The City of Sarasota officials and community members gathered earlier this week to announce the long-awaited completion of Lido Beach’s renourishment. “Officials, project stakeholders and the general public gathered on the beach near the newly renovated Lido Pavilion, 400 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working hard to ensure a safe and enjoyable season at the Jersey shore, the backbone of New Jersey’s tourism economy. Following a pre-holiday weekend coastal monitoring flight, DEP Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette announced that New
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) today released the latest update on their R. Dhuvaafaru Land Reclamation and Shore Protection Project. According to the announcement, they have completed 60% of reclamation works so far. The R. Dhuvaafaru project includes: dredging and reclamation op
During the last six months, Fylde Council has been working on options for replacing the existing sea wall around The Island, St Annes. The sea wall protects over 400 properties and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding. It is nearly 90 years old, and is approaching the end of its design life,
Last Friday, DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the mega cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. The dredger like ‘Spartacus’ has never been seen before in the industry, with a total installed power of 44,180 kW, its production rates and ability to cut hard
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately two months, dredging operations will be carried out at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal 9 South. The works will be carried out by one grab dredger. Three tugboats, two spilt hopper barges and one survey boat will provide assistance, the Hong Kong
Damen submersible dredge pump DOP250 has once again proved itself as a reliable and flexible dredging tool, this time in the City of Warrenton, Oregon. The city is located on the North Pacific US-coast and has a marina on the Columbia River in Hammond, OR. The Hammond Marina is one of the most used
Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction last week to deliver a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin by the year 2025. USACE has executed two construction contracts in a multi-phase, $365.7 million construction program engineered and desig
Col. Julie Balten, Los Angeles District commander, toured the Newport Beach dredging project earlier this week. During the visit, Col. Balten talked with onsite USACE personnel and contractors and learn more about the progress of the Newport Bay Harbor maintenance dredging and east jetty repairs. Wh
Work to strengthen riverside walls along Lincoln’s Foss Bank is underway, as part of a £6 million investment in the city’s flood defences. New steel piles are being driven into the riverbank upstream of Brayford Pool, reinforcing the existing defences and maintaining the area’s standard of protectio
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved funds to assist St. Johns County with partially restoring and rebuilding the sand dunes along portions of St. Johns County’s coastline that were damaged by Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Irma. The project is intended to enhance the dune sy
Since early 2020, Boskalis has been working on the marine infrastructure to connect an onshore natural gas-fired power plant to an offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) in El Salvador. This included the construction of a two-kilometer-long gas pipeline including a trenchless shore
The ongoing dredging work in the Ganga on a stretch between Ramnagar Fort and Malviya rail-road bridge is nearing completion, The Times of India reports. The piles of sand removed from the Ganga has helped create a sand island that could be used to host various activities. “We had started this proje
Dan Rice is leading the charge against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project that will deplete the popular Haulover Sandbar to replenish the nearby Bal Harbour Beach, Local 10 reports. The dredging work is scheduled to begin this summer. Haulover Sandbar’s waist-deep water has become a popular dest
