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Maryland DNR completes shoreline restoration in Dorchester County utilizing Beneficial Use
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the completion of shoreline construction at Hurst Creek in Dorchester County, the second of the department’s 24 Resiliency through Restoration Initiative pilot projects. In this project, nearly 1,200 linear feet of living shoreline was compl
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All set for Carnarvon Fascine and Teggs Channel dredging
The Department of Transport Transport WA has just shared an update on the Teggs/Harbour Channel and Fascine Entryway Dredging Project. According to DoT, the dredge is in the water and ready to commence dredging and sand spit reclamation next week (17th July). Dredging of the more exposed Teggs Chann
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Another DEME innovation nominated for the IADC Safety Award
DEME’s peephole inspection design for CSD dredge pump is in the running to receive the IADC Safety Award 2023. While performing dredging works on the parts of the Ok Tedi River in Papua New Guinea, DEME faced the following problem: the dredge pump and booster of its Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) kept
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Chedoke Creek dredging project finally to begin
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc., has returned to the site to complete the long-delayed dredging of Chedoke Creek in Hamilton, Ontario. The dredging was originally set to start in 2021, but has been repeatedly put on hold due to the Indigenous group concerns about the environmental aspects o
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Virginia International Gateway dredging project on the table
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District has received a permit application from Virginia Port Authority regarding the Virginia International Gateway terminal dredging project. The proposed project includes a combination of a new and maintenance dredging works to deepen the port terminal ar
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Modernizing dredging evaluations for open water disposal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Project team recently published guidance and tools for modernizing dredging evaluations for open water disposal compliance. The team consisted of researchers from ERDC’s Environmental Lab and Information Technolog
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Using dredged sediment for underwater barrier sill
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River’s volume of water has fallen to a level that allows salt water
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Boskalis’ dredger SOSPAN DAU returning to Portsmouth
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has announced a new round of dredging in the maintained areas within Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels. According to the KHM Portsmouth, surveying operations and maintenance dredging will take place between July 07 and 17. The areas primarily to be foc
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USACE report on the Akutan Harbor navigational improvements
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has prepared a new feasibility report and environmental assessment for navigational improvements at Akutan Harbor on Akun Island and is seeking public comment on the draft document. USACE proposes to construct a harbor on the island to accommodate ve
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Weeks Marine to renourish Vilano Beach
Weeks Marine Inc. has won a $20.2 million contract from the Army Corps for emergency renourishment of the St. Johns County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project (Vilano Beach). The project will renourish approximately 3 miles of shoreline along portions of south Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beaches in St.
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Seaward Marine wins Delaware River dredging contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a $12.9 million contract to Seaward Marine of Norfolk, Va. for maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Trenton. Work involves dredging 425,000 cubic yards of sediment fr
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Environmental approval received for Swansea Channel dredging
Transport for NSW has received environmental approval to carry out maintenance dredging of the Swansea Channel and is planning to start by the end of July, subject to obtaining a Crown Lands dredging licence and weather conditions. The dredging allows for the removal of up to 30,000m3 of sand over t
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$3.5 million for coastal erosion projects in WA
Major coastal planning and protection projects in Denmark, Geraldton, Mandurah, and Busselton are among 37 projects to share in almost $3.6 million in State Government funding through CoastWA. CoastWA is the State Government’s $33.5 million strategic response to the increasing impacts of coastal haz
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Dredging works announced for Halfway Reach
Port of London Authority has announced that on or about Monday 24th July 2023, marine contractors working on behalf of City of London Corporation will commence works to decommission the former Barking Power Station and Outfall in Halfway Reach. The works include: removal of the existing outfall stru