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2021 WEDA Safety Excellence Awards
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Safety Commission has launched the call for nominations for thei...

Guildford flood alleviation scheme
The Environment Agency (EA), Guildford Borough Council (GBC), Surrey County Council (SCC) and other ...

Gowanus Canal barge incident report released
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded its assessment of the recent incident that c...

Creating natural habitats from dredged material
The progress made by DEME and Van Oord joint venture in Poland can easily be seen from space. At the...

Celebrating the partnership on Arcadia flood risk project
Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland will be in Arcadia, Wisconsin, Feb. 9 ...

Jan De Nul dredgers 1st to receive new Bureau Veritas ultra-low emissions notation
Jan De Nul Group’s newest trailing suction hopper dredgers – SANDERUS, ORTELIUS, TRISTÃO DA CUHNA, A...

Partnership agreement for the Santa Ana River Mainstem project
Col. Julie Balten, commander of the Army Corps Los Angeles District, signed an amendment to the Loca...

HR Wallingford to hold dredging management course
HR Wallingford announced recently that their four-day dredging management online course will take pl...

Virtual public meeting for the Papillion Creek project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources Dis...

Presentations held on Port Everglades deepening project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District conducted online presentations regarding its...

JDN’s first 100% sustainable beach replenishment project in Belgium
Jan De Nul Group is the first dredging company to carry out 100% sustainable beach replenishments, a...

WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter meeting postponed
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recently announced their decision to postpone the annual Gul...

Alaska projects receive authorization from the Congress
The Port of Nome, Unalaska and Saint George projects recently received authorization from the Congre...

$1M grant for wetland restoration in Georgetown County, SC
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1 million National Coastal Wetlands Conservation G...

DCA praises HMT fund reform
Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) praised recent Congressional passage of the Water Resources De...

The Port of LA applauds lawmakers for passage of WRDA 2020
The Port of Los Angeles praised U.S. Congressional and local leaders for approving the Water Resourc...

Public consultation begins on £3.3 million Penketh and Whittle Brooks scheme
A consultation has been launched for a flood defence scheme at Penketh and Whittle Brooks that could...

Landmark legislation paves the way for the Corpus Christi Channel Project
Congress recently passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which provid...