The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regularly performs maintenance dredging of federal shipping channels throughout the nation to provide ease of navigation and safe passage to larger vessels that utilize the waterways carrying products vital to the economy. Over 200 million cubic yards of material is
Latest maintenance dredging monitoring report provided by the Cawthron Institute, New Zealand, shows contamination levels in the Nelson Haven have declined. This is a positive outcome for the health of the haven, according to the Port Nelson. A key driver in the improvement is likely to be the compl
Each year at its annual WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo, Western Dredging Association presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects/programs. In 2023 the categories for the awards were reimagined and two Environmental Excellence Awards were given. An award in the category “Partnership
The Ohio State legislature passed a bill to prohibit the open water disposal of dredged sediment after July 2020 and recommended to find alternative beneficial uses of the dredged sediment. With open water disposal no longer an option and confined disposal facilities nearing full capacity, innovativ
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the completion of shoreline construction at Hurst Creek in Dorchester County, the second of the department’s 24 Resiliency through Restoration Initiative pilot projects. In this project, nearly 1,200 linear feet of living shoreline was compl
A second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake has come to an end in Sac County, Iowa. The dredging work completed at Black Hawk Lake will improve overall water quality, fish habitat and recreational opportunities. An area approximately 174 acres in the eastern main basin of the lake was d
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc., has returned to the site to complete the long-delayed dredging of Chedoke Creek in Hamilton, Ontario. The dredging was originally set to start in 2021, but has been repeatedly put on hold due to the Indigenous group concerns about the environmental aspects o
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) recently published an interesting article on the waste heat recovery on dredging vessels. Limiting global warming requires the maritime sector to transition to a more efficient and sustainable operation. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio
Van Oord’s brand-new trailing suction hopper dredgers Vox Ariane and Vox Apolonia are working together to protect the Dutch coast. The coast of Zeeland, Netherlands, is facing erosion from powerful currents, waves and wind. That’s why Van Oord was commissioned to take action by implementing beach no
Royal IHC has taken a step further to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of sustainable dredging solutions with the launch of fully electrically powered IHC Beaver cutter suction dredger series. The company announced recently that IHC is expanding its portfolio of standard Cutter Suction Dr
25 years after Damen Shipyards first introduced its cutter suction dredging range, it has now unveiled a complete redesign of the six-vessel series to take advantage of new technologies and incorporate accumulated customer feedback. The new range also addresses the challenging environmental regulati
Kimberly Walters of J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. (Brennan) has just shared an interesting article about diver-assisted dredging and capping used in the Cuyahoga River Improvement Project. The Cuyahoga Improvement Project in Kent, OH, aims to improve future recreation experiences while protecting exist
Xeamos recently completed a wide range of after-treatment projects for vessels in the Van Oord Nederland fleet. They include no less than nine complete systems on the trailing suction hopper dredger Rival designed to substantially reduce its NOx and particulate matter emissions. Leveraging on a Dutc
After nearly three years of development, a comprehensive plan to protect salt marsh along the coast from North Carolina to east-central Florida has finally come to fruition. In South Carolina, a coalition of over 75 individuals, including those from the Coastal Conservation League, the South Carolin
