Last Friday, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) began works on the 2022 Hurricane Dorian beach restoration project in the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina. In July, August, and September of 2022, the contractor will be restoring beach lost as a result of 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, the town said in
Crews have commenced the long-awaited restoration of the University Lakes. The first step includes testing different means for dredging and removing sediment on a small portion of the lake to determine what method works best. This initial phase of the $32 million project consists of dredging, improv
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that they are making significant progress on the Avon beach nourishment project. Over the last weekend, GLDD’s hopper dredge Liberty Island placed over 90,000 cubic yards of sand along the shoreline south of the Avon Pier to nourish another 800 feet of the
Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) has just provided an update on the La Digue’s Port Extension Project. According to SPA, works to reroute the underwater electrical cable for construction of the new breakwater has been completed. The contractor is now working on the construction of the breakwater, wh
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that steady progress was made over the past week for the beach nourishment project that is currently underway in Buxton. The Buxton beach renourishment project officially commenced on Thursday, June 30, 2022. As of Friday, July 15, the contractor has place
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is at Ashtabula Harbor in the city of Ashtabula, Ohio, dredging to provide ease of navigation and safe passage for large vessels carrying products vital to the economy. This season, the Buffalo District’s contractor will dredge 80,000 cubic yards of
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the hopper dredge Liberty Island arrived in Dare County on the morning of Friday, July 8, 2022. TSHD Liberty Island is picking up the Avon beach nourishment project while the Ellis Island continues working to perform beach nourishment in Buxton. Follo
Curtin Maritime has once again pushed the boundaries of performance with their latest dredging project on the East Coast. The company was recently contracted by the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Branch to deepen the Pier 11 South basin using their workhorse clamshell dredge the DB Ironbound. In general, the p
The Government of South Australia announced today that delivery of sand will recommence at West Beach next week to protect the beach from erosion. As reported, between July and September 2022, approximately 50,000 cubic metres of sand will be delivered to West Beach via the Adelaide Sailing Club. De
Members of the Army Corps Alaska District’s USACE Leadership Development Program – Level Two toured the dredge operating in the Port of Alaska on Friday. The field trip involved traveling by skiff to the district’s contracted dredge, boarding the vessel for a tour and up-close views of its work acti
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) is about to begin the 2022 beach nourishment project in the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina. According to the latest update, the beach construction originally planned for July 13, may be delayed a few days due to weather. “Construction is being delayed due to e
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredge Ellis Island—which recently suspended operations due to the development of Tropical Storm Colin—has resumed dredging along the shoreline in Buxton. Beach nourishment began in Buxton on June 30 near the south end of Tower Circle. Due to Trop
After another successful sand bypassing effort at Dawesville, the Department of Transport WA has started excavating and pumping sand from Halls Head Beach to widen Town Beach for the summer and enhance navigation at Mandurah Ocean Entrance. To ensure safe navigation of the channel and maintain the b
Dare County Government, NC, has just announced that beach nourishment in the Town of Kill Devil Hills is nearly 80 percent complete. As reported, the subline is currently located at Walker Street, moving north towards the Kitty Hawk/Kill Devil Hills town line. The beachfill project which began on Ju
