After almost a year of work, Boskalis has successfully completed the coastal protection project in Togo and Benin. During this coastal defence scheme, trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje made almost 800 trips between the offshore sand borrow area and the shore to successfully construct
The Port of London Authority has announced that maintenance dredging will soon begin near the OSL Facility on Canvey Island. According to the Notice L01-24, contractors instructed by the operators of Oikos Storage Ltd. are about to begin (1) works and (2) dredging operations at Oikos No. 1 Jetty. Th
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ML (UK) Dredging Ltd. is about to begin routine maintenance dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf in Portsmouth. According to the KHM Portsmouth, the dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf and its Approach Channel is set to take place between 25 September – 17 October 2023. The ML vessels conducting this task ar
The Corps cutterhead Dredge Goetz will be working on the Illinois River at mile 62.7 this week. According to the St. Louis District, “All boaters should be aware of the dredge, its pipeline and support vessels in the channel,” the St. Louis District said in the announcement. “Boaters are urged to tr
This week, Rohde Nielsen’s hopper dredger ‘Trud R’ will continue maintenance dredging and near-shore nourishment project in Tweed River, Australia. The project, consisting of two phases, was launched in early May 2023. Since then, 199,764m3 of sand has been dredged from the Tweed River entrance and
Port of Townsville Limited, QLD, Australia, announced today that maintenance dredging is underway in Cleveland Bay. According to the Port, the hopper dredger Brisbane is removing natural sediment from the shipping channel to ensure vessels can safely access the Port. The maintenance campaign will ta
Following the completion of Ameland beachfill campaign, Rijkswaterstaat is now ready to nourish the beach in Vlieland. According to Rijkswaterstaat, the beach of Ameland near Hollum is in tip-top condition again after receiving no less than 3 million m3 of dredged sand from the North Sea. “This larg
Due to significant annual erosion on the Town of Cape Charles public beach, there is an ongoing requirement to replenish the sand lost to these natural forces each year. The Town has therefore requested, and has been granted, the opportunity to receive sand from a Kings Creek Channel dredging projec
The Environment Agency and their contractor, Van Oord, continue to work on the Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme. According to the Environment Agency, the contractor is dredging and recharging the rapidly eroding beach with new shingle. The Lydd Ranges Sea Defence scheme is a major investment being del
Port of London Authority has just announced autumn dredging campaign in the area of Woolwich Reach. According to PLA, On or about 27th September 2023, marine contractors working on behalf of Tate & Lyle will be undertaking water injection dredging operations at Thames Refinery Outer Jetty. “In order
Coastal Dredging Company, Inc. is about to begin work on the $3.8 million Flotation Canal Dredging project in Louisiana. According to the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, the contractor will be working 24/7 in Flotation Canal, near the mooring dolphins. Dredging will start on the west end of the F
Doggerland Offshore, in collaboration with its partner Abeko Marine, have successfully completed a capital dredging project in the UK. Late last year, the company won a public tender as main contractor to dredge a deeper channel leading to the Grimsby GRT terminal. This channel facilitates the docki
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor, Norwalk, Ohio-based Mark Schaffer Excavating-Trucking, are scheduled to begin repairs to the Vermilion Harbor West Pier the week of Sept. 4. Construction will temporarily limit access to the Main Street beach while repairs are ma
