In efforts to maintain a safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally sound waterborne transportation system, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing the design of two dredge projects on the Ohio River. The proposed projects include dredging of the government harbors, water intakes, and the
The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) manages the Adelaide metropolitan coastline on a seasonal basis for coastal protection and to maintain sandy beaches for the community to enjoy. With monitoring and planning complete, DEW has released an update on the upcoming beach replenishment works.
Littlehampton Harbour (UK) has just announced that there will be sustained dredging activity within harbour limits from 8th March 2023 for approximately 3 weeks. As reported, The Marine Group’s water injection dredger ‘CMS INNOVATION’ will be engaged in water injection dredging primarily at both Aru
Lyme Regis Town Council has just announced that the dredger will be arriving soon to commence annual dredging of the Lyme Regis outer harbour and summer pontoons. Usually, dredging activities at Lyme Regis take place during May and June, but this year officials decided to get started a little early.
Another round of maintenance dredging works in Bunbury is underway, according to the Department of Transport, Western Australia. Dredging, which kicked off last week, is expected to continue until mid-March. Over the course of the project, the contractor will dredge the main shipping channel and Out
In order to keep the sail between Ameland and Holwerd at reach depth and width, Rijkswaterstaat recently began dredging of the shoals in this part of the Wadden Sea. From today, February 27th, Rijkswaterstaat will speed up operations and deploy an additional dredger on the Ameland – Holwerd fairway.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, in partnership with the St. Lucie County Erosion District, will begin beach renourishment operations at Fort Pierce, Florida, on or about March 9, 2023. USACE will place approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand from authorized borrow areas of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port of Everett, has completed maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of the Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel. American Construction kicked off dredging in mid-December and was working 24/7 to complete the project as plann
Manson Construction Co. has wrapped up dredging operations at the Channel Islands Harbor in California. As reported, dredging at the Harbor was completed this week and crews are now demobilizing equipment after which they will head to Ventura Harbor. Fishing activities inside the break wall will con
Boskalis Westminster Ltd is gearing up for another maintenance dredging campaign in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the surveying operations and maintenance dredging will be conducted in the maintained areas within the Harbour and its approach channels from
The first phase of the dredging works for the Levelling Up Fund project to restore a section of the Montgomery Canal has been completed, according to the Canal & River Trust (UK). The section of the canal has not been navigable since the 1930s, and this phase of restoration aims to restore the chann
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth and Portsmouth International Port Harbour Master announced yesterday that in the next couple of weeks routine maintenance dredging will be conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd in the Old Town Camber Portsmouth. As reported, the Camber dredging campaign is set to beg
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which i
The hopper dredge ‘Port Frederick’, first of two dredging vessels that have been enlisted to improve the local boating channels, today started maintenance dredging campaign in the Port Hacking estuary. The dredging project will involve removal of around 70,000 cubic metres of clean marine sand. This
