Sand dune restoration work is currently underway along West Sands beach, the St Andrews Links Trust said. The dune enhancement work on West Sands, which began in 2010 following serious storm damage, is now officially recognised as Scotland’s largest and longest running programme of dune restoration.
Contractors for the Municipality of Lakeshore will begin dredging the northern section of Belle River on Friday, March 4th, 2022. The work will take place between the mouth of the lake and the footbridge between First Street and West River Street and is expected to be completed by the end of March.
Femern A/S announced today that their contractors are making great progress on the construction of the Femern tunnel on the German side by Puttgarden. The tunnel portal, where the traffic will be driven in and out of the tunnel, is clearly seen in the water. Contrary to the Danish portal, the tunnel
Finnish shipbuilder Työvene and Maritime office of Gdynia recently signed a contract worth €20 million for the construction and delivery of a state-of-the-art Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. According to shipbuilder, the order is a result of a tender where the design developed by Työvene and Dutch
Rohde Nielsen has successfully finished the capital dredging works in Port of Poti, Georgia. The project involved disposal of 33.000m3 polluted soils onshore as well as dredging of 1.350.000m3 clean sandy soils, for the client Poti New Sea Port LLC, BHP International. “The trailing suction hopper dr
Every few years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges sand from the Atlantic Ocean and pumps it to a 21-mile stretch of beach from the Borough of Sea Bright to Manasquan, New Jersey. According to USACE, this coastal storm risk management and erosion control project aims to reduce hurricane and s
Getting out on the water will be made more accessible at a range of Victorian boat ramps with the Andrews Labor Government reinvesting boater registration and licensing fees to fund new dredging grants. Available through the Recreational Boating Access and Dredging Program and overseen by Better Boa
The USACE St. Paul District is seeking public comments on a draft plan to install a pipeline near Reads Landing, Minnesota. According to USACE, the pipeline will be used to transport dredged material, or river sand, during maintenance of the Mississippi River navigation channel. The Army Corps plann
The Dredge Murden, owned and operated by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District, completed dredging operations on the Salem River last week. “The sediment was placed in the nearshore area off Oakwood Beach in Salem County, NJ to support our federal and state beachfill project,” USACE said
In coming months, Whanganui District Council will work with the community to develop a draft coastal action plan to make Castlecliff and Kai Iwi beaches more resilient in the face of climate change. The key challenges these beaches face include erosion, significant natural sand movement and ecologic
The St. Lucie Inlet dredging project is scheduled to begin this week, the Martin County Board of County Commissioners said. Part of the St. Lucie Inlet Management Plan, the project is designed to keep the St. Lucie Inlet navigable at authorized depths. The placement of the sand on adjacent beaches w
Balneário Camboriú, also known as BC, Rio de Janeiro’s kid brother or the Dubai of Brazil, is one of the most important cities in the southern part of the country. The city has a population of about 145.000 inhabitants, yet during the summer months, this can easily exceed 1,000,000. Many Brazilians
DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have entered into a two-year agreement to assess the feasibility of an innovative new container terminal project in Prince Rupert. The potential project if built would add up to 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of annual capacity to the Port
The Marine Mattress installation of the Terminal Groin (Phase 1) was completed on February 14, 2022, two weeks ahead of the project schedule, Town of Ocean Isle Beach said. This included the installation of 516 Marine Mattresses for a total of 57,325 square feet. These marine mattresses complete the
