The USACE Buffalo District and its contractor Dean Marine & Excavating will resume repairs of the Rochester Harbor east pier, located in Rochester, New York, in the following days. Repairs to the structure, under the current contract, are expected to be completed in May 2021. “The east pier, commo
Most of Indian River County’s Sector 3 beach and dune renourishment project should be completed by this weekend, TCPalm reports. According to Eric Charest, coastal resource manager for the county Coastal Engineering Division, the county has placed 384,000 cubic yards of sand a 3.7-mile stretch of sh
Leaders from The Mississippi River Commission, along with leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, toured the Missouri River March 29 – April 1. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, chief of engineers and commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brig. Gen. D. Peter Hemlinger, commander, Northw
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) last week released this very interesting video named ‘Translating science into on-ground action: The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program’. In the video, Melissa Wartman, a research fellow at Deakin University, explains how the Victorian
The Mayor and Township Committee of Little Egg Harbor have announced results of recent public hearings and the poll regarding potential dredging project referred to as Mystic Island West Phase 1. The information shared publicly on April 6 was regarding a certified mail survey that was sent to 1341 p
USACE’s Jacksonville District said in their latest announcement that construction will begin soon for the Broward County Segment II shore protection renourishment project. The USACE contractor, Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC, of Lake Worth, Florida, will be at the site today. Sand placement will
Jan De Nul Group yesterday released a video of the New Suez Canal dredging works. The project was a challenge because of its size but above all because of the very tight deadline. To complete such a project in less than twelve months is unprecedented. The Suez Canal is the shortest shipping route be
City of Newcastle, NSW, is seeking feedback from the community on erosion management options for the northern area of Stockton Beach as part of work underway on the Stockton Coastal Management Program (CMP) 2021. The land to the north of Meredith Street is owned and managed by Defence Housing Austra
Everything is ready for the opening of the first container terminal in the US since 2009, the South Carolina Ports’ Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal (HLT). “This project is more than 20 years in the making, and we look forward to offering the same reliable service and additional capacity to our customers
FSUE Rosmorport’s dredging fleet started maintenance dredging operations on the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Canal (VKMSK) earlier this week. The volume of dredging works at VKMSK planned for 2021 is 3.94 million cubic meters of material. According to Rosmorport, the main goal of these dredging works
Islamorada, Village of Islands, has just released this beautiful video about their ongoing Lower Matecumbe dredging project. “This is post-hurricane Irma sediment removal. I know we’re almost four years out from Irma, but this is the final stages of a hurricane, debris and sediment removal that has
The Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) is submitting an Application for Permit for the Piers 5000 and 5002 Inner Berths Dredging Project at NBPL. The dredging project is located in the northern part of San Diego Bay at the naval Pier 5000 and 5002 facilities near the USACE’s federal channel within the Cit
Louisiana Governor, John Bel Edwards, joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and state and local officials yesterday in touring construction activities on Trinity-East Island, one of three barrier islands being restored in the Terrebonne Basin. The Terrebonne Basin
Duluth’s Mayor Emily Larson sent a letter last month to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting a Section 111 Study on Park Point. A Section 111 Study comes from the 1968 River and Harbor Act. The Act authorizes the Corps of Engineers, in this case, the Detroit District, to investigate potential
