The Santa Barbara Harbor Federal Channel is once again safe for larger ships going in and out of the harbor thanks to an emergency dredging campaign which was successfully completed last Sunday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with its contractor, Pacific Dredge & Construction, San Diego, be
J.E. McAmis crews aboard the DB Heidi-Renee are wrapping up dredging at U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Station Cape Disappointment in Washington this week. The Station is located at the mouth of the Columbia River approximately 1.8 miles south of Ilwaco, Washington and 11 miles northwest of Astoria, Oregon
The Department of Transport (DoT) WA is about to begin the annual Sand Bypassing scheme at Dawesville Cut. Undertaken each year, the project will see about 110,000 cubic metres of accumulated sand excavated from Pyramids Beach and pumped north of the entrance to the Dawesville Cut via pipes on the s
The Port of Palm Beach, Florida, has just release the latest update on the Lake Worth Inlet maintenance dredging project. According to the port, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has planned to begin maintenance dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet next week. USACE expects to mobilize equipment, includin
The Philippines’ Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced today that they are undertaking river dredging works in Samar and Leyte to alleviate flooding. Citing reports from DPWH Region 8 Director Edgar B. Tabacon, DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said that 11 units of dredging equipme
Emergency dredging operations have begun in Santa Barbara Harbor to remove sand that was recently pushed into the harbor by winter storms. According to city officials, the Santa Barbara waterfront and harbor continue to recover from the strong storms and high tides from earlier this month. “Due to t
The Danish Coastal Authority (Kystdirektoratet) recently celebrated a record-breaking year, delivering over 4.5 million m3 of sand on the most exposed stretches of the West Coast. According to the Authority, sand has been successfully placed on the central part of the west coast, from Lodbjerg to Ny
The Danish Coastal Authority (Kystdirektoratet) has just shared the latest photos of the Thyborøn coastal protection project. According to Kystdirektoratet, the contractor Rohde Nielsen successfully completed the Thyborøn beach nourishment project by delivering approx. 300.000m3 of sand on a 1.5 km
Dutch Dredging – a medium size dredging company, based in Sliedrecht in the Netherlands – is currently performing dredging operations in Puerto Caldera. In order to make the harbor more accessible, hopper dredge ELBE of Baggerbedrijf De Boer BV (Dutch Dredging) recently kicked off dredging works at
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) is gearing up for their next dredging/beachfill project, this time near the City of Fernandina Beach, FL. GLDD will today (January 25) begin mobilizing their equipment and pipeline, reported the city officials. They also added that the hopper dredge Liber
Construction work is due to start on Mumbles’ major new sea defences in the next few weeks, reports the Swansea Council, UK. The project, driven by Swansea Council, will help protect homes, businesses and people from rising sea levels for decades to come. According to the Council, some of the existi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s Dredge Jadwin and its crew returned to the Vicksburg Harbor yesterday morning completing the 2022 dredging season. After departing May 10, 2022, the dustpan dredge spent 254 days on the water and relocated 6.2 million cubic yards of material fro
Gold Coast Waterways Authority is gearing up for their first project in 2023, the West Crab Island dredging works. The project is aimed at improving access and connections to the waterways by dredging the West Crab Island Channel (North) located between Ephraim Island Bridge and the Coomera River (S
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd is about to undertake another maintenance dredging campaign in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, this routine dredging will be conducted on behalf of the Royal Naval Sailing Association at Cold Harbour, located on the western side of Port
