredging of 45,000 cu. m of materi
The City of Lewes, DE, has just announced that dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is set to begin on or around October 9. According to the city, Dredgit, contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers, will be performing the dredging alongside maintenance. The dredging operations will run between the Ro
With $4.5 million dollars in funding from NOAA under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, Jefferson Parish is building the first living shoreline to protect a federal levee system. Stretching from Bucktown Harbor to the Bonnabel Boat Launch, the living shoreline will consis
Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $39.6 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the Department of Defense, work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 2.7 million cubic yards of sediment within the Delaware Riv
The trailer suction hopper dredger SOSPAN DAU recently arrived at the Southsea near the Pyramids to recharge the nearby beach. For the last couple of weeks, the dredger has been ‘rainbowing’ shingle near the Pyramids, adding shingle to the beach (re-charging) east of the groyne during high tides. Th
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will host its Dredging and Reclamation Seminar from 9-13 October 2023 in Manila (the Philippines). Some of the subjects to be covered: The seminar is developed for both technical and non-technical professionals in dredging-related industries
