The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly $4.7 million in grant funding for the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP), a grant program that supports the development of mitigation banks for the restoration, creation or enhancement of wetlands to compensate for unavoidable impac
The City of Santa Barbara has just announced that the harbor entrance remains extremely impacted and hazardous to navigate. The City’s Waterfront Department is working with the Army Corps of Engineers on scheduling emergency dredging operations ASAP. An Army Corps vessel is conducting a survey of th
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on the Sh. Bilehfahi Harbor Development Project. According to the announcement, work on design and build of this very important scheme is well underway, with overall 82% project progress. MTCC has already completed
Innovation has always been the growth engine for DEME Group. The world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, land reclamation, marine infrastructure, offshore energy and environmental remediation, last week released this amazing video named ‘The story of DEME’. According to Luc Vanden
Following heavy rains across the county, Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will start sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach today. Santa Barbara County Flood Control Director, Walter Rubalcava, said: “Monday’s storm delivered a substantial amount of material through the watershed.”
The Environment Agency is about to start ground investigation work for the coastal defence schemes that will continue to protect homes and businesses from the risk of coastal erosion and flooding on the Isle of Wight. This important milestone will start on Monday, 16 January, when specialist equipme
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, yesterday completed repairs on the 200-foot breached section of the Marine Drive levee, in Marietta, Whatcom County, Washington. The repairs included filling in scour risk along the downstream levee section. Stabilizing the Marine Drive Levee provided
Rohde Nielsen has completed a beach nourishment project near Rungsted Port in Denmark, for the client VG Entreprenør. Before the project, the coast was only protected by a small pile of rocks, which was insufficient during storms and tough weather. To ensure more effective and natural protection of
A hydrodynamic study of the Wallis Lake estuary will be carried out to find short and long-term dredging solutions to improve navigation near the entrance of Wallis Lake and help prevent the smothering of oyster leases caused by sand shoaling. Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead, said
Addu City Council, Maldives, has just announced that the fieldwork for the land reclamation activities in Addu City is now underway. Under the program – undertaken by Van Oord – a total of 194.3 hectares of land will be reclaimed. The works are part of the Addu Development Project, meant to address
A major dredging program on the Bude Canal is due to start in the coming weeks, Cornwall Council said. The work, which will be delivered by Cormac, will reinstate a safe navigable depth for watercraft along the canal and restore the role of the canal in carrying flood waters as part of the flood def
While the journey has its challenges, there’s been progress towards the goal of dredging and removing the sandy sediment building up on the eastern shore of the entrance channel of Southport Harbor, an increasing concern to boat owners, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Fairfield Harb
As of the middle of December 2022, Boskalis Nederland has been operating a new completely electric cutter/profile suction dredger. The “BOKA E-Dredge 1” can do the job with a permanent shore connection and is therefore completely emission free. Currently, the dredger is making her first meters in th
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has just released this beautiful video about the India’s largest land reclamation project – the Mumbai Coastal Road Project. Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) is 67 per cent complete now, BMC said in the latest project update. This capital development progr
