Far Eastern Basin Branch of the FSUE “Rosmorport” recently wrapped up another maintenance dredging project, this time it was the seaport of Vanino in the Khabarovsky region. According to Rosmorport, the works were carried out in the water area of berths No. 7 and No. 20 with the use of the company’s
According to the latest update from the Longboat Key beach renourishment project, Weeks Marine dredge C.R. McCaskill has arrived at Longboat Key from Mobile Bay. The C.R. McCaskill is a 30” cutter suction dredge, comparable to the E.W. Ellefsen that was used for beach Segments 2 and 3. As reported,
Coastal Partners, part of Havant Borough Council, announced yesterday that they will continue beach recycling works along the South Hayling Frontage. As reported, the work will start on 13 September 2021 to ensure the beach is at design profile before the winter period. “While no storm events have o
J.E. McAmis of Chico, California, has successfully completed another dredging project in Oregon. According to the company, the crews wrapped up maintenance dredging for the Army Corps’ Portland District at Port Orford. The port is a small working boat harbor and town located within a natural cove al
Ground Investigation works are scheduled to take place in Langstone next week (Monday, 13th September 2021) in conjunction with the Langstone Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Scheme. According to Coastal Partners, works will be undertaken by Structural Soils Ltd. The works will last
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) recently unveiled a video of the Öresund cable replacement project across the strait between Sweden and Denmark. The video titled “Öresund connection Denmark – Sweden” shows replacement of a total of 30 km of power cable within a restricted outage period. L
The Baker-Polito Administration recently awarded a $2,500,000 grant to the Town of Wellfleet for their harbor maintenance dredging project. Thanks to this funding from the Massachusetts Dredging Program, the town will remove an estimated 116,500 cubic yards of material from areas surrounding the Tow
The Dutra Group has been busy lately working on a beach renourishment project at Ocean Beach, SF. For this project the company is using their trailing suction hopper dredge Stuyvesant to pump sand from the ocean floor up onto the beach. This beneficial use project is being managed by the U.S. Army C
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently announced the successful completion of the Northwest Turtle Bay Marsh Creation project. This project created and nourished over 1,000 acres of marsh in the Barataria Basin, where land loss rates peaked at nearly 10 square miles per year in
The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced its latest round of grant funding to nine dredging projects through the Massachusetts Dredging Program. Among the recipients was the Town of Plymouth, which received a $1,300,000 grant for the Phase II of the Plymouth Harbor Dredging Project. The pr
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has shared the latest updates on the ongoing projects in region. According to MTCC, they have completed land reclamation works at R. Dhuvaafaru. The first shipment of rock boulders required to commence shore protection works have been delivered t
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is about to complete maintenance dredging of DP World’s Centerm Terminal located along the south shore of Vancouver Harbour. The project which started mid-August, will be finished by the end of the month, reported the port authority. They also added that this clam
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has announced their plans to dredge the Mississippi River near Winona, Minnesota, starting at the end of the month. Corps officials estimate that they will need to dredge approximately 70,000 cubic yards from the 9-foot navigation channel to ensur
Just in last decade, dredging works across the country have added an additional 2,300 kilometers of navigational waterways to Bangladesh’s river system. In 2012, following a renewed Bangladesh government dredging initiative, Ellicott began supplying dredges to the Bangladesh Inland Waterway Transpor
