Coastal Partners – part of Havant Borough Council – have just announced that work is underway on the next South Hayling Beach recycling campaign. Beach recycling is the movement of material from areas of beach build up to areas of erosion. This helps to restore beach levels and increase the standard
Officials of the Army Corps of Engineers recently visited Port Freeport to review the ongoing harbor channel improvement project. The Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project is a $295 million federal cost-shared project that was authorized by Congress in 2014. It consists of the deepening and pa
The City of Cape Town is putting finishing touches on the R10 million Black River dredging project. The project, which started in September 2021, is being done as part of ongoing river maintenance programmes to improve inland water quality. According to the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate, t
Barnstable County newest dredge, the Cod Fish II recently completed annual project for the Town of Dennis, dredging of the Sesuit Harbor (MA). Sesuit Harbor is one of the only low tide accessible harbors on the bay side of Cape Cod and is of critical importance to the surrounding community. Mobilizi
Recent maintenance dredging at Kalbarri – conducted by CGC Dredging’s CSD Mudlark I – has restored depths for safe navigation of the entrance channel at the mouth of the Murchison River. This important dredging was brought forward due to infilling from winter storms and Cyclone Seroja. A record 95,0
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Scarborough River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Scarborough, Maine. The proposed work involves maintenance dredging and removal of up to 130,000 cubic yards of primarily sandy sediment fr
The Town of Nags Head, North Carolina, is gearing up for this year’s beach restoration project that will replace sand lost during 2019’s Hurricane Dorian. The beachfill project, which will take place sometime between late spring and early fall 2022, includes dredging of approx. 975,000 cubic yards o
The Broads Authority has just released their March newsletter with updates on the ongoing dredging on the Upper Thurne and the wrapping-up of the CANAPE project. As reported, dredging on the River Thurne between Dungeon Corner and Somerton continues with works focusing on the channel between the Mar
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, is ready to begin works on the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management project in North Carolina. According to Lynn Barbee, Mayor of Carolina Beach, this $20,3 million beach nourishment project will first place sand on the be
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is ready for the next round of maintenance dredging at Little Lagoon in Gulf Shores. Per a mandatory court order established in 1992, ALDOT is beginning the maintenance dredging of Little Lagoon Pass to address the siltation of the channel, department
Rohde Nielsen has just announced successful completion of a beach nourishment project at the east coast of Skagen, Denmark. The project which was undertaken for the Danish Coastal Authority (Kystdirektoratet) included dredging and pumping 130,000 m3 of sand on to the east coast beaches. According to
The Port of Everett has just announced that maintenance dredging of the Washington state’s largest boat launch, the Jetty Landing Boat Launch is now complete. Since the project started in early January, port contractor American Construction Company has removed a total of 33,000 cubic yards of river
A major milestone has been reached in a series of Bellarine Peninsula beach renourishments being delivered by the Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning (DELWP), Victoria. According to DELWP, the crews recently completed renourishment of the St Leonards’ northern shoreline, thanks to whi
Annual maintenance dredging of the Port Solent Approaches will commence next week on the 1 March 2022, according to the Premier Marinas Ltd. This routine dredging of the lock entrance and approach channel of Port Solent Marina will be conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd. “External contractors, ML Dred
