The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $324,000 contract, November 29, to Togiak Management Services of Anchorage, Alaska, to complete a wing dam modification project in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River downstream of St. Paul, Minnesota. This contract marks the first ecosystem
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has completed the removal of a drought salinity barrier from the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The barrier was installed in June 2021 to prevent saltwater intrusion with less fresh water from upstream reservoirs and streams f
An Ellicott 360-Swinging Ladder Dredge is currently operating at the Port of Garibaldi – the home for many key businesses in the city of Garibaldi, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard. The dredge named “The Laura” is operated by the State of Oregon and is providing maintenance dredging to ensure navigab
Up to 60,000 cubic metres of shingle is moved to maintain protection to homes and businesses around Seaford, the Environment Agency said. The twice-yearly maintenance work on the beaches in the area maintains protection for the town from coastal flooding. The beach provides a soft-engineered flood d
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. recently urged the Biden Administration to quickly implement investments in living shoreline projects from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
One of the world’s largest hopper dredgers, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei has arrived in Guyana to commence work on the Vreed-en-Hoop development project. According to NRG Holdings Incorporated, the consortium behind the project, arrival of TSHD Galileo Galilei marks the beginning of the reclam
Four children drowned in a five-meter-deep dredging pit in southern Cambodia’s Kandal province, according to a provincial police report released on Wednesday. The accident occurred in the late afternoon of Tuesday in Ang Snuol district when they got down into the water to search for clams and snails
The Government of Liberia – through the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) with support from UNDP – formally launched the implementation of the Sinoe coastal resilience project during an inception workshop last week. The project funded by the Global Environment
Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded the design and build contract for its ambitious Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) to McLaughlin & Harvey. Earlier this year, Marine Management Organisation (MMO) granted a marine licence to Associated British Ports (ABP) for the development of the Lo
The Canal & River Trust has started its biggest ever programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks. The four-month dredging programme will remove 15,000 cubic metres of silt, enough to fill six Olympic swimming pools, using a powerful ‘suction dredger. This excess silt entered the docks from
A successful keel laying ceremony for the first of two water injection dredgers (WIJs) for the Kooiman Marine Group took place last week at Vahali Zasavica. In July 2022, Van Oord ordered the construction of two additional state-of-the-art water injection vessels from Kooiman Marine Group after the
The New Manila International Airport (NMIA) – the largest airport in the Philippines – is gaining its headway. According to the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) latest project update, the land development operations are now at 42 percent completion. With an estimated value of EUR 1.5 billion, t
The City of Port Lincoln, SA, will be undertaking maintenance dredging along the beach adjacent to the Laguna Reserve in December. The city has engaged Maritime Constructions to: Move sand from the northern end of the beach to replenish the southern side, Dig out a pit, Pump silt over the groyne int
An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water, often containing wetlands and marshes, where salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams meet and mix. Somewhat of an in-between area, estuaries serve a vital role for the surrounding ecosystem, while offering natural recreation
