Officials from the Army Corps, New England District took part in a “Sand Breaking” event Oct. 31, 2022, on Plum Island in Newburyport, MA. During the event, the officials provided information on the maintenance dredging of Newburyport Harbor and the beach nourishment project on the North Point. As r
The Town of Duck and Dare County have just announced that Weeks Marine is making final preparations for the Duck beach nourishment scheme. As reported, the crews first began staging equipment and installation of the northern subline located in the vicinity of Acorn Oak Avenue, north of Sound Sea Ave
The next round of maintenance dredging at Tairua Marina, New Zealand, is set to begin this week. According to the officials, dredging of the Tairua Marina access channel will commence November 3, and the deadline to complete the works is 18th November. In order to maintain navigation and more all ti
Jan De Nul Group has successfully finished work on the Matinhos beach renourishment project in Brazil. According to Dieter Dupuis, Project Manager at Jan De Nul, last week – in the presence of the state government of Paraná – Jan De Nul Group concluded the beach enlargement in Matinhos. A stretch of
This week is California Flood Preparedness Week, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is making progress on several projects throughout the Sacramento region aimed at reducing the flood risk for one of the most at-risk regions in the nation. The American River Common Features 201
A trial will soon begin to see if a technique never before seen on the Sunshine Coast could be used to help replenish Maroochydore Beach in the future. The project is due to begin in November and will use a method, called nearshore nourishment, in what will be a first for the region. It involves [&h
The Army Corps’ contactor, Manson Construction, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is performing maintenance dredging near the entrance of Channel Islands Harbor. Dredging began in late September and is expected to be completed at the end of January. The dredging is taking place in various
Lind Marine has been busy lately with the dredging of the Petaluma Marina, California. After a few weeks of working, the contractor has now moved to the next phase of dredging in Petaluma – removing silt from the entrance to the marina. The project is happening because excessive silt in the marina h
Beach nourishment work continues along the Southern Shores coastline as part of a multi-million dollar project to rebuild Dare County’s beaches. Last week, the contractor Weeks Marine successfully finished the first segment of the project – nourishment from 60 Ocean Blvd to the southern town line. A
The annual dredging of the Tootgarook Boat Ramp and entrance channel have been completed successfully, according to the Victorian Regional Channels Authority. This two-lane boat ramp, which is managed by the Capel Sound Foreshore and located opposite Burdett Street in Tootgarook, is open year-round
The seasonal build-up of shingle overtopping the western breakwater into the harbour entrance (known locally as the “Shoal Bank”) is once again due for dredging in order to maintain safe access to the harbour for larger vessels. As reported by Littlehampton Harbour, on Monday 31st October, a 25-metr
The Government of Western Australia, Department of Transport, has just announced that more dredging will be carried out in the Beadon Creek Onslow, Western Australia. According to DoT, these works are scheduled to commence around the 24h of October 2022 and are expected to be completed by the 24th o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District has developed and prepared the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Lower Columbia River Navigation Channel Dredged Material Transfer Site. The Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) addresses the project purpose to provide an in-water ho
Dredging at the Port of Warrnambool is scheduled to begin in early November, according to the City Council. Crews will begin setting up the equipment in the coming days, with the works to be completed before the peak summer period. Warrnambool Mayor Cr Vicki Jellie said that dredging would complemen
