The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft environmental assessment of the Goose Island cultural resource protection project, proposed for Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River. The primary goal of the proposed project is to protect a section
California Congresswoman Julia Brownley has announced $6.3 million in federal funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects for the Port of Hueneme and Ventura Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps’ FY2021 Work Plan includes funds for the annual dredging of Ventura Harbor. The work plan also allocates “do
The Port of Palm Beach has just released this very interesting video named ‘Digging deeper into dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet’. In the video, Port of Palm Beach Engineer, Ron Coddington, explains how much funding is allocated for a future dredge project, why dredging is important to the economy a
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will hold two virtual public hearings to receive public comments on the Fiscal Year 2022 Draft Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan. The meetings will take place on Thursday, February 25, 6:00 pm and on Monday, March 1, at 6:00 pm. A
Royal IHC and Arab Potash Company recently celebrated another groundbreaking moment – launching of the customized mining cutter suction dredger Alkaramah. Following successful delivery to her owners in Jordan, the new dredger was launched into the Dead Sea last week. Now, the two companies will perf
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. The Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Fiscal Year
The joint dredging works by the Federal Shipping and Waterways Administration and Hamburg Port Authority for construction of a passing box have been completed successfully, according to Port of Hamburg’s latest release. Under the project, the Elbe fairway has been widened to 385 meters along the eig
Suffolk County’s Mount Sinai Harbor dredging project has officially been completed. The long-awaited dredging project began in December 2020 after the completion of the Town of Brookhaven’s project to repair the Mount Sinai Harbor jetties in May 2020. Plans for the dredging of the Mount Sinai Harbor
In the wake of the devastating floods that plunged Marikina City and several other cities of Metro Manila underwater in November last year, the Task Force Build Back Better (TF BBB) will begin dredging activities on the Marikina River on February 17. Environment Secretary and TF BBB chair, Roy A. Ci
Land & Water has just released this beautiful photo of their 130 long reach excavator, loaded onto a vessel at Glasson Docks and ready to be transported to the Isle of Man for dredging works at Peel Marina. A new round of dredging work, set to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina, will [&he
DEME Group’s 13,700 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ recently underwent a drydocking in Setubal, Portugal. According to DEME, the dredger is back in peak condition. Right after dry-docking, she immediately headed off to the River Elbe to perform maintenance dredging along the fairwa
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has just released the latest update on their Hanimaadhoo development program. According to MTCC, work on Hdh. Hanimaadhoo Harbor is well underway, with overall 30% project progress so far. New Harbor basin dredging works and maintenance dredging
The USACE Kansas City District has just announced a report on the actions taken to repair and mitigate damage done to river structures on the Missouri River from high water over the last several years including major flooding in 2019. Crews have been repairing damaged structures all winter but work
The U.S. EPA has finalized an agreement with 12 parties to develop detailed cleanup plans for the Swan Island Basin, completing a major milestone in the cleanup of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. According to EPA, this latest cleanup agreement represents nearly 25 percent of the site’s total cle
