Polk County officials said that a major dredging project at Lake Adger will start this month to remove debris and sediment washed in by Hurricane Helene. The project will be funded up to $140 million as an NC Smart project through North Carolina Emergency Management. According to the officials, the
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA said that the recently completed Grand Bayou Ridge and Marsh Restoration Project, conducted by Weeks Marine, is now helping turn the tide on historic wetland loss in Plaquemines Parish. Using dredged sediment from the Mississippi River, 33
The USACE New York District said that the Great Lakes’ cutter-head dredge Illinois continues ongoing efforts in removing approx. 550,000 cubic yards of sand material, from the East Rockaway Inlet. According to USACE, this dredging project will not only provide safe navigation for the community, but
Alabama Representative Rhett Marques and Senator Chris Elliott said that they will today announce legislation at the Fairhope Municipal Pier that would effectively end the practice of in-bay, thin-layer dredge disposal – known as “mud dumping” – in Mobile Bay. When enacted, the law would mirror fede
The USACE Buffalo District recently completed dredging approximately 600,000 cubic yards of material in the Toledo Harbor, which happened to have been the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes. Sediments from the channel bottom were removed by a mechanical dredge and placed into hoppe
Congresswoman Julia Brownley last week announced the inclusion of funding totaling more than $19,792,000 that she secured for California’s 26th Congressional District in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act (H.
Maryland Congressman Andy Harris has announced $4,785,000 in federal funding for the Slaughter Creek Dredging Project in Slaughter Creek, secured through the Energy & Water Development appropriations bill for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “When waterways like Slaughter Creek become difficult to
The USACE Philadelphia District said that Cottrell Contracting Corporation of Chesapeake, Va., will dredge approximately 80,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal channel near the mouth of the Maurice River (Cumberland County, N.J.) in the following weeks. The sediment will be hydraulically pu
The repair and modification works on the ladder of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Al Seddiek were completed at Port Said Shipyard (PSS) earlier this week. The scope of work included full steel renewal and structural modification of the forward section of the ladder, aiming to achieve the required
DEME won a contract last month to help prepare Naples for the legendary America’s Cup sailing competition. The 2027 America’s Cup will be held in Italy for the first time. At the end of December 2025, it was announced that five founding teams have “united to unleash the potential of the America’s Cu
The Town of East Hampton has just released the latest update on the Lake Montauk dredging project, saying that the work in is full swing. According to the announcement, the dredging operations are now in its final phase, with crews using a mechanical dredge to remove large stones and rocks in the ha
Santander Port Authority (APS) has kicked off the 2026 dredging campaign on the navigation channel from Punta Rabiosa to Somo. According to APS, this is the second of five interventions planned until 2030, following the initial campaign in December. The works, carried out by CIOMAR S.L. for EUR 1.68
The Port of Virginia is nearing the completion of its $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Program with a critical piece of the strategic capital investment program being delivered in early 2026. In February, the port is scheduled to take delivery of the deepest shipping channels on the US East Coast, as
THe USACE Baltimore District has issued its Section 404/10/408/103 permit decision for the Sparrows Point Container Terminal (SPCT) project, a joint venture between Tradepoint Atlantic and Terminal Investments Limited, to construct a new container terminal and associated facilities at the Port of Ba
